How to show all Ecto query data in iex.

Here’s a quick tip for those times when you’re querying Ecto data in iex.

You’re running a query in your terminal using iex -S mix, and the data you’re getting back is truncated at the end.

%MyApp.Accounts.User{__meta__: #Ecto.Schema.Metadata<:loaded, "users">,
  confirmation_code: nil, desktop_notification_preference: "everything",
  disabled: false, email: "example@email.com", ...},
 %MyApp.Accounts.User{__meta__: #Ecto.Schema.Metadata<:loaded, "users">,
  confirmation_code: nil, desktop_notification_preference: "everything",
  disabled: false, ...},
 %MyApp.Accounts.User{__meta__: #Ecto.Schema.Metadata<:loaded, "users">,
  confirmation_code: nil, desktop_notification_preference: "everything", ...},
 %MyApp.Accounts.User{__meta__: #Ecto.Schema.Metadata<:loaded, "users">,
  confirmation_code: nil, ...},
 %MyApp.Accounts.User{__meta__: #Ecto.Schema.Metadata<:loaded, "users">, ...},
 %MyApp.Accounts.User{...}, ...]

Here’s how you can get all the query data rendered in your terminal — no longer truncated!

MyApp.User |> MyApp.Repo.all |> IO.inspect(limit: :infinity)

The will cause all the data to be rendered completely in the terminal.

Enjoy!

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