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SQL Generator 2.0: How I build AI Query Wizard for Enterprise-Scale with 500+ Tables

Ryan Nguyen
Level Up Coding
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14 min readAug 18, 2024

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This is part 3 of the series on how I built this. Beyond the simple text-to-SQL and enterprise scale

Previous Posts:

The Journey So Far: Recap of the Confluence Agent

Before we dive into the SQL Agent, let’s briefly revisit the Confluence Agent we developed:

  1. Metadata Ingestion: Capturing the structure of our knowledge base.
  2. Content Extraction: Pulling in the meat of our documentation.
  3. Format Handling: Separating HTML and PDF content for optimal processing.
  4. Image Analysis: Leveraging LLM parsing to extract and understand image content.
  5. Performance Boost: Implementing async and multi-threading for a 10x speed improvement.

These enhancements laid the groundwork for a robust information retrieval system. Now, we’re expanding our toolkit to tackle one of the most common challenges in data-driven organizations: SQL query generation.

Why do I build this?

Imagine this scenario: You’re a new data analyst, and your boss drops by your desk with an urgent request:

“I need a comparative analysis of yesterday’s game metrics against last year’s data, focusing on velocity and revenue. Have it on my desk by EOD.”

As the color drains from your face, you realize you’re facing several challenges:

  1. You’re new and don’t know where to find the relevant data.
  2. You’re not sure which tables contain the information you need.
  3. Writing complex SQL queries isn’t your strong suit (yet).
  4. Your manager is in meetings all day, and you don’t want to bombard them with basic questions

This scenario highlights three critical challenges many organizations face:

  1. Data Volume: With…

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