import sqlite3

FIELD_MAX_WIDTH = 20

TABLE_NAME = 'people'

SELECT = 'select * from %s order by age, name_last' % TABLE_NAME

con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")

cur = con.cursor()

cur.execute(SELECT)

# Print a header.

for fieldDesc in cur.description:

    print fieldDesc[0].ljust(FIELD_MAX_WIDTH) ,

print # Finish the header with a newline.

print '-' * 78

# For each row, print the value of each field left-justified within

# the maximum possible width of that field.

fieldIndices = range(len(cur.description))

for row in cur:

    for fieldIndex in fieldIndices:

        fieldValue = str(row[fieldIndex])

        print fieldValue.ljust(FIELD_MAX_WIDTH) ,

    print # Finish the row with a newline.