Where to find translated Linq to Entity query to Sql

Question

I want to get the translated Linq query programmatically and do some stuff with that Sql syntax.

Suppose this is my code:

public class MyApiControlle         


        

Answer 1

I think these posts may help you:

1) How to view LINQ Generated SQL statements?

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

Couple of examples (from the above):

var sql = ((System.Data.Objects.ObjectQuery)objs).ToTraceString();
var sql = objs.ToString();

Documentation on .ToTraceString() can be found here:

MSDN trace string documentation

Answer 2

another option if you are using Entity Framework 6 is use the new feature to logging whats is happen, you can get the t-sql and the query time:

Logging and Intercepting Database Operations

using (var context = new BlogContext()) 
{ 
    context.Database.Log = Console.Write; //here, you can write this info to a text file for example.

    // Your code here... 
}

Answer 3

You can call the ToString() method on objs. This will result in a call to the ToTraceString method that returns the executed SQL:

string sql = objs.ToString();