Entity Framework - Remove List of Items

Question

I am trying to delete a list of items from a database with entity framework, however I can't get the sub lists not to load,

essentially I have a list for which each item of that list contains a 2 list, I want to not load the sub lists but just the list it self.

How do I only load the list and not its sub lists?

Answer 1

It's possible that the sub lists are being LazyLoaded when they are evaluated. You can turn Lazy Loading off with

DbContext.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = false; 

More details here . I typically turn LazyLoading off in the constructor of my context and eager load anything I need with include statements. Lazy Loading can also cause performance issues. If you loop through a lazy loading collection you'll end up with one database hit per item in the collection.