How do I view the SQL generated by the Entity Framework?

Question

How do I view the SQL generated by entity framework ?

(In my particular case I\'m using the mysql provider - if it matters)

Answer 1

Necromancing.
This page is the first search result when searching for a solution for any .NET Framework, so here as a public service, how it's done in EntityFrameworkCore (for .NET Core 1 & 2):

var someQuery = (
    from projects in _context.projects
    join issues in _context.issues on projects.Id equals issues.ProjectId into tmpMapp
    from issues in tmpMapp.DefaultIfEmpty()
    select issues
) //.ToList()
;

// string sql = someQuery.ToString();
// string sql = Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.IQueryableExtensions.ToSql(someQuery);
// string sql = Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.IQueryableExtensions1.ToSql(someQuery);
// using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
string sql = someQuery.ToSql();
System.Console.WriteLine(sql);

And then these extension methods (IQueryableExtensions1 for .NET Core 1.0, IQueryableExtensions for .NET Core 2.0) :

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Internal;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Internal;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage;
using Remotion.Linq.Parsing.Structure;


namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
{

    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1412863/how-do-i-view-the-sql-generated-by-the-entity-framework
    // http://rion.io/2016/10/19/accessing-entity-framework-core-queries-behind-the-scenes-in-asp-net-core/

    public static class IQueryableExtensions
    {
        private static readonly TypeInfo QueryCompilerTypeInfo = typeof(QueryCompiler).GetTypeInfo();

        private static readonly FieldInfo QueryCompilerField = typeof(EntityQueryProvider).GetTypeInfo().DeclaredFields
            .First(x => x.Name == "_queryCompiler");

        private static readonly PropertyInfo NodeTypeProviderField =
            QueryCompilerTypeInfo.DeclaredProperties.Single(x => x.Name == "NodeTypeProvider");

        private static readonly MethodInfo CreateQueryParserMethod =
            QueryCompilerTypeInfo.DeclaredMethods.First(x => x.Name == "CreateQueryParser");

        private static readonly FieldInfo DataBaseField =
            QueryCompilerTypeInfo.DeclaredFields.Single(x => x.Name == "_database");

        private static readonly PropertyInfo DatabaseDependenciesField =
            typeof(Database).GetTypeInfo().DeclaredProperties.Single(x => x.Name == "Dependencies");

        public static string ToSql(this IQueryable query) where TEntity : class
        {
            if (!(query is EntityQueryable) && !(query is InternalDbSet))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Invalid query");
            }

            var queryCompiler = (QueryCompiler) QueryCompilerField.GetValue(query.Provider);
            var nodeTypeProvider = (INodeTypeProvider) NodeTypeProviderField.GetValue(queryCompiler);
            var parser = (IQueryParser) CreateQueryParserMethod.Invoke(queryCompiler, new object[] {nodeTypeProvider});
            var queryModel = parser.GetParsedQuery(query.Expression);
            var database = DataBaseField.GetValue(queryCompiler);
            var databaseDependencies = (DatabaseDependencies) DatabaseDependenciesField.GetValue(database);
            var queryCompilationContext = databaseDependencies.QueryCompilationContextFactory.Create(false);
            var modelVisitor = (RelationalQueryModelVisitor) queryCompilationContext.CreateQueryModelVisitor();
            modelVisitor.CreateQueryExecutor(queryModel);
            var sql = modelVisitor.Queries.First().ToString();

            return sql;
        }
    }



    public class IQueryableExtensions1
    {
        private static readonly TypeInfo QueryCompilerTypeInfo = typeof(QueryCompiler).GetTypeInfo();

        private static readonly FieldInfo QueryCompilerField = typeof(EntityQueryProvider).GetTypeInfo()
            .DeclaredFields
            .First(x => x.Name == "_queryCompiler");

        private static readonly PropertyInfo NodeTypeProviderField =
            QueryCompilerTypeInfo.DeclaredProperties.Single(x => x.Name == "NodeTypeProvider");

        private static readonly MethodInfo CreateQueryParserMethod =
            QueryCompilerTypeInfo.DeclaredMethods.First(x => x.Name == "CreateQueryParser");

        private static readonly FieldInfo DataBaseField =
            QueryCompilerTypeInfo.DeclaredFields.Single(x => x.Name == "_database");

        private static readonly FieldInfo QueryCompilationContextFactoryField = typeof(Database).GetTypeInfo()
            .DeclaredFields.Single(x => x.Name == "_queryCompilationContextFactory");


        public static string ToSql(IQueryable query) where TEntity : class
        {
            if (!(query is EntityQueryable) && !(query is InternalDbSet))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Invalid query");
            }

            var queryCompiler = (IQueryCompiler) QueryCompilerField.GetValue(query.Provider);

            var nodeTypeProvider = (INodeTypeProvider) NodeTypeProviderField.GetValue(queryCompiler);
            var parser =
                (IQueryParser) CreateQueryParserMethod.Invoke(queryCompiler, new object[] {nodeTypeProvider});
            var queryModel = parser.GetParsedQuery(query.Expression);
            var database = DataBaseField.GetValue(queryCompiler);
            var queryCompilationContextFactory =
                (IQueryCompilationContextFactory) QueryCompilationContextFactoryField.GetValue(database);
            var queryCompilationContext = queryCompilationContextFactory.Create(false);
            var modelVisitor = (RelationalQueryModelVisitor) queryCompilationContext.CreateQueryModelVisitor();
            modelVisitor.CreateQueryExecutor(queryModel);
            var sql = modelVisitor.Queries.First().ToString();

            return sql;
        }


    }


}