asp.net entity framework keys in response
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i am trying to write my first RESTful api in c# using asp.net web api and entity framework

my issue is that the list that returns from my entity framework query is polluted with entity key information that is useless (i found out that because my columns are nullable, ef thinks they all must be keys).

here is part of the xml response i receive from my api call

    <syemploy z:Id="i1"><EntityKey z:Id="i2">
    <d2p1:EntityContainerName>AbraHRMS_LiveEntities</d2p1:EntityContainerName>
    <d2p1:EntityKeyValues>
        <d2p1:EntityKeyMember>
           <d2p1:Key>id_col</d2p1:Key>
           <d2p1:Value i:type="d5p1:int">15</d2p1:Value>
        </d2p1:EntityKeyMember>
        <d2p1:EntityKeyMember>
           <d2p1:Key>e_address1</d2p1:Key>
           <d2p1:Value i:type="d5p1:string">153 Townsend Street, Suite 9057</d2p1:Value>
        </d2p1:EntityKeyMember>
    ...

how can i remove the entity key values from the response?
my c# code looks like this
    
     AbraHRMS_LiveEntities _db = new AbraHRMS_LiveEntities();
     # GET api/employee
     public List<MvcApplication1.DAL.syemploy> Get()
     {
        return _db.syemploys.ToList();
     }

again, this is my first api in c# so if anything is funky looking please feel free to point it out