diff --git a/src/runalyzer.py b/src/runalyzer.py
index 0481adb8c599ceca75e68fce10f78bd4254acd49..7110fdbf3ec0da7c568107772a8325cd517c6735 100644
--- a/src/runalyzer.py
+++ b/src/runalyzer.py
@@ -116,13 +116,16 @@ class RunDB(object):
         if self.interactive:
             show()
         
-    def print_cursor(self, cursor):
+    def table_from_cursor(self, cursor):
         from pytools import Table
         tbl = Table()
         tbl.add_row([column[0] for column in cursor.description])
         for row in cursor:
             tbl.add_row(row)
-        print tbl
+        return tbl
+
+    def print_cursor(self, cursor):
+        print self.table_from_cursor(cursor)