C# Entity-Framework: How can I combine a .Find and .Include on a Model Object?

Question

I\'m doing the mvcmusicstore practice tutorial. I noticed something when creating the scaffold for the album manager (add delete edit).

I want to write code elegantl

Answer 1

You can use Include() first, then retrieve a single object from the resulting query:

Item item = db.Items
              .Include(i => i.Category)
              .Include(i => i.Brand)
              .FirstOrDefault(x => x.ItemId == id);