Simple way to print structured SQL SELECT in bash - mysql

Question

I'm trying to echo the output of a SELECT request in bash, in a structured form with column names. The issue is that i cannot do it properly with more than 2 fields or if the value is larger that the column name.
Example :
My table looks like this : value1 value2
If i do in bash : echo "select value1, value2 from table" | mysql -uUSER -pPASS
The result looks like this in bash :
value1 value2
a d
b e
c f
Now if i have 3 fields or a large value the result looks like this :
value1 value2 value3
aaaaaaaaa ddddddddddd ggg
bbbb eeeeeeeee hhhh
ccccccc fffffffff iiii
Is there a simple way to have a structured result ? I mean with column names correctly spaced? I know it is possible to do it with a sort to get the largest value and add the number of spaces needed but it seems to be too much for a simple problem like this.
Do you have an idea? Thanks !

Answer 1

Use the mysql -e option to execute your query, and -t to print table output to stdout:
mysql -uUSER -t -e "select value1, value2, value3 from table" -pPASS
Your output will look something like this:
+-----------+-------------+--------+
| value1 | value2 | value3 |
+-----------+-------------+--------+
| aaaaaaaaa | ddddddddddd | ggg |
| bbbb | eeeeeeeee | hhhh |
| ccccccc | fffffffff | iiii |
+-----------+-------------+--------+
From the mysql manpage:
--execute=statement, -e statement
Execute the statement and quit. The default output format is like that produced with --batch. See Section 4.2.3.1, “Using Options on
the Command Line”, for some examples. With this option, mysql does not use the history file.
and
-table, -t
Display output in table format. This is the default for interactive use, but can be used to produce table output in batch mode.

Answer 2

echo "select value1, value2 from table" | mysql -uUSER -pPASS | column -t

Answer 3

A good way to do this is By Not Using Echo to just print Everything to Webpage, Instead you need to assign Each with an Array Variable.
will be something like this :
int x[50];
x[i] = $value // which is from SELECT Query
i++
and put it in a Loop, so the result every time will be Stored in a new Location for Array. once you have saved all your results in an array, it will be much easier for you to organize, you can use Table in HTML
<table />
and Organize it to make it efficient for you to easily put the array of the variable in a loop, so basically you will have 2 loops. 1st loop to assign array to database attributes, Second Loop will be for Printing inside the table of HTML.