Why do I get different values from my EntitySet depending on how I LINQ to it? - entity-framework

Question

In debugging the issue in this thread: InvalidCastException when querying nested collection with LINQ I found out that something is wrong with how my Category EntitySet is populated. After selecteding a Category and throwing this exception to see what's going on I get this:
throw new Exception("CID: " + cat.CategoryID +
" LCID: " + cat.LocalizedCategories.First().LocalizedCategoryID +
" CID from LC: " + cat.LocalizedCategories.First().Category.CategoryID);
CID: 352 LCID: 352 CID from LC: 191
What am I doing wrong that causes CategoryID to have different values depending on how I LINQ to it? It should be 191, and not the same value as the LocalizedCategoryID.
This is the code I use to get the Category:
int categoryId = 352; // In reality this comes from a parameter and is supposed
// to be 191 to get the Category.
var cat = categoriesRepository.Categories.First(c => c.CategoryID == categoryId);
This is my domain object with some unrelated stuff stripped:
[Table(Name = "products")]
public class Product
{
[HiddenInput(DisplayValue = false)]
[Column(Name = "id", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, AutoSync = AutoSync.OnInsert)]
public int ProductID { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a product name")]
[Column]
public string Name { get; set; }
[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please enter a description")]
[DataType(DataType.MultilineText)]
[Column(Name = "info")]
public string Description { get; set; }
private EntitySet<Category> _Categories = new EntitySet<Category>();
[System.Data.Linq.Mapping.Association(Storage = "_Categories", OtherKey = "CategoryID")]
public ICollection<Category> Categories
{
get { return _Categories; }
set { _Categories.Assign(value); }
}
}
[Table(Name = "products_types")]
public class Category
{
[HiddenInput(DisplayValue = false)]
[Column(Name = "id", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, AutoSync = AutoSync.OnInsert)]
public int CategoryID { get; set; }
public string NameByCountryId(int countryId)
{
return _LocalizedCategories.Single(lc => lc.CountryID == countryId).Name;
}
private EntitySet<LocalizedCategory> _LocalizedCategories = new EntitySet<LocalizedCategory>();
[System.Data.Linq.Mapping.Association(Storage = "_LocalizedCategories", OtherKey = "LocalizedCategoryID")]
public ICollection<LocalizedCategory> LocalizedCategories
{
get { return _LocalizedCategories; }
set { _LocalizedCategories.Assign(value); }
}
private EntitySet<Product> _Products = new EntitySet<Product>();
[System.Data.Linq.Mapping.Association(Storage = "_Products", OtherKey = "ProductID")]
public ICollection<Product> Products
{
get { return _Products; }
set { _Products.Assign(value); }
}
}
[Table(Name = "products_types_localized")]
public class LocalizedCategory
{
[HiddenInput(DisplayValue = false)]
[Column(Name = "id", IsPrimaryKey = true, IsDbGenerated = true, AutoSync = AutoSync.OnInsert)]
public int LocalizedCategoryID { get; set; }
[Column(Name = "products_types_id")]
private int CategoryID;
private EntityRef<Category> _Category = new EntityRef<Category>();
[System.Data.Linq.Mapping.Association(Storage = "_Category", ThisKey = "CategoryID")]
public Category Category
{
get { return _Category.Entity; }
set { _Category.Entity = value; }
}
[Column(Name = "country_id")]
public int CountryID { get; set; }
[Column]
public string Name { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

This (in class Category) looks weird:
[System.Data.Linq.Mapping.Association(Storage = "_LocalizedCategories",
OtherKey = "LocalizedCategoryID" )] // ????
public ICollection<LocalizedCategory> LocalizedCategories
Category has a collection of LocalizedCategorys, which means that in the database the table products_types_localized has a foreign keyCategoryID. That field should be the "OtherKey". How was this mapping generated?