Relationships are null despite Include and Association

[Kevin]

Hi all,

Apologies if this is a stupid question, but I'm having a mental block.

I have a set of classes which have relationships between them (as FKs in the database), for example:

public partial class ProjectProfile
{
    private long _projectId;
    public virtual long ProjectId
    {
        get
        {
        return this._projectId;
        }
        set
        {
        this._projectId = value;
        }
    }

    // ... more class members

    private Project _project;
    public virtual Project Project
    {
        get
        {
        return this._project;
        }
        set
        {
        this._project = value;
        }
    }
}

I've added a metadata class like so:

[MetadataTypeAttribute(typeof(ProjectProfileMetaData))]
public partial class ProjectProfile
{
    internal sealed class ProjectProfileMetaData
    {
        [Include]
        [Association("Project", "ProjectId", "ProjectId")]
        public Project Project { get; set; }
    }
}

I then rebuild, and re-run the data services wizard to update the WCF service definition.

However, when I try to retrieve the objects in my consuming class via the following:

ILookup<string, ProjectProfile> profiles = (from pp in dataManager.ProjectProfiles
    where ((pp.ProfileYear == startDate.Year && pp.ProfileMonth >= startDate.Month) || pp.ProfileYear >= startDate.Year)
        && ((pp.ProfileYear == endDate.Year && pp.ProfileMonth <= endDate.Month) || pp.ProfileYear < endDate.Year)
    select pp).OrderBy(pp => pp.ProfileYear).ThenBy(pp => pp.ProfileMonth).ToLookup(pp => pp.Project.ProjectStatus.ProjectShowsOn);

the project entity (pp.Project) is null.

Do I need to manually edit the DataManager class to add .Include("Project") to the query? I would assume not, because I assume the Include attribute (in System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Server - not the ones in Telerik.OpenAccess) is supposed to indicate to the ORM autogeneration stuff that it should add it.

Or am I missing something else entirely?

Cheers!

[Ady]

Hi Kevin,

 Does executing the LINQ query directly in a console application (without data services anywhere in the picture) work? If that works we can try and narrow down to the actual problem with regards to the generated data services code.
Also, if possible can you send me  a sample project where I can observe this behavior? This will help in providing a solution sooner.

Looking forward to helping you further.

Regards,
Ady
the Telerik team