Debuging ObjectQuery

When you write query with ObjectQuery, it use IQueryable interface. Following extension function help your to debug ObjectQuery more easily.

public static class IQueryableExtenstion
{
    public static ObjectQuery ToObjectQuery(this IQueryable query)
    {
        return query as ObjectQuery;
    }

    public static ObjectQuery<T> ToObjectQuery<T>(this IQueryable<T> query)
    {
        return query as ObjectQuery<T>;
    }


    public static string ToDatabaseSql(this IQueryable query)
    {
        try
        {
            return query.ToObjectQuery().ToTraceString();
        }
        catch
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static string ToEntitySql(this IQueryable query)
    {

        try
        {
            return query.ToObjectQuery().CommandText;
        } 
        catch
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static void OuputTrace(this IQueryable query)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(query.ToDatabaseSql());
        Console.WriteLine(query.ToEntitySql());
    }
   
}

//to use the extension function you can write the following code
 var test = from a in context.Addresses
            let c = new { a.Contact.FirstName, a.Contact.LastName, a.CountryRegion }
            group c by c.CountryRegion into mygroup
            where (mygroup.Count() &gt; 150)
            select mygroup;
 test.OuputTrace();