How Can I Get The Text Of A Selected Item From A Knockout Observable?

I can see all the Knockout-ish ways provided for getting the textual value of a selected item but ONLY if it is generated with either or both: no value attribute Or you provide th

Solution 1:

I think we have to bind to observable array to make drop down list obserevable documentation at knockout also does not list something else

http://knockoutjs.com/documentation/options-binding.html