EF update is inserting and into a different table - entity-framework

Question

I have an MVC 5 website using EF6 code first.
The website will track golf results at events.
Here are my pocos:
public class Event
{
public int EventId { get; set; }
public string VenueName { get; set; }
public string CourseName { get; set; }
public String FirstTeeOff { get; set; }
public DateTime EventDate { get; set; }
public decimal Fee { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Result> Results { get; set; }
}
public class Golfer
{
public int GolferId { get; set; }
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string Surname { get; set; }
public int CurrentHandicap { get; set; }
public string Email { get; set; }
public string Telephone { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Result> Results { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public int ResultId { get; set; }
public Golfer Golfer { get; set; }
public Event Event { get; set; }
public bool Attendance { get; set; }
public int HandicapPlayed { get; set; }
public int ScoreCarded { get; set; }
public int LongestDriveWins { get; set; }
public int NearestPinWins { get; set; }
public Result()
{
Event = new Event();
Golfer = new Golfer();
}
}
The POST edit action for my Result is as follows:
[HttpPost]
[Authorize]
public ActionResult Edit(ResultViewModel resultVM)
{
try
{
DomainClasses.Result resultDomain = _context.Results.Find(resultVM.GolferResults[0].ResultId);
resultDomain.Attendance = resultVM.GolferResults[0].Attendance;
resultDomain.HandicapPlayed = resultVM.GolferResults[0].HandicapPlayed;
resultDomain.ScoreCarded = resultVM.GolferResults[0].ScoreCarded;
resultDomain.LongestDriveWins = resultVM.GolferResults[0].LongestDriveWins;
resultDomain.NearestPinWins = resultVM.GolferResults[0].NearestPinWins;
_context.Results.Attach(resultDomain);
_context.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
catch
{
return View();
}
}
I'm getting an error on the SaveChanges. I've used EF Profiler and it showed that it was trying to insert into the Event table:
INSERT [dbo].[Events]
([VenueName],
[CourseName],
[FirstTeeOff],
[EventDate],
[Fee])
VALUES (NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
'0001-01-01T00:00:00' /* #0 */,
0 /* #1 */)
SELECT [EventId]
FROM [dbo].[Events]
WHERE ##ROWCOUNT > 0
AND [EventId] = scope_identity()
Any idead why?

Answer 1

It's most likely because you create instances of the related entities in the Result constructor:
Event = new Event();
Golfer = new Golfer();
Remove those lines from the constructor.