implementing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Lazy Loading and Navigation Properties Not Populating
I've hit a wall trying to I'm integrating two systems and I'm currently working on a .NET 6 application using Entity Framework Core 6.0, and I've run into a question with lazy loading of navigation properties... I have a `Blog` entity that has a collection of `Post` entities, defined like this: ```csharp public class Blog { public int BlogId { get; set; } public string BlogName { get; set; } public virtual ICollection<Post> Posts { get; set; } } public class Post { public int PostId { get; set; } public string Title { get; set; } public string Content { get; set; } public int BlogId { get; set; } public virtual Blog Blog { get; set; } } ``` I have configured my `DbContext` to include lazy loading like this: ```csharp public class BloggingContext : DbContext { public DbSet<Blog> Blogs { get; set; } public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; } protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder) { optionsBuilder.UseLazyLoadingProxies(); optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer("Your_Connection_String_Here"); } } ``` However, when I fetch a `Blog` instance and try to access the `Posts` collection, it's not being populated as expected. Here's how I retrieve the data: ```csharp using (var context = new BloggingContext()) { var blog = context.Blogs.FirstOrDefault(b => b.BlogId == 1); Console.WriteLine(blog.BlogName); // This should trigger lazy loading, but it doesn't foreach (var post in blog.Posts) { Console.WriteLine(post.Title); } } ``` I checked my NuGet packages and everything seems to be in order. I've also ensured that the `virtual` keyword is present on the navigation properties. To troubleshoot, I tried explicitly including the `Posts` collection using `.Include(b => b.Posts)` in my query, and that worked: ```csharp var blogWithPosts = context.Blogs.Include(b => b.Posts).FirstOrDefault(b => b.BlogId == 1); ``` While this resolves the scenario, I really want to use lazy loading for cleaner code. I also ensured that lazy loading proxies are enabled and that my project is set up correctly. The question continues only when accessing the navigation properties. Has anyone experienced this scenario or knows what might be causing the lazy loading to unexpected result? Any ideas what could be causing this? I recently upgraded to C# latest. I'm on Debian using the latest version of C#. Thanks in advance!