Entity framework serialize POCO to JSON

Question

I\'m using Ef 4.1 and I\'ve got a POCO object I\'d like to serialize to JSON, I\'ve read there is a problem to do so when using lazy loading but I\'m not sure I can because

Answer 1

Eager load it using Include(). Sample linq:

var serializeMe = (from m in MyContext.Message.Include("User") where m.Id == someValue select m).ToList();

That will tell EF to load the User navigation property right away instead of lazy loading it, and the serializer should have no problem with it then.