django how to see sql query when running tests?

Question

One of my django application unit test fails with

DatabaseError: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

I would like to see actual SQL query that caused this error. Do you know how to achieve that?

Answer 1

If you want to print/log all SQL queries from the tests, try subclassing TestCase like this:

from django.conf import settings
from django.template import Template, Context
import sys
from django.db import connection
from django.test import TestCase

class LoggingTestCase(TestCase):

  @staticmethod
  def setUpClass():
    # The test runner sets DEBUG to False. Set to True to enable SQL logging.
    settings.DEBUG = True
    super(LoggingTestCase, LoggingTestCase).setUpClass()

  @staticmethod
  def tearDownClass():
    super(LoggingTestCase, LoggingTestCase).tearDownClass()

    time = sum([float(q['time']) for q in connection.queries])
    t = Template("{{count}} quer{{count|pluralize:\"y,ies\"}} in {{time}} seconds:\n\n{% for sql in sqllog %}[{{forloop.counter}}] {{sql.time}}s: {{sql.sql|safe}}{% if not forloop.last %}\n\n{% endif %}{% endfor %}")
    print >> sys.stderr, t.render(Context({'sqllog': connection.queries, 'count': len(connection.queries), 'time': time}))

    # Empty the query list between TestCases.    
    connection.queries = []

Then use LoggingTestCase instead of TestCase as the base class in your tests. Just remember to call this tearDownClass if you override it.