docs: document the -b bulk copy path (readme + CLAUDE)

Add the -b flag to the readme/CLAUDE flag lists and describe the bulk copy
migration sub-mode: SQLServerBulkCopy via the BulkSource adapter (SQL Server
dest only), why numeric/string-ish types route through NVARCHAR, the ~111min
-> ~4min win, and the 10k-row live progress counter.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Paul Trowbridge 2026-06-18 22:50:58 -04:00
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@ -58,9 +58,21 @@ The tool operates in two modes:
**Migration Mode** (original functionality):
- Activates when destination flags are provided
- Reads from source, writes to destination with batched INSERTs
- Reads from source, writes to destination with batched INSERTs (or bulk copy with `-b`)
- Shows progress counters and timing information
**Bulk Copy** (migration mode, `-b`, SQL Server dest only):
- Streams the source ResultSet into SQL Server over the TDS bulk-load protocol
via `SQLServerBulkCopy` — no per-batch INSERT round trips. Far faster on
large/wide tables (a 1.27M-row, ~298-col load went ~111 min → ~4 min).
- A `BulkSource` adapter (`ISQLServerBulkData`) maps source type names to JDBC
types we control. String-ish types (text/varchar/char/bpchar/json/jsonb/uuid
**and numeric**) are declared NVARCHAR and read via `getString` so SQL Server
converts losslessly — numeric goes this route because PG reports unconstrained
numeric as scale 0, which a typed DECIMAL path would round (123.45 → 123).
- Emits a `\r`-counter every 10k rows for live progress, and prints the final
row count. Falls back to the INSERT path for non-SQL-Server dests.
### Data Flow
**Query Mode:**
@ -76,9 +88,10 @@ The tool operates in two modes:
2. Read SQL query from file specified by -sq flag
3. Connect to source and destination databases via JDBC
4. Execute source query and fetch results (fetch size: 10,000 rows)
5. Build batched INSERT statements (250 rows per batch)
6. Execute batches against destination table specified by -dt flag
7. Optionally clear target table before insert if -c flag is set
5. Optionally clear target table before insert if -c flag is set
6. With `-b` (SQL Server dest): bulk-copy the ResultSet via `SQLServerBulkCopy`.
Otherwise: build batched INSERT statements (250 rows per batch) and execute
them against the destination table specified by -dt
### Type Handling
The tool includes explicit handling for different SQL data types in a switch statement (migration mode). Quoted string types: VARCHAR/NVARCHAR, TEXT/NTEXT, CHAR/NCHAR, CLOB/NCLOB, and the PostgreSQL string-ish types JSON, JSONB, BPCHAR (PG `char(n)`), and UUID. Date/time types (DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP/DATETIME variants) are also quoted. String types get quote escaping (`'` → `''`) and optional trimming.
@ -109,6 +122,7 @@ Command-line flags:
- `-dt` - fully qualified destination table name (migration mode only)
- `-t` - trim text fields (default: true)
- `-c` - clear target table before insert (default: true, migration mode only)
- `-b` - bulk copy into dest via SQLServerBulkCopy (migration mode, SQL Server dest only)
- `-f` - output format: csv, tsv (query mode only, default: csv)
## Key Implementation Details

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@ -187,4 +187,7 @@ jrunner -scu jdbc:postgresql://source:5432/sourcedb \
**Options:**
- `-t` - trim text fields (default: true)
- `-c` - clear target table before insert (default: true)
- `-b` - bulk copy into the destination (SQL Server dest only); streams via the
TDS bulk-load protocol instead of batched INSERTs — far faster on large/wide
tables. No-op for non-SQL-Server dests. (migration mode only)
- `-f` - output format: csv, tsv (query mode only, default: csv)