Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

Send the prompt to OpenAI’s GPT-3.5-turbo API and request an SQL query to answer your question. Run the SQL that comes back on your data set to calculate your answer.

SQL Basics I: Data Queries—covers database terminology and the four basic query types. SQL Basics: SELECT statement options —covers the SELECT statement in detail and explains aggregate functions.