Is it possible to output generated SQL using EclipseLink without having to increase log verbosity?

Question

I want to output the SQL generated by EclipseLink to the console, during development. However, I could only do so using the logging level FINE. I have a complex domain model

Answer 1

The log generation for EclipseLink seems quite difficult to set, according to this thread.

It mentions a persistence.xml file with log level you can adapt:

<property name="eclipselink.weaving" value="static" />
<property name="eclipselink.logging.level.sql" value="FINEST" />
<property name="eclipselink.logging.level" value="FINEST" />
<property name="eclipselink.logging.level.cache" value="FINEST" />

But some other settings may be needed.

As Martin documents below, "EclipseLink/Examples/JPA/Logging" documents those properties.

Answer 2

Put the following properties in your persistence.xml:

 <property name="eclipselink.logging.level.sql" value="FINE"/>
 <property name="eclipselink.logging.parameters" value="true"/>

The latter is helpful, so that the values of the parameter are shown.

An alternative is using log4jdbc or log4jdbc-remix.

Answer 3

To get the SQL for a specific Query at runtime you can use the DatabaseQuery API.

Query query = em.createNamedQuery("findMe"); 
Session session = em.unwrap(JpaEntityManager.class).getActiveSession(); 
DatabaseQuery databaseQuery = ((EJBQueryImpl)query).getDatabaseQuery(); 
databaseQuery.prepareCall(session, new DatabaseRecord());

String sqlString = databaseQuery.getSQLString();

This SQL will contain ? for parameters. To get the SQL translated with the arguments you need a DatabaseRecord with the parameter values.

DatabaseRecord recordWithValues= new DatabaseRecord();
recordWithValues.add(new DatabaseField("param1"), "someValue");

String sqlStringWithArgs = 
         databaseQuery.getTranslatedSQLString(session, recordWithValues);

Source: How to get the SQL for a Query