How can I see CakePHP's SQL dump in the controller?

Question

Is there a way that one can cause CakePHP to dump its SQL log on demand? I\'d like to execute code up until a point in my controller and see what SQL has been run.

Answer 1

There are four ways to show queries:

1. This will show the last query executed of user model:

   debug($this->User->lastQuery());  
   

2. This will show all executed query of user model:

   $log = $this->User->getDataSource()->getLog(false, false);       
   debug($log);
   

3. This will show a log of all queries:

   $db =& ConnectionManager::getDataSource('default');
   $db->showLog();
   

4. If you want to show all queries log all over the application you can use in view/element/filename.ctp.

   element('sql_dump'); ?>