Alternate output format for psql

Question

I am using PostgreSQL 8.4 on Ubuntu. I have a table with columns c1 through cN. The columns are wide enough that selecting all columns causes a row

Answer 1

you can use the zenity to displays the query output as html table.

• first implement bash script with following code:

  cat > '/tmp/sql.op'; zenity --text-info --html --filename='/tmp/sql.op';

  save it like mypager.sh

• Then export the environment variable PAGER by set full path of the script as value.

  for example:- export PAGER='/path/mypager.sh'

• Then login to the psql program then execute the command \H

• And finally execute any query,the tabled output will displayed in the zenity in html table format.