Question

In my database I have a Company. The company has Branches, which have an Address. The company also has Accounts, which have ReturnAddresses, which also have an Address.

I want to eager load all this data in one query, something like:

from c in context.Company  
           .Include("Branches").Include("Address")
           .Include("Accounts").Include("ReturnAddresses").Include("Address")
where c.CompanyId.Equals(1)    
select c

Will the two .Include("Address") methods figure themselves to get the right addresses for the right aspects?

How else can I load all this data in one query?

Answer 1

In EF 4.1 you can do so as follows

from c in context.Company  
  .Include(c => c.Branches.Select(b => b.Address))
  .Include(c => c.Accounts.Select(a => a.ReturnAddresses.Select(r => r.Address)))
where c.CompanyId.Equals(1)    
select c