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Asked: 2026-06-15T19:04:19+00:00

So, I’m trying to analyse some of my program’s MySQL queries. However, while I’ve

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So, I’m trying to analyse some of my program’s MySQL queries. However, while I’ve got MySQL general query logging turned on, and can view the log file in a text editor (eg. notepad++), the program writes 1000s of lines of query a minute, so I could do with a slightly better program for reading the logs. Things that would be nice:

  • Better syntax highlighting.
  • Real-time updating.
  • doesn’t get too slow when looking at long files
  • Handles random binary sequences in the log without breaking

Any suggestions?

Edit: Windows-7 compatible programmes only

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  1. Editorial Team

    So far, from testing out a bunch of programmes, the best option I’ve found is baretail, which has good real-time updating and handles large files reasonably well. It could do with better MySql-specific syntax, but it’s not bad.

    Alternatively, it turns out that there are actually options in notepad++ (in preferences: misc) to turn on real-time updating, but this doesn’t work well unless you have focus on the notepad++ window

    There’s also a windows implementation of tail

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