Non-static method requires a target. Entity Framework 5 Code First
I am getting the error "Non-static method requires a target." when I run the following query:
var allPartners = DbContext.User
.Include(u => u.Businesses)
.Where(u => u.Businesses.Any(x => x.Id == currentBusinessId))
.ToList();
My entites are defines like this:
public class User : Entity
{
public virtual List<Business> Businesses { get; set; }
}
public class Business : Entity
{
public virtual List<User> Users { get; set; }
}
public class Entity
{
[Key]
[DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
public Guid Id { get; set; }
}
And my context is configured like this;
public class Context : DbContext, IDatabaseSession
{
public DbSet<Business> Business { get; set; }
public DbSet<User> User { get; set; }
public Context()
: base("DefaultConnection")
{
}
protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
modelBuilder.Conventions.Remove
<System.Data.Entity.ModelConfiguration.Conventions.PluralizingTableNameConvention>();
Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<Context, Configuration>());
modelBuilder.Entity<User>()
.HasMany(u => u.Businesses)
.WithMany(b => b.Users);
}
}
What have I done wrong?
Solution 1:
The problem boiled down to the query. My original question had this query:
var allPartners = DbContext.User
.Include(u => u.Businesses)
.Where(u => u.Businesses.Any(x => x.Id == currentBusinessId))
.ToList();
Which wasn't quite accurate, I had in fact removed the error in an attempt to ask my question succinctly. The query was actually:
var currentBusiness = GetBusiness();
var allPartners = DbContext.User
.Include(u => u.Businesses)
.Where(u => u.Businesses.Any(x => x.Id == currentBusiness.Id))
.ToList();
When the GetBusiness
method returned null
the error was thrown. Simply ensuring that I don't pass a null
object into the expression made the error stop.