Philippe Gaultier 9/11/2025

Observe live SQL queries in Go with DTrace

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This technical article explains a method for observing live SQL queries in Go programs using DTrace. It details how to hook into the `database/sql` package's `QueryContext` function to print the raw query string and then progressively decode variadic arguments (strings and arrays) by inspecting Go runtime memory and registers, all without restarting the application.

Observe live SQL queries in Go with DTrace

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