diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 213f266..7132e97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ __pycache__
 /cli_helpers_dev
 .idea/
 .cache/
+.vscode/
+**/.ropeproject/
+*.swp
+
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 40f2b90..d3aae74 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ This project receives help from these awesome contributors:
 - Mel Dafert
 - Andrii Kohut
 - Roland Walker
+- Liu Zhao (astroshot)
 
 Thanks
 ------
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index da2b436..faa759c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Features
+-------------
+* New formatter is added to export query result to sql format (such as sql-insert, sql-update).
+
 TBD
 -------------
 * don't escape newlines, etc. in ascii tables, and add ascii_escaped table format
diff --git a/cli_helpers/tabular_output/sql_output_adapter.py b/cli_helpers/tabular_output/sql_output_adapter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb673cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli_helpers/tabular_output/sql_output_adapter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+supported_formats = (
+    "sql-insert",
+    "sql-update",
+    "sql-update-1",
+    "sql-update-2",
+)
+
+preprocessors = ()
+
+
+def escape_for_sql_statement(value):
+    if isinstance(value, bytes):
+        return f"X'{value.hex()}'"
+    else:
+        return "'{}'".format(value)
+
+
+def adapter(data, headers, table_format=None, **kwargs):
+    """
+    This function registers supported_formats to default TabularOutputFormatter
+
+    Parameters:
+        data: query result
+        headers: columns
+        table_format: values from supported_formats
+        kwargs:
+            extract_tables: extract_tables function. For example, in pgcli.packages.parseutils.tables there is a function extract_tables
+            delimiter: Character surrounds table name or column name when it conflicts with sql keywords.
+                       For example, mysql uses ` and postgres uses "
+    """
+    extract_table_func = kwargs.get("extract_tables")
+    if not extract_table_func:
+        raise ValueError("extract_tables function should be registered first")
+
+    tables = extract_table_func(formatter.query)
+    delimiter = kwargs.get("delimiter")
+    if not isinstance(delimiter, str):
+        delimiter = '"'
+
+    if tables is not None and len(tables) > 0:
+        table = tables[0]
+        if table[0]:
+            table_name = "{}.{}".format(*table[:2])
+        else:
+            table_name = table[1]
+    else:
+        table_name = "DUAL".format(delimiter=delimiter)
+
+    header_joiner = "{delimiter}, {delimiter}".format(delimiter=delimiter)
+    if table_format == "sql-insert":
+        h = header_joiner.join(headers)
+        yield "INSERT INTO {delimiter}{table_name}{delimiter} ({delimiter}{header}{delimiter}) VALUES".format(
+            table_name=table_name, header=h, delimiter=delimiter
+        )
+        prefix = "  "
+        for d in data:
+            values = ", ".join(escape_for_sql_statement(v) for i, v in enumerate(d))
+            yield "{}({})".format(prefix, values)
+            if prefix == "  ":
+                prefix = ", "
+        yield ";"
+    if table_format.startswith("sql-update"):
+        s = table_format.split("-")
+        keys = 1
+        if len(s) > 2:
+            keys = int(s[-1])
+        for d in data:
+            yield "UPDATE {delimiter}{table_name}{delimiter} SET".format(
+                table_name=table_name, delimiter=delimiter
+            )
+            prefix = "  "
+            for i, v in enumerate(d[keys:], keys):
+                yield "{prefix}{delimiter}{column}{delimiter} = {value}".format(
+                    prefix=prefix,
+                    delimiter=delimiter,
+                    column=headers[i],
+                    value=escape_for_sql_statement(v),
+                )
+                if prefix == "  ":
+                    prefix = ", "
+            f = "{delimiter}{column}{delimiter} = {value}"
+            where = (
+                f.format(
+                    delimiter=delimiter,
+                    column=headers[i],
+                    value=escape_for_sql_statement(d[i]),
+                )
+                for i in range(keys)
+            )
+            yield "WHERE {};".format(" AND ".join(where))
+
+
+def register_new_formatter(TabularOutputFormatter, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Parameters:
+        TabularOutputFormatter: default TabularOutputFormatter imported from cli_helpers
+        kwargs: dict required, with key delimiter and tables required.
