What is the best way to display in Terminal a MySQL SELECT returning too many fields?

To achieve this, you can use the following syntax in MySQL −

select *from yourTableName\G;

Here, G can be used for vertical purpose. You need to add yourTableName.

Let us create a table in order to understand the above syntax. Creating a table with the help of CREATE command.

The following is the query to create a table −

mysql> create table TooManyFieldsreturnDemo -> ( -> Id int, -> Name varchar(100), -> Age int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.64 sec)

Now you can insert records in the table with the help of INSERT command. The query is as follows −

mysql> insert into TooManyFieldsreturnDemo values(1,'John',21); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into TooManyFieldsreturnDemo values(2,'Johnson',22); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into TooManyFieldsreturnDemo values(3,'Sam',23); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into TooManyFieldsreturnDemo values(4,'Carol',24); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into TooManyFieldsreturnDemo values(5,'David',25); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)

Now, let us apply the above syntax to achieve the desired result discussed before. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from TooManyFieldsreturnDemo\G;

Here is the output −

*************************** 1. row *************************** Id: 1 Name: John Age: 21 *************************** 2. row *************************** Id: 2 Name: Johnson Age: 22 *************************** 3. row *************************** Id: 3 Name: Sam Age: 23 *************************** 4. row *************************** Id: 4 Name: Carol Age: 24 *************************** 5. row *************************** Id: 5 Name: David Age: 25 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)