How do I turn on SQL debug logging for ActiveRecord in RSpec tests?

Question

I have some RSpec tests for my models and I would like to turn on SQL ActiveRecord logging just like I see in the Rails server mode. How to do that?

I start my tests wit

Answer 1

You could try setting the ActiveRecord logger to stdout in your test somewhere. If you're using rspec, maybe in the spec helper?

ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)