🚄 Command line tool, to bulk copy data between a source an destination SQL server.
When you need to move data between 2 SQL server instances you can do this with SqlBulkCopy. These tool eliminates the coding and allows for passing in the arguments to copy the data between the 2 servers.
You can download the single exe from the release page
| Argument | Description | Required | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| source-connectionstring | The connection string of the source database. | yes | |
| source-query | The tSQL query to retrieve data from the source database. | yes | |
| destination-connectionstring | The connection string of the destination database. | yes | |
| destination-tablename | The name of the table in the destination database where the data is inserted. | yes | |
| bulk-insert-timeout | A timeout in seconds to execute the bulk insert. | no | 60 |
| bulk-copy-options | The SqlBulkCopyOptions as provided by Microsoft. | no | Default |
SqlServerBulkCopyTool.exe --source-connectionstring "Server=localhost;Database=TestDb;Integrated Security=SSPI;" --source-query "SELECT * FROM MySourceTable" --destination-connectionstring "Server=tcp:remote.sample-server.com,1433;Database=TestDb;Integrated Security=SSPI;" --destination-tablename "MyDestinationTable"
Bulk copy from localhost to a remote sql server with bulk copy options: TableLock and CheckConstrains
Executes the bulk copy with table lock and check constraints.
SqlServerBulkCopyTool.exe --source-connectionstring "Server=localhost;Database=TestDb;Integrated Security=SSPI;" --source-query "SELECT * FROM MySourceTable" --destination-connectionstring "Server=tcp:remote.sample-server.com,1433;Database=TestDb;Integrated Security=SSPI;" --destination-tablename "MyDestinationTable" --bulk-copy-options TableLock,CheckConstraints
- Table definition between the 2 instances/databases should be the same.
- There is no error handling, assuming the user can understand the exceptions.