you can do: select * from table\G
2013/4/24 <h...@tbbs.net> > >>>> 2013/04/24 09:06 -0700, Rajeev Prasad >>>> > this table has many columns and only 1 record. select * from table; > generates an unreadable list. how can i list the record as in two columns? > (column name and its value)? i looked at UNPIVOT, but could not get it to > work. > SQL> select * from table UNPIVOTE INCLUDE NULLS; > select * from table UNPIVOTE INCLUDE NULLS > * ERROR at line 1: ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended > <<<<<<<< > From MySQL client, if started with flag '-G': > select * from table > ego > > For the same program there is flag '--auto-vertical-output'. > > But it seems you are using Oracle; this is MySQL list. > In any case, you wrote both 'UNPIVOT' and 'UNPIVOTE'; I suspect the former > is better. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >