Hibernate show real SQL

Question

if I set

<property name="show_sql">true</property>

in my hibernate.cfg.xml configuration file in the console I can see the SQL.

But it's not real SQL... Can I see the SQL code that will be passed directly to database?

Example:

I see

select this_.code from true.employee this_ where this_.code=?

Can I see

select employee.code from employee where employee.code=12

the real SQL?

Solution 1

log4j.properties

log4j.logger.org.hibernate=INFO, hb
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.type=TRACE
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.hql.ast.AST=info
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl=warn
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.hql=debug
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.cache=info
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.jdbc=debug

log4j.appender.hb=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.hb.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.hb.layout.ConversionPattern=HibernateLog --> %d{HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c - %m%n
log4j.appender.hb.Threshold=TRACE

hibernate.cfg.xml

<property name="show_sql">true</property>
<property name="format_sql">true</property>
<property name="use_sql_comments">true</property>

persistence.xml

Some frameworks use persistence.xml:

<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true"/>
<property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true"/>
<property name="hibernate.use_sql_comments" value="true"/>

Solution 2

Can I see (...) the real SQL

If you want to see the SQL sent directly to the database (that is formatted similar to your example), you'll have to use some kind of jdbc driver proxy like P6Spy (or log4jdbc).

Alternatively you can enable logging of the following categories (using a log4j.properties file here):

log4j.logger.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.type=TRACE

The first is equivalent to hibernate.show_sql=true, the second prints the bound parameters among other things.

Reference

• Hibernate 3.5 Core Documentation
  • 3.5. Logging
• Hibernate 4.1 Core Documentation
  • 4.1. Logging

Solution 3

If you can already see the SQL being printed, that means you have the code below in your hibernate.cfg.xml:

<property name="show_sql">true</property>

To print the bind parameters as well, add the following to your log4j.properties file:

log4j.logger.net.sf.hibernate.type=debug

Solution 4

Worth noting that the code you see is sent to the database as is, the queries are sent separately to prevent SQL injection. AFAIK The ? marks are placeholders that are replaced by the number params by the database, not by hibernate.

Solution 5

select this_.code from true.employee this_ where this_.code=? is what will be sent to your database.

this_ is an alias for that instance of the employee table.

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Comments

[elduff]

I like P6Spy, especially when running unit tests, because it'll also give you the result set of your query in addition to the bind parameter values.

[Rachel]

is there a way we can get information about bind parameters in the logs?

[Scarlett]

can you post the log output example?

[Arjan]

@Rachel, what more than logging such as TRACE [BasicBinder] binding parameter [1] as [VARCHAR] - john doe do you need?

[Adam Gent]

@Pascal I don't think you should say "If you want to see it formatted exactly as in your example" because it it depends highly on what database he is using and if hibernate chooses to batch/prepare the statement.

[David Anderson]

The problem is not the This but the ?

[reznic]

dont work on hibernate 4.3!!

[Emil Lundberg]

Enabling the org.hibernate.type category didn't work for me, but enabling the org.hibernate.loader.hql category instead did work.

[TheConstructor]

If you add org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.JdbcCoordinatorImpl you can deduce the bound values from the Releasing statement- or Closing prepared statement-lines (at least with H2)

[Jolly1234]

this applies only to hibernate version < 3.0 right?

[Vlastimil Ovčáčík]

You may need to tell Hibernate what logging manager you use (log4j, slf4j), see how.

[Alkanshel]

@Arjan Having the params listed separately really isn't very helpful. Part of why I'd want sql prints like this is so I can run the statements myself and see what's going on. Having to pluck through and insert params by hand is just clumsy. Shame there isn't a more streamlined way to have these printed.

[The Student]

For Eclipse Mars the file is "hibernate-log4j.properties"

[Ray Hulha]

P6Spy has a bit of an annoying log format that can't be changed easily: stackoverflow.com/questions/17789223/…

[deFreitas]

In my case I use logback and want to do it programatically on IDE debug, so I did this

[senyor]

One can use -Dhibernate.show_sql=true with Java process to enable sql output in Hibernate.

[Karen Goh]

@Brian - do I need to put in <Loggers></Loggers> and appenderRef ?

[Rafael Andrade]

When I use this configurations the result of each query is also printed on console. Is there a way to print only the query? Sometimes the results take so much time to print.

[p0tta]

What if I don't have log4j in my project?