How to include related tables in DbSet.Find()?

Question

If I want to include related objects in an EF7 query, it\'s nice and easy:

var myThing = db.MyThings
                .Include(t => t.RelatedThing)
                


        

Answer 1

Use Find, in combination with Load, for explicit loading of related entities. Below a MSDN example:

using (var context = new BloggingContext()) 
{ 
  var post = context.Posts.Find(2); 

  // Load the blog related to a given post 
  context.Entry(post).Reference(p => p.Blog).Load(); 

  // Load the blog related to a given post using a string  
  context.Entry(post).Reference("Blog").Load(); 

  var blog = context.Blogs.Find(1); 

  // Load the posts related to a given blog 
  context.Entry(blog).Collection(p => p.Posts).Load(); 

  // Load the posts related to a given blog  
  // using a string to specify the relationship 
  context.Entry(blog).Collection("Posts").Load(); 
}

here is MSDN link