confluentinc/ksql

Support vertical output

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#7,944 opened on Aug 4, 2021

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Description

MySQL and Postgres support the \G modifier at the end of a query to present output in a vertical format instead of a horizontal one. It's supremely useful when you have a lot of columns. We should adopt the same.

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Research direction
Explore the existing output formatting code and add support for vertical format similar to MySQL and Postgres.
Tech stack
java
Domain
database
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Java
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75