Viewing SQL Logs in MySql

Hi everyone,

I’ve recently switched from PostgreSQL and MSSQL to MySQL. I ran into a bit of an issue today where I needed to see the queries I was generating for an insert statement. For MSSQL I’d normally use SQL profiler.

After a bit of Googling I came across the following solution for MySQL:

-- Enable the logging
SET GLOBAL log_output = 'TABLE';
SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON';

-- View the results
SELECT *
FROM mysql.general_log
ORDER BY event_time DESC;

Running this in Sequel Pro displays an output similar to the following:

Thanks to the following StackOverflow post for the info: https://stackoverflow.com/a/678310/522859