get_table_snapshot.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'mysql2'
require 'base64'

begin

  connection = {
    host: 'localhost',
    username: 'username',
    password: 'password',
    database: 'database'
  }

  client = Mysql2::Client.new(connection)

  client.query('show tables').each do |result|
    table = result['tabel_name']

    puts "Inspecting #{connection[:database]}.#{table}'\n\n"

    client.query("select * from #{table}", symbolize_keys: true).each do |row|

      key_length = row.keys.max_by(&:length).length
      default_line_format = "%-#{key_length}s = %s\n"
      binary_line_format = "%-#{key_length}s = %s\n"

      puts "#{connection[:database]}.#{table}.#{row.first[1]}\n"

      row.each_pair do |key, value|

        value_encoding = value.encoding rescue 'NUMBER'

        if value_encoding.to_s == "ASCII-8BIT"
          file = "#{Base64.decode64(value)}"
          printf "#{default_line_format}" % [key, "<<binary#{"#{file}".length > 0 ? '_file' : '_null'}>>"]
        else
          printf "#{default_line_format}" % [key, value.nil? || value.to_s.empty? ? 'NULL' : "#{value}"]
        end
      end
      puts "\n"
    end
  end

rescue Mysql2::Error => e
  puts e.errno
  puts e.error

ensure
  client.close if client
end