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Installation

Download

To start using FastBCP, first request a trial to download the latest version.

Once downloaded, unzip FastBCP to a directory of your choice.

Expand-Archive -Path .\FastBCP.zip -DestinationPath .\FastBCP

On Linux, you need to give execution rights to the FastBCP binary:

chmod +x FastBCP

You can verify the installation by checking the version:

.\FastBCP.exe --version

You are now ready to run FastBCP.

License Information

After the trial period you will need a valid license. By default, FastBCP will try to find a FastBCP.lic file in the same directory as the executable. You can also provide another path, a URL, or even the license content using the --license parameter.

Embedded Drivers

The following database drivers are embedded in FastBCP :

DatabaseEmbedded Drivers
Clickhouse
DuckDB
MS SQL Server
MySQL
Netezza
Oracle
PostgreSQL
SAP HANA
Teradata
Warning

If you need another database not in the list, you can use ODBC or OLEDB but you will need to install your ODBC or OLEDB drivers of your favorite database in order to use it with ODBC or OLEDB connection type.

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