Question

I have this line of code that selects a workflow status and then gets the next workflow statuses mapped to it.

status = db.WorkflowStatuses
    .Include(x => x.CurrentMappings.Where(y => y.IsActive && y.NextWorkflowStatus.IsActive))
    .Include(x => x.CurrentMappings.Select(y => y.NextWorkflowStatus).Where(y => y.IsActive))
    .FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == id);

My question is do I need the second Include since I referenced NextWorkflowStatus in the first Include?

Answer 1

Include represents eager loading and eager loading in EF doesn’t support filtering or ordering so your code will not work at all. You cannot use Where inside include call.