Delete entity in EF4 without loading the entire entity
问题 I am using entity framework 4 and have the following setup and problem. I have a table in MySql with metadata fields an a blob field. Using the Table Splitting technique described here i have divided the table into two entities (DataItem and DataItemDetails). This way I can load all the metadata without loading the blobs. Problem is that when I try to delete a dataitem entity I get this exception: exception: System.Data.UpdateException: Invalid data encountered. A required relationship is