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copied!<p>I'm having trouble submitting a form with knockout js.</p> <p>I receive the error "Pass a function that returns the value of the ko.computed."</p> <p>The code is as follows:</p> <pre><code> (function(records,$,undefined){ records.models={ student:function(data){ var self=this; self.id=ko.observable(data.id); self.fname=ko.observable(data.fname); self.lname=ko.observable(data.lname); if(data.initial==='undefined'||data.initial===null){ self.initial=ko.observable(""); }else{ self.initial=ko.observable(data.initial); } self.fullname=ko.computed(function(){ return self.fname()+" "+" "+self.initial()+" "+self.lname(); }); }, students_model:function(){ var self=this; self.selectedStudent=ko.observable(); self.students=ko.observableArray([]); getStudents(); self.save=function(){ var form=$("#student-form"); $.ajax({ type:"POST", url:"/Student/create", data:ko.toJSON(form[0]), //This line here is the exact point of failue success:function(response){ records.general.handleSuccess(response); if(response.status){ getStudents(); } } }); return false; }; function getStudents(){ $.getJSON("/Student/data",function(result){ var mapped=$.map(result,function(item){ return new records.models.student(item);}); self.students(mapped); }); } } }; return records; }(window.records=window.records||{},jQuery)); </code></pre> <h1>HTML</h1> <pre><code>@using (Ajax.BeginForm("Create", "Student", new AjaxOptions { HttpMethod = "Post" }, new { @class = "student-form", name = "student-form", id = "student-form" })) { <input type="text" data-bind="value:$root.fname" id="student.fname" name="student.fname" /> <input type="text" data-bind="value:$root.lname" id="student.lname" name="student.lname"/> <input type="text" data-bind="value:$root.initial" id="student.initial" name="student.initial"/> <input type="text" data-bind="value:$root.dob" id="dob" name="dob" /> <button data-bind="click:save">Save</button> } <script type="text/javascript"> ko.applyBindings(new records.models.students_model()); </script> </code></pre> <p>What am I doing wrong here? I'm aware of this question here:<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12473249/pass-a-function-that-returns-the-value-of-the-ko-computed">Pass a function that returns the value of the ko.computed</a> But it seems like that individual had a different problem. My code fails when starting in the save method. Specifically the line:</p> <pre><code>data:ko.toJSON(form[0]) </code></pre>

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