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

Seems like the general query log is the file that you need. A good introduction to this is at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/query-log.html