Why did Entity Framework Core include related tables without me using Include() in my query?

Question

I'm using Entity Framework Core version 5 and this is my table:

public class BusinessTransaction
{
    public Guid Id { get; set; }
    public Guid BusinessId { get; set; }

    public int Amount { get; set; }
    public bool IsPay { get; set; }
    public DateTime Date { get; set; }

    public string Title { get; set; }
    public long Time { get; set; }
    public string TrackingCode { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey(nameof(BusinessId))]
    public Businesses.Business Business { get; set; } 
}

When I want to get data, EF Core seems to include the Business table without me using an Include(). This is my query:

public async Task<List<BusinessTransaction>> GetTransactionByBusienssId(Guid id, int skip = 0, int take = 10)
{
    var query = DbContext.BusinessTransactions
                         .Where(b => b.BusinessId == id)
                         .OrderByDescending(b => b.Date)
                         .Skip(skip)
                         .Take(take);

    return await query.ToListAsync();
}

This is query that executes in SQL Server (reformatted for readability):

DECLARE @__id_0 uniqueIdentifier = '2af03a2e-17b6-4708-ceee-08da1fc18b20';
DECLARE @__p_1 int = 0;
DECLARE @__p_2 int = 10;
    
SELECT
    [b].[Id],
    [b].[Amount],
    [b].[BusinessId],
    [b].[Date],
    [b].[IsPay],
    [b].[Time],
    [b].[Title],
    [b].[TrackingCode]
FROM
    [BusinessTransactions] AS [b]
WHERE
    [b].[BusinessId] = @__id_0
ORDER BY
    [b].[Date] DESC
OFFSET
    @__p_1 ROWS FETCH NEXT @__p_2 ROWS ONLY;

How can I execute query without including any related table?

Answer 1

Your question is related to Eager loading, Please read below concepts of eager vs lazy. When you call include() it is eager loading where EF calls all related entities, I believe what you look for is lazy loading where EF won't load related entities (navigation props) until you explicitly call them. https://www.entityframeworktutorial.net/eager-loading-in-entity-framework.aspx https://www.entityframeworktutorial.net/lazyloading-in-entity-framework.aspx

Good luck.