# MySQL - enable slow query log

### What is slow query log?

* Slow queries can affect database and server performance. 
* The slow query log consists of SQL statements that took more than `long_query_time` seconds to execute. 
* This greatly simplifies the task of finding inefficient or time-consuming queries.
* **By default, the slow query log is disabled**

### How to enable?

1. Login to MySQL, database `abc_prod`

   ```sql
    shell> mysql -u root -p abc_prod
   ```
2. Enable slow query log

   ```sql
    mysql> SET GLOBAL slow_query_log = 'ON';
   ```
3. Check path to log file

   ```sql
    mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'slow_query_log_file';
    +---------------------+-----------------------------+
    | Variable_name       | Value                       |
    +---------------------+-----------------------------+
    | slow_query_log_file | /var/lib/mysql/db3-slow.log |
    +---------------------+-----------------------------+
    1 row in set (0.00 sec)
   ```
4. Change long query time to 5 seconds - **default is 10 seconds**

   ```sql
    mysql> SET GLOBAL long_query_time = 5;
   ```
5. Logout MySQL session then login again
6. Take a small test to ensure slow query log is enable

   ```sql
    mysql> SELECT SLEEP(10);
   ```
7. Check sleep on slow query log

   ```
    root@db3:/home/ubuntu:~$ cat /var/lib/mysql/db3-slow.log
   ```

   ```sql
    /usr/sbin/mysqld, Version: 5.6.35-log (MySQL Community Server (GPL)). started with:
    Tcp port: 3306  Unix socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
    Time                 Id Command    Argument
    # Time: 170321  7:15:52
    # User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []  Id:  1160
    # Query_time: 7.000249  Lock_time: 0.000000 Rows_sent: 1  Rows_examined: 0
    SET timestamp=1490080552;
    SELECT SLEEP(7);
    # Time: 170321  7:17:31
    # User@Host: root[root] @ localhost []  Id:  1161
    # Query_time: 10.000215  Lock_time: 0.000000 Rows_sent: 1  Rows_examined: 0
    use abc_prod;
    SET timestamp=1490080651;
    SELECT SLEEP(10);
   ```

**Most important:**

Using `mysqldumpslow` tool for summarize slow query log files

```
root@db3:/home/ubuntu:~$ mysqldumpslow /var/lib/mysql/db3-slow.log
```

```sql
Reading mysql slow query log from /var/lib/mysql/db3-slow.log
Count: 2  Time=8.50s (17s)  Lock=0.00s (0s)  Rows=1.0 (2), root[root]@localhost
  SELECT SLEEP(N)
```

### How to turn it off?

```sql
mysql> SET GLOBAL slow_query_log = 'OFF';
```