Console output

Benefits

Benefits include:

• Simpler in its syntax. Can be parsed even with AWK.

• Less verbose, which may constitute a performance gain on really slow hardware.

Drawbacks

Drawbacks include:

• Less robust error-handling. Is meant for human reading, not for parsing by machines.

• Does not tell you when a statement has finished or when it is being processed.

• Does not have a progress-indicator for query-queries.