How can I start and check my MySQL log?

Question

I want to check the log in MySQL to see the queries that are being run by my application. How can I do this? I am using XAMPP and the directory to MySQL is C:\\xampp\\mysql.

Answer 1

Enable general query log by the following query in mysql command line

SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON';

Now open C:/xampp/mysql/data/mysql.log and check query log

If it fails, open your my.cnf file. For windows its my.ini file and enable it there. Just make sure its in the [mysqld] section

[mysqld]
general_log             = 1

Note: In xampp my.ini file can be either found in xampp\mysql or in c:\windows directory