Direct logging of Active Record to STDOUT so it's shown inline with the results in the console [DHH]

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index c1e0a214d2..07e7e461de 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *Rails 3.1.0 (unreleased)*
 
+* Direct logging of Active Record to STDOUT so it's shown inline with the results in the console [DHH]
+
 * Added `config.force_ssl` configuration which loads Rack::SSL middleware and force all requests to be under HTTPS protocol [DHH, Prem Sichanugrist, and Josh Peek]
 
 * Added `rails plugin new` command which generates rails plugin with gemspec, tests and dummy application for testing [Piotr Sarnacki]
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
index de2f190ad5..2a6cdca440 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ module Rails
           exit
         end
       end
+      
+      if defined?(ActiveRecord)
+        ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+      end
 
       if options[:sandbox]
         puts "Loading #{Rails.env} environment in sandbox (Rails #{Rails.version})"