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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
September 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1704 pages
111h 8m
English
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Uncovering LINQ to SQL with Linqpad

You may be curious about the T-SQL that LINQ is generating for this .NET expression. To reveal this mystery, you can use two tools: SQL Server Profiler and Linqpad. To use Profiler, launch the application from the Windows Start menu, create a new trace using the File menu (select New Trace), and connect to your database of choice. On the ensuing Trace Properties dialog, select the trace template called T-SQL_SPs, start the trace, and then run the LINQ statement found in Listing 45.3. The T-SQL that LINQ generates is revealed in the TextData column.

Alternatively, you can download and use the amazing Linqpad from http://www.linqpad.net. Visit the site and download Linqpad.exe. Save it to a folder that you will ...

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