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Scenario: In EF 4 we have FK relationships , available for the first time in .NET 4.0 Beta 2, so it is now possible to have a model something like this: public class Division { public int DivisionID {get;set} // Primary Key public string Name {get;set;}
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What are Stub Entities? A stub entity is a partially populated entity that stands in for the real thing. For example this: Category c = new Category {ID = 5}; is a stub entity. It has only the ID populated, which indicates this is a stub for Category
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Background: In Tip 13 - How to Attach the easy way I showed you how to ‘establish’ the EntitySet for a particular CLR Type so you could Attach it. But in all the tips so far the same basic pattern is used: Attach the original version of the Entity Modify
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Background If you've been reading the EF Design Blog you will have seen that we recently announced something called " FK Associations " for the EF in .NET 4.0. However in .NET 3.5 SP1, we only support Independent Associations. What that means is that
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