Like a lot of web programmers, I spent years using PHP to create web applications. One of the tools I frequently used in conjunction with PHP was phpMyAdmin . This helpful web-based tool allowed me to easily manage my MySQL databases via a web browser. After reading Scott Guthrie's "Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control" article I became intrigued by the idea of building a phpMyAdmin-like inteface that could utlize any "LINQ to SQL Class". In theory this seemed simple, in practice it involved a lot reflection . I ...

I've often found it helpful to use ASP.NET's Page Trace to identify performance problems with my dynamic pages. However, database queries are frequently responsible for performance problems.  Because of this, I began displaying SQL via the Page Trace. This let me see the SQL being executed to render a page. It also let me see how much time the SQL was taking to execute. As I began toying with LINQ to SQL I found myself missing the ability to see the SQL being executed to render my pages. As it turns out, it's very easy to ...