MVVM won't bind Drop Down List to zero value

[Mike]

If I have a list of items that I'm trying to bind to and zero happens to be the value of one of the items, the drop down list will not select the proper item if an optionLabel is set. Is this being addressed in an upcoming update?

http://jsfiddle.net/stuqc/10/ 

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Mike,

 
Thank you for drawing our attention to this issue. I confirm it as a bug, which is already addressed and the fix will be included in the next internal build of KendoUI. For now you can overcome this problem with setting the value of the DDL as a string:

var viewModel = kendo.observable(
    {
        ProductId: "0",
        ItemId: 2
    });

I have updated your Telerik points as a gratitude for your involvement.

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Mike]

Thanks Georgi, that solved my issue for now.