Getting an uncaught error "NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR" for input binding

Question

I start with this:

<script src="/Scripts/jquery-1.6.2.min.js" ...
<script src="/Scripts/knockout-1.2.1.debug.js" ...
<script src="/Scripts/knockout.mapping-latest.js" ...
<script src="/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-knockout.min.js" ...

Then I pull a flat JSON object from the server and bind each property found to matching elements in the DOM:

$.ajax({
    url: '/GetRecord',
    type: 'POST',
    dataType: 'json',
    data: JSON.stringify(requestObject),
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    success: function (data) {
        // Clear the current view model
        VM.Items.length = 0;

        // only one item coming from server
        VM.Items[0] = ko.mapping.fromJS(data.BlankItem);

        // for each property found, bind it to the matching DOM element
        $.each(VM.Items[0], function (indexInArray, valueOfElement) {
            var attrName = indexInArray;

            // skip over things not an accessor (get/set property function)
            if( typeof valueOfElement == "function")
            {
                var attrValue = valueOfElement();

                // if it's a checkbox, bind the checked attribute
                var a = $('input[name="' + attrName + '"][type="checkbox"]');
                if (a.length)
                    a.dataBind({ checked: attrName });

                // if it's a radio, bind all the found radio checked attributes
                var b = $('input[name^="' + attrName + '"][type="radio"]');
                if (b.length)
                    b.dataBind({ checked: attrName });

                // if it's a text, bind the text attribute
                var c = $('input[name="' + attrName + '"][type="text"]');
                if (c.length)
                    c.dataBind({ text: attrName });  // <--- Error (use value)
            }
        });

        // Then set knockout loose
        ko.applyBindings( VM.Items[0] );
    }
});

It results in an error:

Uncaught Error: NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: DOM Exception 7
ko.bindingHandlers.updateknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:1577
invokeBindingHandlerknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:1231
ko.applyBindingsToNode.ko.dependentObservable.
disposeWhenNodeIsRemovedknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:1268
evaluateknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:927
ko.dependentObservableknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:965
ko.applyBindingsToNodeknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:1252
ko.applyBindingsknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:1284
ko.utils.arrayForEachknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:48
ko.applyBindingsknockout-1.2.1.debug.js:1283
$.ajax.successPropertyForm:266
f.extend._Deferred.e.resolveWithjquery-1.6.2.min.js:16
wjquery-1.6.2.min.js:18
f.support.ajax.f.ajaxTransport.send.d

I don't see it binding any items that it shouldn't. Also, there are no declarative knockout bindings in the html. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

OMG. The answer was to use the right binding attribute. Instead of text, it was value for an input!

Answer 2

In my case, the problem was that I data-bind to text instead of value.

bad: <input type="text" data-bind="text:id" maxlength="3" style="width:100%;" />

good: <input type="text" data-bind="value:id" maxlength="3" style="width:100%;" />