How to throw a SqlException when needed for mocking and unit testing?

Question

I am trying to test some exceptions in my project and one of the Exceptions I catch is SQlException.

It seems that you can\'t go new SqlException(

Answer 1

Theese solutions feel bloated.

The ctor is internal, yes.

(Without using reflection, the easiest way to just genuinely create this exception....

   instance.Setup(x => x.MyMethod())
            .Callback(() => new SqlConnection("Server=pleasethrow;Database=anexception;Connection Timeout=1").Open());

Perphaps there's another method that doesn't require the timeout of 1 second to throw.