From 851af3776d224cf5a768daa6ab631dce434ca2ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 22:16:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add Display Results In Readable Column Format as a SQLite TIL

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 README.md                                     |  7 +++-
 ...splay-results-in-readable-column-format.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 sqlite/display-results-in-readable-column-format.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad80d79..5a29a65 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186).
 
-_1353 TILs and counting..._
+_1354 TILs and counting..._
 
 ---
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ _1353 TILs and counting..._
 * [Ruby](#ruby)
 * [sed](#sed)
 * [Shell](#shell)
+* [SQLite](#sqlite)
 * [Streaming](#streaming)
 * [Tailwind CSS](#tailwind-css)
 * [tmux](#tmux)
@@ -1181,6 +1182,10 @@ _1353 TILs and counting..._
 - [Check If The First Argument Is Given](shell/check-if-the-first-argument-is-given.md)
 - [Format And Print The Current Date And Time](shell/format-and-print-the-current-date-and-time.md)
 
+### SQLite
+
+- [Display Results In Readable Column Format](sqlite/display-results-in-readable-column-format.md)
+
 ### Streaming
 
 - [Monitor An Audio Input Device In OBS](streaming/monitor-an-audio-input-device-in-obs.md)
diff --git a/sqlite/display-results-in-readable-column-format.md b/sqlite/display-results-in-readable-column-format.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9be208c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlite/display-results-in-readable-column-format.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Display Results In Readable Column Format
+
+By default the output of a query or pragma command will be pretty squished and
+unreadable.
+
+```sql
+sqlite> PRAGMA table_info(User);
+0|id|TEXT|1||1
+1|name|TEXT|0||0
+2|email|TEXT|0||0
+3|emailVerified|DATETIME|0||0
+4|image|TEXT|0||0
+```
+
+However, this can be improved by setting the output `mode` to `column`.
+
+```sql
+sqlite> .mode column
+```
+
+With that set, we can run the same command which will now output nicely
+formatted columns with headers.
+
+```sql
+sqlite> PRAGMA table_info(User);
+cid  name           type      notnull  dflt_value  pk
+---  -------------  --------  -------  ----------  --
+0    id             TEXT      1                    1
+1    name           TEXT      0                    0
+2    email          TEXT      0                    0
+3    emailVerified  DATETIME  0                    0
+4    image          TEXT      0                    0
+```
+
+For more details on this and the many other output modes, check out [the
+docs](https://sqlite.org/cli.html#changing_output_formats).