Hibernate Console Tool Window

From the Persistence tool window (for a session factory or any node within it):

on the title bar
Console from the context menu
Ctrl+Shift+F10

The input pane of a database console opens as a separate editor tab. The input pane is where you compose your SQL statements.

When you execute a statement, the Services tool window opens. The Services tool window displays available connection sessions, Output and Result tabs. For more information about the Services tool windows, see Services Tool Window.

If the executed statement retrieves data (for example, SELECT), results are displayed in the Result tab that has a title of a qualified table name. For more information about creating custom titles for result tabs, see Use custom titles for tabs with results.

Before execution of a parametrized statement, you see the Parameters window where you can specify values for the parameters.

On this page:

Toolbar icons and shortcuts
Output pane
Result pane
Parameters pane

Toolbar icons and shortcuts

Most of the functions in the Hibernate Console tool window are accessed by means of the toolbar icons and associated keyboard shortcuts.

Item	Shortcut	Description
Execute Query	`Ctrl+Enter`	Run the current query.
Generate SQL	`Ctrl+Shift+Enter`	Generate an SQL equivalent of the current query. The generated SQL statement will be shown in the output pane.
Generate SQL/Generate DDL	`Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Enter`	Generate DDL SQL statements `CREATE TABLE`, `ALTER TABLE` and `DROP TABLE` for all the objects (classes) associated with the corresponding session factory. The generated statements will be shown in the output pane.
	`Ctrl+Alt+E`	Open a dialog that shows all the queries that you have run in the console. See also, Running auto-memorized queries.
Settings		Open the Database page of the Settings dialog to view or edit the settings for the database, Hibernate and JPA consoles, data editors, and the Database tool window.
View Parameters		Open or close the Parameters dialog.
Restore Layout		Restore the original tool window layout after layout changes.
Terminate Process	`Ctrl+F2`	Terminate execution of the current query.
Close	`Ctrl+Shift+F4`	Close the console.

Output pane

Use the Output tab to view information about queries that ran in IntelliJ IDEA. Also, the Output tab displays errors.

Right toolbar

Item	Description
	Wrap long lines of text.
	Scroll the output log to the end.
	Print a database console file, a selected text, or all the files in a directory.
	Clear the Output tab.

Context menu

Item	Description
Copy	Copy the selected text.
Copy as Plain Text	Copy the selected text as plain text (without formatting).
Copy Reference	Copy a reference link to a file or a line.
Compare with clipboard	Open the Clipboard vs Editor dialog where you can see the diff between the selected text and the text that you copied to a clipboard.
Search with Google	Open a browser and run a search on Google for the selected text.
Fold Lines Like This	Fold the lines that include the selected text.
Pause Output	Pause the output logging.
Clear All	Clear the output log.

Result pane

This pane shows the data retrieved from the database in table format. You can sort the data as well as perform other, associated tasks.

Main functions
Using the header row

Most of the functions in the Result pane are accessed by using controls on the toolbar, context menu commands for the data cells, and associated keyboard shortcuts. You can see what other actions with tables you can perform in Working with tables.

Item	Shortcut	Description
, , ,		Use navigation icons and corresponding commands for switching between pages that show the retrieved data. A number of rows that you see simultaneously on the Result tab are referred to as a result set page. If this number is less than the number of rows that satisfy the query, only a subset of all the rows is shown at a time. If all the rows are currently shown, navigation icons and the corresponding commands are inactive. : jump to the first page of results. : go to the previous page of results. : go to the next page of results. : jump to the last page of results. To change the size of a result set page, open settings (`Ctrl+Alt+S`) and navigate to Tools \| Database \| Data Views. In the Limit page size to field, type a new size of a result set page. Alternatively, to disable the page size restriction, clear the Limit page size to checkbox.
Reload Page	`Ctrl+F5`	Reload data for the table view to synchronize the data that you see in the editor with the contents of the database. Also, use the Reload Page button when you want to apply a new page size limit setting after its change.
Data Extractor		Select an output format for your data. Also, you can configure the following options: Skip Computed Columns (SQL): do not include virtual columns that are not physically stored in the table (for example, the identity column). Skip Generated Columns (SQL): for INSERT and UPDATE statements, do not include auto-increment fields when copying or saving data. Add Table Definition (SQL): for INSERT and UPDATE statements, add the table definition when copying or saving data. Configure CSV Formats: open the CSV Formats dialog where you can manage your delimiter-separated values formats (for example, CSV, TSV). Go to Scripts Directory: open a directory with scripts that convert table data into different output formats.
Copy All To Clipboard / Save All To File		Copy All To Clipboard. Use this command to copy the table data onto the clipboard. Save All To File. Use this command to save the table data in a file. In the dialog that opens, specify the location and name of the file. Note: The data extractor which is currently active is applied. If only a subset of corresponding rows is currently shown, all the appropriate rows are copied to the clipboard or saved in a file anyway. (The number of rows currently shown may be limited by the Result set page size parameter.)
Save LOB		Save a binary large object (LOB) currently selected in the table in a file.
Reset View		Use this command to restore the initial table view after reordering or hiding the columns, or sorting the data. As a result, the data, generally, becomes unsorted, the columns appear in the order in which they were defined initially, and all the columns are shown.
View Query		Use this button to view the query which was used to generate the table. To close the pane where the query is shown, press `Escape`.
Go To \| Row	`Ctrl+G`	Jump to a specified row. In the Go to Row dialog, specify the column and row number (use the `column:row` pattern).

Using the header row. In the Result pane, you can use the cells in the header row (i.e. the row where column names are shown) for:

Sorting data
Reordering columns
Hiding and showing columns

To sort table data in a column, click the cell in the header row.

State	Description
	Indicates that the data is not sorted in this column. The initial state of the sorting marker.
	The data is sorted in the ascending order. The number to the right of the marker (1 on the picture) is the sorting level. You can sort by more than one column. In such cases, different columns will have different sorting levels.
	The data is sorted in the descending order.

Here is an example of a table where data are sorted by two of its columns.

To restore the initial "unsorted" state for the table, click and select Reset View.

To reorder columns, use drag-and-drop for the corresponding cells in the header row.

To hide a column, right-click the corresponding header cell and select Hide column.

Right-click any of the cells in the header row and select Column List. Alternatively, press Ctrl+F12. Select the hidden column and press Ctrl+F12

To hide a column, right-click the corresponding header cell and select Hide column.

To show a hidden column:

Do one of the following:
- Right-click any of the cells in the header row and select Column List.
- Press Ctrl+F12.
In the list that appears, the names of hidden columns are shown struck through.
Select (highlight) the column name of interest and press Space.
Press Enter or Escape to close the list.

To show all the columns, click and select Reset View.

Parameters pane

The Parameters pane shows the parameters detected in the input pane and lets you edit their values. To open or close this pane, use on the toolbar.

Parameter values can be specified just as text or numbers, or as Groovy expressions that contain object references and method calls. For example, the value for the date parameter in the query

            SELECT o
            FROM Order o
            WHERE o.date > :date
        

could be specified as

new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis() - 24*3600*1000)

To start editing a value, switch to the corresponding table cell and start typing. To indicate that you have finished editing a value, press Enter or switch to a different cell. To quit the editing mode and restore an initial value, press Escape.

When you select a row in the table, the corresponding parameter is highlighted in the input pane.

Last modified: 17 October 2019