# How to get query which was created by Rails Model

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-query-which-was-created-by-rails-model/123691>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-query-which-was-created-by-rails-model/123691 "2007-12-19T20:01:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-query-which-was-created-by-rails-model/123691/1 "2007-12-19T20:01:30Z")

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how to get query which was created by Rails Model.  
like ,if i write

Model.find(:all)

then output should be like below

“select \* from models”

is there any idea ?

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**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-query-which-was-created-by-rails-model/123691/2 "2007-12-19T20:09:33Z")

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In logs/development.log if you are in development environment,  
production.log if you are in production.

-Bill

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**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-query-which-was-created-by-rails-model/123691/3 "2007-12-19T21:12:46Z")

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check out the query\_trace plugin, it logs where in the application a  
query  
was generated.

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**Author:** ![mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mokkai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mokkai)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-query-which-was-created-by-rails-model/123691/4 "2007-12-20T13:53:51Z")

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AD wrote:

> check out the query\_trace plugin, it logs where in the application a  
> query  
> was generated.

is there any model method to get those query ?