Entity Framework 6 - How can I view the SQL that will be generated for an insert before calling SaveChanges

Question

In Entity Framework 6, is it possible to view the SQL that will be executed for an insert before calling SaveChanges?

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Answer 1

Another option (if I understand your question correctly), would be to use an IDbCommandInterceptor implementation, which seemingly allows you to inspect SQL commands before they are executed (I hedge my words as I have not used this myself).

Something like this:

public class CommandInterceptor : IDbCommandInterceptor
{
    public void NonQueryExecuting(
        DbCommand command, DbCommandInterceptionContext interceptionContext)
    {
        // do whatever with command.CommandText
    }
}

Register it using the DBInterception class available in EF in your context static constructor:

static StuffEntities()
{
    Database.SetInitializer(null); // or however you have it
    System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.Interception.DbInterception.Add(new CommandInterceptor());
}