mysql_pretty_print

Arguments

Returns

nil.

Description

This function prints a table of rows resulting from a query to the file pointer file. The file pointer is the result of a call to the Gamma function open or open_string, or is one of stdout or stderr. The res argument is the result of a MySQL method like MYSQL.query.

Example

This example is taken from Section 2.2, “Tutorial 2: create_pets.g”

...

  /* Test the MYSQL.query_and_store method, and print the whole table. */
  allpets = mysql.query_and_store("SELECT * FROM pets");
  princ("QUERY  The .query_and_store method returns: \n");
  mysql_pretty_print(stdout, allpets);
  
...

The output for this section of the code is as follows:

QUERY  The .query_and_store method returns: 
id name     owner  species sex birth      death      
-- -------- ------ ------- --- ---------- ---------- 
 1 Fluffy   Harold cat     f   1993-02-04 nil        
 2 Claws    Gwen   cat     m   1994-03-17 nil        
 3 Buffy    Harold dog         1989-05-13 nil        
 4 Fang     Benny  dog     m   1990-08-27 nil        
 5 Bowser   Diane  dog     m   1995-08-31 2002-07-29 
 6 Chirpy   Gwen   bird    f   1998-09-11 nil        
 7 Whistler Gwen   bird        1997-12-09 nil        
 8 Slim     Benny  snake   m   1996-04-29 nil