If you use stateless sessions you can work totally disconnected:

ChildEntity.ParentEntity = new ParentEntity(){ Id = 100 };

This is mostly the same as using ISession.Load(), because it won't go to 
the database (if your entity is configured as lazy, that is).

RP

On Monday, September 17, 2012 4:24:47 PM UTC+1, Mike B wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> What I need is to be able to map both foreign key and a reference to a 
> parent object. For example:
>
>
> class Parent
>>      int                ParentID
>>      List<Child>   Children 
>>
>  
>>
>
>> class Child
>>     int         ChildID
>>     int         ParentID // foreign key
>>     Parent   ParentEntity  
>>  
>> class ParentMap
>>     HasMany(x => x.Children)
>>           .KeyColumn("ParentID ")   // PROBLEM!
>>           .Inverse()
>>           .Cascade.All();
>>
>> class ChildMap
>>     Map(x => x.ParentID);     // PROBLEM!
>>     References(x => ParentEntity);
>
>
> The reason behind this is that operations are done in a detached 
> environment, and the detached environment doesn't "know" about NHibernate, 
> so solutions like ChildEntity.ParentEntity = Sessions.Load(parentEntityID) 
> are not acceptable. We explicitly need to work with the foreign key as a 
> property.  Any help very appreciated
>
>

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