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Other Databases

Examples for transferring data from and to ClickHouse, SAP HANA, Netezza, Teradata, and DuckDB databases.

ClickHouse​

Transfer data from and to ClickHouse database.

PostgreSQL to ClickHouse​

Transfer data from PostgreSQL to ClickHouse using the bulk loader.

Single-threaded:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "pgsql" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:15432" `
  --sourcedatabase "tpch" `
  --sourceuser "FastUser" `
  --sourcepassword "FastPassword" `
  --sourceschema "tpch_10" `
  --query "select * from tpch_10.orders limit 100000" `
  --targetconnectiontype "clickhousebulk" `
  --targetserver "localhost:8123" `
  --targetdatabase "default" `
  --targetuser "default" `
  --targetpassword "YourPassword" `
  --targetschema "default" `
  --targettable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "None" `
  --loadmode "Append" `
  --batchsize 10000

Parallel with Ctid:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "pgsql" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:15432" `
  --sourcedatabase "tpch" `
  --sourceuser "FastUser" `
  --sourcepassword "FastPassword" `
  --sourceschema "tpch_10" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --targetconnectiontype "clickhousebulk" `
  --targetserver "localhost:8123" `
  --targetdatabase "default" `
  --targetuser "default" `
  --targetpassword "YourPassword" `
  --targetschema "default" `
  --targettable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "Ctid" `
  --degree 15 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 1000000

ClickHouse to PostgreSQL​

Transfer data from ClickHouse to PostgreSQL with various parallelization methods.

Single-threaded:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgcopy" `
  --targetserver "localhost:15432" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "tpch_10" `
  --targettable "orders_empty" `
  --sourceconnectiontype "clickhouse" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:8123" `
  --sourcedatabase "default" `
  --sourceuser "default" `
  --sourcepassword "YourPassword" `
  --sourceschema "default" `
  --query "select * from default.orders limit 100000" `
  --parallelmethod "None" `
  --loadmode "Append" `
  --batchsize 10000

Parallel with RangeId:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgcopy" `
  --targetserver "localhost:15432" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "tpch_10" `
  --targettable "orders_empty" `
  --sourceconnectiontype "clickhouse" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:8123" `
  --sourcedatabase "default" `
  --sourceuser "default" `
  --sourcepassword "YourPassword" `
  --sourceschema "default" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "RangeId" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "O_ORDERKEY" `
  --degree 15 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 100000

Parallel with Ntile:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgcopy" `
  --targetserver "localhost:15432" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "tpch_10" `
  --targettable "orders_empty" `
  --sourceconnectiontype "clickhouse" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:8123" `
  --sourcedatabase "default" `
  --sourceuser "default" `
  --sourcepassword "YourPassword" `
  --sourceschema "default" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "Ntile" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "O_ORDERKEY" `
  --degree 15 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 100000

Parallel with Random:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgcopy" `
  --targetserver "localhost:15432" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "tpch_10" `
  --targettable "orders_empty" `
  --sourceconnectiontype "clickhouse" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:8123" `
  --sourcedatabase "default" `
  --sourceuser "default" `
  --sourcepassword "YourPassword" `
  --sourceschema "default" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "Random" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "O_ORDERKEY" `
  --degree 15 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 100000

Parallel with DataDriven:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgcopy" `
  --targetserver "localhost:15432" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "tpch_10" `
  --targettable "orders_empty" `
  --sourceconnectiontype "clickhouse" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:8123" `
  --sourcedatabase "default" `
  --sourceuser "default" `
  --sourcepassword "YourPassword" `
  --sourceschema "default" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "DataDriven" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "year(o_orderdate)" `
  --degree 15 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 100000
ClickHouse Connection Types
  • clickhouse: Standard connection for reading
  • clickhousebulk: High-performance bulk loader for writing

SAP HANA​

Transfer data from and to SAP HANA database.

PostgreSQL to SAP HANA​

Transfer data from PostgreSQL to SAP HANA using the HANA bulk loader.

Single-threaded:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "pgsql" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:15432" `
  --sourcedatabase "tpch" `
  --sourceuser "FastUser" `
  --sourcepassword "FastPassword" `
  --sourceschema "tpch_10" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --targetconnectiontype "hanabulk" `
  --targetserver "hxehost:39015" `
  --targetdatabase "" `
  --targetuser "SYSTEM" `
  --targetpassword "YourPassword" `
  --targetschema "TPCH" `
  --targettable "ORDERS" `
  --parallelmethod "None" `
  --loadmode "Append" `
  --batchsize 5000 `
  --query "select * from tpch_10.orders limit 100000"

Parallel with Ctid:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "pgsql" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:15432" `
  --sourcedatabase "tpch" `
  --sourceuser "FastUser" `
  --sourcepassword "FastPassword" `
  --sourceschema "tpch_10" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --targetconnectiontype "hanabulk" `
  --targetserver "hxehost:39015" `
  --targetdatabase "" `
  --targetuser "SYSTEM" `
  --targetpassword "YourPassword" `
  --targetschema "TPCH" `
  --targettable "ORDERS" `
  --parallelmethod "Ctid" `
  --degree 4 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 5000
SAP HANA Batch Size

For SAP HANA, use batch sizes between 5,000 and 10,000 rows for optimal performance.

SAP HANA to PostgreSQL​

Transfer data from SAP HANA to PostgreSQL.

