diff --git a/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/SqlUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/SqlUtils.java
index d29ba62..6d75804 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/SqlUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/SqlUtils.java
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.pih.petl.job.config.TableColumn;
 
-import java.time.Instant;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
@@ -200,6 +201,43 @@ public static String mysqlDate(LocalDateTime instant) {
         return instant == null ? "null" : ("cast('" + instant + "' as datetime)");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The goal of this method is to test a result set for validity in JDBC
+     * This is useful if there are errors with the bulk load to sql server job in the data being passed across
+     * @param resultSet the ResultSet to test
+     * @throws SQLException
+     */
+    public static void testResultSet(ResultSet resultSet) throws SQLException {
+        int numRowsTotal = 0;
+        int numRowsWithError = 0;
+        ResultSetMetaData rsmd = resultSet.getMetaData();
+        while (resultSet.next()) {
+            numRowsTotal++;
+            boolean rowHasError = false;
+            StringBuilder row = new StringBuilder();
+            row.append("rowNum = ").append(numRowsTotal);
+            for (int i=1; i<=rsmd.getColumnCount(); i++) {
+                row.append(", ").append(rsmd.getColumnName(i)).append(" = ");
+                try {
+                    row.append(resultSet.getObject(i));
+                }
+                catch (Exception e) {
+                    rowHasError = true;
+                    row.append("***ERROR***");
+                }
+            }
+            if (rowHasError) {
+                numRowsWithError++;
+                log.error(row.toString());
+            }
+            else if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                log.debug(row.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        log.warn("Number of rows total in extraction: " + numRowsTotal);
+        log.error("Number of rows with error in extraction: " + numRowsWithError);
+    }
+
     //********** CONVENIENCE METHODS **************
 
     protected static boolean isEmptyLine(String line) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/job/SqlServerImportJob.java b/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/job/SqlServerImportJob.java
index b13885a..56195dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/job/SqlServerImportJob.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/pih/petl/job/SqlServerImportJob.java
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ else if (StringUtils.isEmpty(partitionColumn)) {
             // Get bulk load configuration
             int batchSize = configReader.getInt(100, "load", "bulkCopy", "batchSize");
             int timeout = configReader.getInt(7200, "load", "bulkCopy", "timeout"); // 2h default
+            boolean testOnly = configReader.getBoolean(false, "load", "bulkCopy", "testOnly");
 
             try (Connection sourceConnection = sourceDatasource.openConnection()) {
                 try (Connection targetConnection = targetDatasource.openConnection()) {
@@ -298,18 +299,24 @@ else if (StringUtils.isEmpty(partitionColumn)) {
                                     try {
                                         resultSet = ((PreparedStatement) statement).executeQuery();
                                         if (resultSet != null) {
-                                            log.trace("Setting up bulk copy connection");
-                                            Connection sqlServerConnection = getAsSqlServerConnection(targetConnection);
-                                            SQLServerBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SQLServerBulkCopy(sqlServerConnection);
-                                            SQLServerBulkCopyOptions bco = new SQLServerBulkCopyOptions();
-                                            bco.setKeepIdentity(true);
-                                            bco.setBatchSize(batchSize);
-                                            bco.setBulkCopyTimeout(timeout);
-                                            bulkCopy.setBulkCopyOptions(bco);
-                                            bulkCopy.setDestinationTableName(tableToBulkInsertInto);
-                                            log.info("Performing up bulk copy operation");
-                                            bulkCopy.writeToServer(resultSet);
-                                            log.trace("Bulk copy operation completed successfully");
+                                            if (testOnly) {
+                                                SqlUtils.testResultSet(resultSet);
+                                                throw new PetlException("Failed to load to SQL server due to testOnly mode");
+                                            }
+                                            else {
+                                                log.trace("Setting up bulk copy connection");
+                                                Connection sqlServerConnection = getAsSqlServerConnection(targetConnection);
+                                                SQLServerBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SQLServerBulkCopy(sqlServerConnection);
+                                                SQLServerBulkCopyOptions bco = new SQLServerBulkCopyOptions();
+                                                bco.setKeepIdentity(true);
+                                                bco.setBatchSize(batchSize);
+                                                bco.setBulkCopyTimeout(timeout);
+                                                bulkCopy.setBulkCopyOptions(bco);
+                                                bulkCopy.setDestinationTableName(tableToBulkInsertInto);
+                                                log.info("Performing up bulk copy operation");
+                                                bulkCopy.writeToServer(resultSet);
+                                                log.trace("Bulk copy operation completed successfully");
+                                            }
                                         } else {
                                             throw new PetlException("Invalid SQL extraction, no result set found");
                                         }