Question

I m using the entity framework code first CTP4.

Is it possible to lazy load non navigation properties like you can in NH 3.

A common example would be having a table containing a binary column. I only want to retrieve this column s data when I explicitly ask for that property in my code e.g. image.ImageData

Thanks Ben

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Ugly workaround:

public static void Main()
{
  IEnumerable<MyTable> table;
  using (Entities context = new Entities())
  {
    var buffer =
      context.MyTable
      .Select(myTable => new
      {
        Id = myTable.Id,
        OtherColumn = myTable.OtherColumn
      })
      .ToArray();

    table = buffer
      .Select(t => new MyTable 
      {
        Id = t.Id, 
        OtherColumn = t.OtherColumn
      });
  }
}

This will not select the rest of the fields.

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