5.7.3 Vertical Format

The vertical format option prints result sets vertically instead of in a horizontal table, in the same way as when the \G query terminator is used for an SQL query. Vertical format is more readable where longer text lines are part of the output.

To get this output format, start MySQL Shell with the --result-format=vertical command line option (or its alias --vertical), or set the MySQL Shell configuration option resultFormat to vertical.

Example 5.3 Output in Vertical Format

MySQL  localhost:33060+ ssl  world_x  JS > shell.options.set('resultFormat','vertical')
MySQL  localhost:33060+ ssl  world_x  JS > session.sql("select * from city where countrycode='AUT'")
*************************** 1. row ***************************
         ID: 1523
       Name: Wien
CountryCode: AUT
   District: Wien
       Info: {"Population": 1608144}
*************************** 2. row ***************************
         ID: 1524
       Name: Graz
CountryCode: AUT
   District: Steiermark
       Info: {"Population": 240967}
*************************** 3. row ***************************
         ID: 1525
       Name: Linz
CountryCode: AUT
   District: North Austria
       Info: {"Population": 188022}
*************************** 4. row ***************************
         ID: 1526
       Name: Salzburg
CountryCode: AUT
   District: Salzburg
       Info: {"Population": 144247}
*************************** 5. row ***************************
         ID: 1527
       Name: Innsbruck
CountryCode: AUT
   District: Tiroli
       Info: {"Population": 111752}
*************************** 6. row ***************************
         ID: 1528
       Name: Klagenfurt
CountryCode: AUT
   District: Kärnten
       Info: {"Population": 91141}
6 rows in set (0.0027 sec)