How to change the value of associated field

Question

I have 2 classes with a LINQ association between them i.e.:

Table1:       Table2:
ID            ID
Name          Description
              ForiegnID
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Answer 1

Check out the designer.cs file. This is the key's property

[Column(Storage="_ParentKey", DbType="Int")]
public System.Nullable ParentKey
{
    get
    {
        return this._ParentKey;
    }
    set
    {
        if ((this._ParentKey != value))
        {
            //This code is added by the association
            if (this._Parent.HasLoadedOrAssignedValue)
            {
                throw new System.Data.Linq.ForeignKeyReferenceAlreadyHasValueException();
            }
            //This code is present regardless of association
            this.OnParentKeyChanging(value);
            this.SendPropertyChanging();
            this._ParentKey = value;
            this.SendPropertyChanged("ParentKey");
            this.OnServiceAddrIDChanged();
        }
    }
}

And this is the associations property.

[Association(Name="Parent_Child", Storage="_Parent", ThisKey="ParentKey", IsForeignKey=true, DeleteRule="CASCADE")]
public Parent Parent
{
    get
    {
        return this._Parent.Entity;
    }
    set
    {
        Parent previousValue = this._Parent.Entity;
        if (((previousValue != value) 
                    || (this._Parent.HasLoadedOrAssignedValue == false)))
        {
            this.SendPropertyChanging();
            if ((previousValue != null))
            {
                this._Parent.Entity = null;
                previousValue.Exemptions.Remove(this);
            }
            this._Parent.Entity = value;
            if ((value != null))
            {
                value.Exemptions.Add(this);
                this._ParentKey = value.ParentKey;
            }
            else
            {
                this._ParentKey = default(Nullable);
            }
            this.SendPropertyChanged("Parent");
        }
    }
}

It's best to assign changes through the association instead of the key. That way, you don't have to worry about whether the parent is loaded.