Datasource read called twice if emtpy

[moosh]

Hi,

Sorry in advance but I have no example in hand now by writing post.
I will try to explain clearly.

I have a MVVM implementation with a fruits property bound to a selectDropdown widget.
This property is an empty array by default (fruits: [])

I have a dataSource dsource instance which call a remote endpoint.
I call the fetch method manually and define a callback function which do some tasks :

- dsource.filter(...);
- dsource.sort(...);
- viewModel.set('fruits', dsource);

(Note that I didn't applied dsource as default value of my fruits property cause of specific mvvm implementation)

 

My issue is :
Everything works well unless if my dsource return empty data.
In this case, filter, sort or set dsource to viewModel are calling the read method a second time.
It can call the read method 4 times (1 for first call, 1 for filter, 1 for sort and 1 for view model set method).

Why ? it should not cause my dsource has been instantiated and call a first time...

Thanks :)

moosh

[Alex Hajigeorgieva]

Hi, Moosh,

Thank you for the explanations of your scenario and trying out the Kendo UI suite.

The Kendo UI DataSource is expected to make a request for sort() and filter() calls as they are used one after the other.

If you want to make a combined single call with certain sort, filter, group etc, you should use the query method instead:

https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource/methods/query

Let us know in case you have further questions.

Kind Regards,
Alex Hajigeorgieva
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