HacktiveRecord - Observing Raw SQL

require 'rubygems'
require 'activerecord'

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
    :adapter => 'mysql',
    :host => 'localhost',
    :username => 'root',
    :database => 'craigslist'
)


class ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlAdapter
    
    # this will display barf out the sql right before its processed by the
    # adapter
    def execute_with_observant(sql, name = nil)
      puts sql
      execute_sql_call(sql, name) # master 
    end
    
    # wrap my observant function around the execution process
    alias_method :execute_sql_call, :execute
    alias_method_chain :execute, :observant
  
end

# our test class
class Location < ActiveRecord::Base  
end

# proof is in the pudding.
Location.all(:group => :name, :conditions => {:name => 'monkey'})