Importing the connection and printing the queries

>>> from django.db import connection

>>> print connection.queries
[]
>>>  # as you can see it prints an empty list since no queries are made yet!

Make a call to the database and print again the queries

# I am using a model from my app. This is just an example.
>>> from apps.cobblers.models import Cobbler

>>> Cobbler.objects.filter()
[<Cobbler: 99 Dry Cleaners>]

>>> print connection.queries
[{'time': '0.000', 'sql': u'SELECT `cobblers_cobbler`.`id`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`name`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`description`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`address`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`city`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`post_code`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`telephone`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`email` FROM `cobblers_cobbler` ORDER BY `cobblers_cobbler`.`name` ASC LIMIT 21'}]
# the result is different, we have the latest query.

Finally it is also possible to see the query which will be executed for a given statement

>>> Cobbler.objects.filter(id=1).query
<django.db.models.sql.query.Query object at 0x8940c2c>

>>> str(Cobbler.objects.filter(id=1).query)
'SELECT `cobblers_cobbler`.`id`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`name`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`description`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`address`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`city`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`post_code`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`telephone`, `cobblers_cobbler`.`email ` FROM `cobblers_cobbler` WHERE `cobblers_cobbler`.`id` = 1  ORDER BY `cobblers_cobbler`.`name` ASC'
>>>