Hibernate show real SQL

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"/>

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