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgsql" `
  --targetserver "localhost:15432" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch_import" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "tpch_10" `
  --targettable "orders" `
  --sourceconnectiontype "hana" `
  --sourceserver "hxehost:39015" `
  --sourcedatabase "" `
  --sourceuser "SYSTEM" `
  --sourcepassword "YourPassword" `
  --sourceschema "TPCH" `
  --sourcetable "ORDERS" `
  --parallelmethod "Random" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "o_orderkey" `
  --degree 12 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 5000
SAP HANA Connection Types
  • hana: Standard connection for reading from SAP HANA
  • hanabulk: Bulk loader for writing to SAP HANA

Netezza​

Transfer data from Netezza using the DATASLICEID for optimal parallelism.

Netezza to MSSQL​

Transfer from Netezza to SQL Server using DataDriven method on DATASLICEID:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "nzsql" `
  --sourceserver "NZSOURCESYS" `
  --sourcedatabase "TPCH" `
  --sourceuser "TPCH" `
  --sourcepassword "TPCH" `
  --targetconnectiontype "msbulk" `
  --targetserver "localhost" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch_test" `
  --sourceschema "tpch_10" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --targettrusted `
  --targetschema "dbo" `
  --targettable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "DataDriven" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "DATASLICEID" `
  --degree 6 `
  --loadmode Truncate
Netezza DATASLICEID

The DATASLICEID column in Netezza represents the internal data distribution. Using it as the distribution key provides optimal parallel extraction by leveraging Netezza's data placement.

Teradata​

Transfer data from and to Teradata database.

PostgreSQL to Teradata​

Transfer data from PostgreSQL to Teradata:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "pgsql" `
  --sourceserver "localhost:15432" `
  --sourcedatabase "tpch" `
  --sourceuser "FastUser" `
  --sourcepassword "FastPassword" `
  --sourceschema "tpch_10" `
  --sourcetable "orders" `
  --targetconnectiontype "teradata" `
  --targetserver "192.168.239.129:1025" `
  --targetdatabase "TPCH" `
  --targetuser "UTPCH" `
  --targetpassword "UTPCH" `
  --targetschema "TPCH" `
  --targettable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "Ctid" `
  --degree 15 `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --batchsize 10000

Teradata to MSSQL​

Transfer data from Teradata to SQL Server:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "teradata" `
  --sourceserver "192.168.239.129:1025"  `
  --sourcedatabase "TPCH" `
  --sourceuser "UTPCH" `
  --sourcepassword "UTPCH" `
  --sourceschema "TPCH" `
  --sourcetable "orders_15M" `
  --targetconnectiontype "msbulk" `
  --targetserver "localhost" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch10_collation_bin2" `
  --targetuser "FastUser" `
  --targetpassword "FastPassword" `
  --targetschema "dbo" `
  --targettable "orders_15M_copy" `
  --parallelmethod "RangeId" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "o_orderkey" `
  --degree 12 `
  --loadmode "Truncate"

DuckDB​

Transfer data from and to DuckDB database files or in-memory.

MSSQL to DuckDB File​

Transfer from SQL Server to a DuckDB database file:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "mssql" `
  --sourceserver "localhost" `
  --sourcedatabase "tpch10_collation_bin2" `
  --sourceschema "dbo" `
  --sourcetable "orders_1M" `
  --sourcetrusted `
  --targetconnectiontype "duckdb" `
  --targetdatabase "tpch10_insert" `
  --targetschema "tpch10" `
  --targettable "orders" `
  --parallelmethod "None" `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --targetserver "D:\OpenData\TPCH\data\10\duckdb\tpch10_insert.duckdb"

DuckDB File to PostgreSQL​

Transfer from a DuckDB database file to PostgreSQL:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "duckdbstream" `
  --sourceserver "D:\OpenData\wikidata\dbpedia_14.duckdb" `
  --sourceschema "main" `
  --sourcetable "dbpedia_14" `
  --query "SELECT label, title, content, split, content_word_count, chunk, content_n_chunks, chunk_index, chunk_word_count, chunk_embedding::text FROM dbpedia_14" `
  --targetconnectiontype "pgcopy" `
  --targetserver "localhost:35432" `
  --targetuser "postgres" `
  --targetpassword "YourPassword" `
  --targetdatabase "wikipedia" `
  --targetschema "public" `
  --targettable "dbpedia_14" `
  --parallelmethod "Ntile" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "chunk_index" `
  --degree 14 `
  --loadmode "Truncate"

DuckDB Stream - CSV Files​

Process CSV files using DuckDB's in-memory engine and load into SQL Server:

Single CSV file:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "duckdbstream" `
  --sourceserver ":memory:" `
  --query "SELECT * from read_csv('D:\DATA\arborescence.csv') rcsv" `
  --targetconnectiontype "msbulk" `
  --targetserver "localhost" `
  --targettrusted `
  --targetdatabase "Edilians" `
  --targetschema "dbo" `
  --targettable "arborescence" `
  --parallelmethod "None" `
  --loadmode "Truncate"

Multiple CSV files with parallel processing:

.\FastTransfer.exe `
  --sourceconnectiontype "duckdbstream" `
  --sourceserver ":memory:" `
  --query "SELECT * exclude filename FROM read_csv('D:\temp\FastBCP_lineitem_Extract\lineitem*.CSV', filename=true)" `
  --targetconnectiontype "msbulk" `
  --targetserver "localhost" `
  --targettrusted `
  --targetdatabase "tpch_test" `
  --targetschema "dbo" `
  --targettable "lineitem" `
  --parallelmethod "DataDriven" `
  --distributeKeyColumn "filename" `
  --datadrivenquery "select file from glob('D:\temp\FastBCP_lineitem_Extract\*.CSV')" `
  --loadmode "Truncate" `
  --degree 16
DuckDB Connection Types
  • duckdb: Direct connection to DuckDB file
  • duckdbstream: Streaming connection for in-memory processing or file-based operations
  • Use :memory: as server for in-memory processing
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