Hey everyone,
I’m working on a Django project and I’m curious about something. Is there a way to check out the actual SQL statements that Django is using when it’s doing queries? I know Django handles a lot of the database stuff for us, but I’d really like to see what’s going on under the hood.
I’ve tried looking through the documentation, but I couldn’t find anything specific about this. Has anyone here figured out a good way to see these SQL queries? It would be super helpful for debugging and optimizing my code.
Thanks in advance for any tips or tricks you can share!
hey alex, you can use the django debug toolbar. it shows sql queries right in ur browser. just install it, add to INSTALLED_APPS, and boom! you’ll see all the queries. super helpful for optimizing. good luck!
For viewing Django’s SQL statements, I’ve found the connection.queries method quite effective. After executing your queries, you can access this attribute to see a list of all SQL queries performed. To use it, you’ll need to enable SQL logging in your settings.py file by setting DEBUG=True. Then, after your query operations, you can print connection.queries to see the SQL statements. This approach is particularly useful for inspecting queries in your development environment without needing additional tools. It’s worth noting that this method should be used judiciously in production due to potential performance implications.
ooh, interesting question! have u tried using the ‘print’ statement with ur queryset’s .query attribute? it’s a quick n dirty way to see the SQL. like this: print(YourModel.objects.filter(something=True).query). what kinda queries are u trying to optimize? maybe we can brainstorm some ideas!