Question

I have a class Mailout with a Status that looks like this:

public class Mailout
{
   public int Id {get; set; }
   public string Name {get; set; }
   public MailoutStatus Status { get; set; }
}
public class MailoutStatus
{
   public int Id { get; set; }
   public string Name { get; set;}
}

When I insert Mailouts and set the Status property, they are inserted correctly. When I fetch them, Status is always null. Since I don’t have (and don’t want) the status ID on my Mailout class, I have no way to retrieve it after-the-fact. How do I tell EF to populate this field eagerly, rather than lazily?

I’m hoping I can set something up in OnModelCreating() since I want this behavior all the time, not as an option that I can use sometimes by manipulating my LINQ-to-Entities queries.

Answer 1

You need to make your navigation properties virtual.