Question

I have two tables, RESTAURANT and HOURS with REST_ID as the key between the two tables. i receive an error when I get to the first line of code to add HOURs. The error asks to create an instance of the object but Intellisence allows me to call that table reference. Here is a snipped of the code:

RESTAURANT addRest = new RESTAURANT();
    addRest.REST_NAME = r_name;
    addRest.REST_STREET1 = r_street;
    addRest.REST_PHONE = r_phone;
    addRest.REST_WEBSITE = r_web;
    addRest.REST_DESC = r_desc;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_SUN = h_su;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_MON = h_mo;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_TUE = h_tu;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_WED = h_we;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_THU = h_th;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_FRI = h_fr;
    addRest.HOUR.HOURS_SAT = h_sa;
    addRest.HOURReference.EntityKey = new EntityKey("FVTCEntities.HOURS", "HOURS", 1);
    db.AddToRESTAURANTs(addRest);
    db.SaveChanges();

Answer 1

HOUR is a contained object inside of RESTAURANT. You need to instantiate it before setting properties on it (like a typical C# object):

addRest.HOUR = new HOUR();
addRest.HOUR.HOURS_SUN = h_su;
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