9 best practices for faster SQL queries Retrieve only the columns you need Use CASE instead of UPDATE for conditional column updates Keep large-table queries to a minimum Pre-stage your data ...

This shapes my query -- what I want to select, which subset of the data I am interested in, which criteria I want to summarize the data by, etc. Finally, I need to analyze the response and modify ...

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Microsoft has found a new use for natural language processing capabilities in machine learning large language models (LLMs): SQL queries. The company has set up a sandbox for developers and data pros ...

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 Server 2022 takes that ability a few steps further. Last year, I wrote a column on the introduction of query store hints into Azure SQL Database.