Extract sql query from LINQ expressions

Question

Is it possible to extract sql statements from LINQ queries ?

Say, I have this LINQ expression.

        string[] names =
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Answer 1

For future reference, I think this gentleman's method is the best http://damieng.com/blog/2008/07/30/linq-to-sql-log-to-debug-window-file-memory-or-multiple-writers

class DebugTextWriter : System.IO.TextWriter {
   public override void Write(char[] buffer, int index, int count) {
       System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write(new String(buffer, index, count));
   }

   public override void Write(string value) {
       System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write(value);
   }

   public override Encoding Encoding {
       get { return System.Text.Encoding.Default; }
   }
}

myDataContext.Log = new DebugTextWriter();