Enabling LINQ to SQL Output with .NET Entity Framework

By David Catino (Profile).

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Enabling LINQ to SQL output in Entity Framework is straightforward. Simply add additional options when configuring the DbContext within the `Use...` context dependency injection definition found in the `Program.cs` file.

As seen in the screenshot (context name redacted).

This example uses SQLite as the data source to create proof-of-concepts without complex database setup instructions.

    
      // Change this value for deployment (security risk!)
      bool isDebugMode = true;

      // Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23804783/log-queries-executed-by-entity-framework-dbcontext
      // Enables output to the console
      builder.Services.AddDbContext(options =>
      {
          options.UseSqlite(
              builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("NOPEContext") ??
              throw new InvalidOperationException("Connection string 'NOPEContext' not found."))
          .LogTo(s => System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(s))
          .EnableDetailedErrors(isDebugMode)
          .EnableSensitiveDataLogging(isDebugMode);
      });