How to print a query string with parameter values when using Hibernate

You need to enable logging for the the following categories:

• org.hibernate.SQL   - set to debug to log all SQL DML statements as they are executed
• org.hibernate.type - set to trace to log all JDBC parameters

So a log4j configuration could look like:

# logs the SQL statements
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.SQL=debug 

# Logs the JDBC parameters passed to a query
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.type=trace 

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

Another solution (non hibernate based) would be to use a JDBC proxy driver like P6Spy.

Just for convenience, here is the same configuration example for Logback (SLF4J)

<appender name="SQLROLLINGFILE">
 <File>/tmp/sql.log</File>
 <rollingPolicy>
  <FileNamePattern>logFile.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</FileNamePattern>
 </rollingPolicy>
 <layout>
  <Pattern>%-4date | %msg %n</Pattern>
 </layout>
</appender>

<logger name="org.hibernate.SQL" additivity="false" >   
 <level value="DEBUG" />    
 <appender-ref ref="SQLROLLINGFILE" />
</logger>

<logger name="org.hibernate.type" additivity="false" >
 <level value="TRACE" />
 <appender-ref ref="SQLROLLINGFILE" />
</logger>

The output in your sql.log (example) then looks like this:

2013-08-30 18:01:15,083 | update stepprovider set created_at=?, lastupdated_at=?, version=?, bundlelocation=?, category_id=?, customer_id=?, description=?, icon_file_id=?, name=?, shareStatus=?, spversion=?, status=?, title=?, type=?, num_used=? where id=?
2013-08-30 18:01:15,084 | binding parameter [1] as [TIMESTAMP] - 2012-07-11 09:57:32.0
2013-08-30 18:01:15,085 | binding parameter [2] as [TIMESTAMP] - Fri Aug 30 18:01:15 CEST 2013
2013-08-30 18:01:15,086 | binding parameter [3] as [INTEGER] -
2013-08-30 18:01:15,086 | binding parameter [4] as [VARCHAR] - com.mypackage.foo
2013-08-30 18:01:15,087 | binding parameter [5] as [VARCHAR] -
2013-08-30 18:01:15,087 | binding parameter [6] as [VARCHAR] -
2013-08-30 18:01:15,087 | binding parameter [7] as [VARCHAR] - TODO
2013-08-30 18:01:15,087 | binding parameter [8] as [VARCHAR] -
2013-08-30 18:01:15,088 | binding parameter [9] as [VARCHAR] - [email protected]
2013-08-30 18:01:15,088 | binding parameter [10] as [VARCHAR] - PRIVATE
2013-08-30 18:01:15,088 | binding parameter [11] as [VARCHAR] - 1.0
2013-08-30 18:01:15,088 | binding parameter [12] as [VARCHAR] - 32
2013-08-30 18:01:15,088 | binding parameter [13] as [VARCHAR] - MatchingStep
2013-08-30 18:01:15,089 | binding parameter [14] as [VARCHAR] -
2013-08-30 18:01:15,089 | binding parameter [15] as [INTEGER] - 0
2013-08-30 18:01:15,089 | binding parameter [16] as [VARCHAR] - 053c2e65-5d51-4c09-85f3-2281a1024f64

In case of spring boot is being used , just config this :

aplication.yml

logging:
  level:
    org.hibernate.SQL: DEBUG
    org.hibernate.type: TRACE

aplication.properties

logging.level.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
logging.level.org.hibernate.type=TRACE

and nothing more.

Your log will be something like this:

2020-12-07 | DEBUG | o.h.SQL:127 - insert into Employee (id, name, title, id) values (?, ?, ?, ?)
2020-12-07 | TRACE | o.h.t.d.s.BasicBinder:64 - binding parameter [1] as [VARCHAR] - [001]
2020-12-07 | TRACE | o.h.t.d.s.BasicBinder:64 - binding parameter [2] as [VARCHAR] - [John Smith]
2020-12-07 | TRACE | o.h.t.d.s.BasicBinder:52 - binding parameter [3] as [VARCHAR] - [null]
2020-12-07 | TRACE | o.h.t.d.s.BasicBinder:64 - binding parameter [4] as [BIGINT] - [1]

HTH