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

Is it possible in Hibernate to print generated SQL queries with real values instead of question marks?

How would you suggest to print queries with real values if it is not possible with Hibernate API?

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

If you are using Spring Boot, just config this:

application.yml

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

application.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]