+            For example {"delimiter": "`", "extact_tables": extract_tables}
+    """
+    global formatter
+    formatter = TabularOutputFormatter
+    for sql_format in supported_formats:
+        kwargs["table_format"] = sql_format
+        TabularOutputFormatter.register_new_formatter(
+            sql_format, adapter, preprocessors, kwargs
+        )
diff --git a/tests/tabular_output/test_sql_output_adapter.py b/tests/tabular_output/test_sql_output_adapter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4c5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tabular_output/test_sql_output_adapter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+from cli_helpers.tabular_output import TabularOutputFormatter
+from cli_helpers.tabular_output.sql_output_adapter import escape_for_sql_statement, adapter, register_new_formatter
+
+TableReference = namedtuple(
+    "TableReference", ["schema", "name", "alias", "is_function"]
+)
+
+TableReference.ref = property(
+    lambda self: self.alias
+                 or (
+                     self.name
+                     if self.name.islower() or self.name[0] == '"'
+                     else '"' + self.name + '"'
+                 )
+)
+
+
+def test_escape_for_sql_statement_bytes():
+    bts = b"837124ab3e8dc0f"
+    escaped_bytes = escape_for_sql_statement(bts)
+    assert escaped_bytes == "X'383337313234616233653864633066'"
+
+
+def __mock_extract_tables(sql):
+    """
+    mock function for extract tables
+    in mycli, pass `mycli.packages.parseutils.extract_tables`
+    in pgcli, pass `pgcli.packages.parseutils.extract_tables`
+
+    :param sql: sql query
+    :return:
+    """
+    table_refs = (TableReference(schema=None, name='user', alias='"user"', is_function=False),)
+    return table_refs
+
+
+def test_output_sql_insert():
+    global formatter
+    formatter = TabularOutputFormatter
+    register_new_formatter(formatter)
+    data = [
+        [
+            1,
+            "Jackson",
+            "jackson_test@gmail.com",
+            "132454789",
+            "",
+            "2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08",
+            "2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08",
+        ]
+    ]
+    header = ["id", "name", "email", "phone", "description", "created_at", "updated_at"]
+    table_format = "sql-insert"
+    kwargs = {
+        "column_types": [int, str, str, str, str, str, str],
+        "sep_title": "RECORD {n}",
+        "sep_character": "-",
+        "sep_length": (1, 25),
+        "missing_value": "<null>",
+        "integer_format": "",
+        "float_format": "",
+        "disable_numparse": True,
+        "preserve_whitespace": True,
+        "max_field_width": 500,
+        "extract_tables": __mock_extract_tables,
+    }
+
+    formatter.query = 'SELECT * FROM "user";'
+    # For postgresql
+    kwargs["delimiter"] = '"'
+    output = adapter(data, header, table_format=table_format, **kwargs)
+    output_list = [l for l in output]
+    expected = [
+        'INSERT INTO "user" ("id", "name", "email", "phone", "description", "created_at", "updated_at") VALUES',
+        "  ('1', 'Jackson', 'jackson_test@gmail.com', '132454789', '', "
+        + "'2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08', '2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08')",
+        ";",
+    ]
+    assert expected == output_list
+
+    # For mysql
+    kwargs["delimiter"] = "`"
+    output = adapter(data, header, table_format=table_format, **kwargs)
+    output_list = [l for l in output]
+    expected = [
+        'INSERT INTO `user` (`id`, `name`, `email`, `phone`, `description`, `created_at`, `updated_at`) VALUES',
+        "  ('1', 'Jackson', 'jackson_test@gmail.com', '132454789', '', "
+        + "'2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08', '2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08')",
+        ";",
+    ]
+    assert expected == output_list
+
+
+def test_output_sql_update_pg():
+    global formatter
+    formatter = TabularOutputFormatter
+    register_new_formatter(formatter)
+    data = [
+        [
+            1,
+            "Jackson",
+            "jackson_test@gmail.com",
+            "132454789",
+            "",
+            "2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08",
+            "2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08",
+        ]
+    ]
+    header = ["id", "name", "email", "phone", "description", "created_at", "updated_at"]
+    table_format = "sql-update"
+    table_refs = (TableReference(schema=None, name='user', alias='"user"', is_function=False),)
+    kwargs = {
+        "column_types": [int, str, str, str, str, str, str],
+        "sep_title": "RECORD {n}",
+        "sep_character": "-",
+        "sep_length": (1, 25),
+        "missing_value": "<null>",
+        "integer_format": "",
+        "float_format": "",
+        "disable_numparse": True,
+        "preserve_whitespace": True,
+        "max_field_width": 500,
+        "extract_tables": __mock_extract_tables,
+    }
+    formatter.query = 'SELECT * FROM "user";'
+    # For postgresql
+    kwargs["delimiter"] = '"'
+    output = adapter(data, header, table_format=table_format, **kwargs)
+    output_list = [l for l in output]
+    expected = [
+        'UPDATE "user" SET',
+        '  "name" = \'Jackson\'',
+        ', "email" = \'jackson_test@gmail.com\'',
+        ', "phone" = \'132454789\'',
+        ', "description" = \'\'',
+        ', "created_at" = \'2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08\'',
+        ', "updated_at" = \'2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08\'',
+        'WHERE "id" = \'1\';']
+    assert expected == output_list
+
+    # For mysql
+    kwargs["delimiter"] = "`"
+    output = adapter(data, header, table_format=table_format, **kwargs)
+    output_list = [l for l in output]
+    print(output_list)
+    expected = [
+        'UPDATE `user` SET',
+        "  `name` = 'Jackson'",
+        ", `email` = 'jackson_test@gmail.com'",
+        ", `phone` = '132454789'",
+        ", `description` = ''",
+        ", `created_at` = '2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08'",
+        ", `updated_at` = '2022-09-09 19:44:32.712343+08'",
+        "WHERE `id` = '1';"]
+    assert expected == output_list