Entity Framework - Eagerly load object graph using stored procedures

Question

Background

I am changing my LINQ-to-SQL code in my project to Entity Framework. Most of the change over was relatively simple, however, I have run into

Answer 1

Stored procedures cannot be directly associated with an Entity for the purposes of selecting / reading data. Typically stored procedures that are used for retrieval will return complex types and not entities. In order to interact with the DB indirectly, EF provides the ability to associate an Entity with a View for reads, and stored procedures for Insert, Update, and Delete.

Read this article for a full summary of working with EF and stored procedures. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg699321.aspx