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var genderDataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({ transport: { tbl: azureService.client.getTable('XconfigGender'), read: function (options) { console.log('read'); //{ FirstNameEn: options.data.filter.filters[0].value } this.tbl.read({ SearchString: "*" }).done( function (d) { options.success(d); }); }, update: function (options) { console.log('update'); //var mod = kendo.stringify(options.data.models[0]); this.tbl.update(options.data.models[0]).done(function (d) { options.success(d); }, function (err) { options.error(err); }); }, create: function (options) { this.tbl.insert(options.data.models[0]).done(function (d) { options.success(d); }, function (err) { options.error(err); }); }, }, schema: { model: { id: "id" } } });<select data-role="dropdownlist" data-text-field="GenderEn" data-value-field="id" data-bind="source:genders, value: selectedItem.GenderID"></select>