diff --git a/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java b/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java
index 259c32f..080a22a 100644
--- a/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java
+++ b/jrunner/src/main/java/jrunner/jrunner.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class jrunner {
         msg = msg + nl + "-t         trim text";
         msg = msg + nl + "-c         clear target table";
         msg = msg + nl + "-b         bulk copy into destination (SQL Server dest only)";
-        msg = msg + nl + "-f         output format (csv, tsv, table, json) - default: csv";
+        msg = msg + nl + "-f         output format (csv, tsv, json) - default: csv";
         msg = msg + nl + "--passfile path to the connection alias file - default: ~/.jrunnerpass";
         msg = msg + nl + "--strict   exit 1 on failure (default exits 0, for legacy callers)";
         msg = msg + nl + "--help     info";
@@ -736,14 +736,85 @@ public class jrunner {
             case "tsv":
                 outputTSV(rs, cols);
                 break;
-            case "table":
             case "json":
+                outputJSON(rs, cols);
+                break;
             default:
                 outputCSV(rs, cols);
                 break;
         }
     }
 
+    // JSON output. Two things CSV cannot express, both of which callers need:
+    //
+    //   * NULL vs empty string. outputCSV writes an empty field for both, so
+    //     everything downstream — the merge, reconcile, the wizard — sees them
+    //     as identical. Here NULL is JSON null and '' is "".
+    //   * Column types. Without them the wizard's SQL-entry mode has to default
+    //     every destination column to text, because a CSV stream carries no
+    //     type metadata for the caller to map.
+    //
+    // Values are emitted as JSON strings rather than JSON numbers: a DECIMAL
+    // rendered as a JSON number would go through a float and lose exactness,
+    // and callers already treat query output as text. null is the one non-string.
+    //
+    // Written incrementally rather than assembled in memory, so a large result
+    // set streams the same way CSV does while still being one valid document.
+    private static void outputJSON(ResultSet rs, int cols) throws SQLException {
+        ResultSetMetaData md = rs.getMetaData();
+        StringBuilder head = new StringBuilder("{\"columns\":[");
+        for (int i = 1; i <= cols; i++) {
+            if (i > 1) head.append(",");
+            head.append("{\"name\":\"").append(escapeJSON(md.getColumnName(i))).append("\"");
+            head.append(",\"type\":\"").append(escapeJSON(md.getColumnTypeName(i))).append("\"");
+            head.append(",\"precision\":").append(md.getPrecision(i));
+            head.append(",\"scale\":").append(md.getScale(i));
+            head.append("}");
+        }
+        head.append("],\"rows\":[");
+        System.out.print(head);
+
+        boolean firstRow = true;
+        while (rs.next()) {
+            if (!firstRow) System.out.print(",");
+            firstRow = false;
+            System.out.print("[");
+            for (int i = 1; i <= cols; i++) {
+                if (i > 1) System.out.print(",");
+                String value = rs.getString(i);
+                if (rs.wasNull() || value == null) {
+                    System.out.print("null");
+                } else {
+                    System.out.print("\"" + escapeJSON(value) + "\"");
+                }
+            }
+            System.out.print("]");
+        }
+        System.out.println("]}");
+    }
+
+    private static String escapeJSON(String value) {
+        if (value == null) return "";
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(value.length() + 16);
+        for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) {
+            char c = value.charAt(i);
+            switch (c) {
+                case '"':  sb.append("\\\""); break;
+                case '\\': sb.append("\\\\"); break;
+                case '\n': sb.append("\\n");  break;
+                case '\r': sb.append("\\r");  break;
+                case '\t': sb.append("\\t");  break;
+                case '\b': sb.append("\\b");  break;
+                case '\f': sb.append("\\f");  break;
+                default:
+                    // Other control characters are illegal raw in JSON strings.
+                    if (c < 0x20) sb.append(String.format("\\u%04x", (int) c));
+                    else sb.append(c);
+            }
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
     private static void outputCSV(ResultSet rs, int cols) throws SQLException {
         // Print header row
         for (int i = 1; i <= cols; i++) {