How do you construct a LINQ to Entities query to load child objects directly, instead of calling a Reference property or Load()

Question

I\'m new to using LINQ to Entities (or Entity Framework whatever they\'re calling it) and I\'m writing a lot of code like this:

var item = (from InventoryIte         


        

Answer 1

In addition to Robert's answer, you might like to check out this question for options for an extension method that that allows you to .Include() using an expression instead of a string, so you get compile time checking:

Entity Framework .Include() with compile time checking?