Question

Is there a way to get the raw text that is sent to SQL Server, as seen in SQL Profiler, from the ADO.NET call?

using(SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString)) {
    SqlCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
    cmd.CommandText = "GetSomeData";
    cmd.Parameters.Add("@id").Value = someId;
    cmd.Parameters.Add("@someOtherParam").Value = "hello";

    conn.Open();
    SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

    // this sends up the call: exec GetSomeData @id=24, @someOtherParam='hello'
    // how can I capture that and write it to debug?

    Debug.Write("exec GetSomeData @id=24, @someOtherParam='hello'");

}

Answer 1

I don’t think there is a way to get what you want out of a single property or method. We used to write a simple, static function to dump the text and then iterate over the parameters collection to dump out the parameter values. These days, you could even make it an extension method so it looks like a method of the SqlCommand object.