SQL server profiler not showing LINQ To Sql queries

Question

I am trying to view SQL generated by Linq to SQL in the SQL Server Profiler (2005).

I can see the sql sent to the server from anything except for linq to sql.

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Answer 1

There is also an option in the data context class to enable log in the client side. When log is enabled is possible to see the queries.

See this link:

http://www.davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2007/08/17/DataContextLogLoggingLINQToSQLOutputConsoleDebuggerOuputWindow.aspx

Answer 2

Had the same problem and none of the solutions above worked for me.

What worked for me was adding ToList() enumerator to the query.

Before:

var data = null == id ?
                   (from ...
                    select new
                    {
                        ...
                    })
                :
                   (from ..
                    select new
                    {
                        ...
                    });

After:

var data = null == id ?
                   (from ...
                    select new
                    {
                        ...
                    }).ToList()
                :
                   (from ..
                    select new
                    {
                        ...
                    }).ToList();

foreach (var obj in data)
{
   xxx = obj.somename; --> now you can see the sql query in Profiler

Answer 3

Are you including enough of the options in the SQL Profiler to see the BatchCompleted events, too?

Marc

Answer 4

You need RPC call - the queries are executed as exec_sql.