If you use DBIx::Class and want to see what the SQL generated looks like, you can set the environment variable *DBIC\_TRACE*. #+BEGIN_SRC sh % DBIC_TRACE=1 my_programme.pl #+END_SRC And all the SQL will be printed on *STDERR*. If you give a filename to the variable, like this #+BEGIN_SRC sh % DBIC_TRACE="1=/tmp/sql.debug" #+END_SRC all the statements will be printed in this file.