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Prompt engineering in SQL query context

Prompt engineering in SQL query context

From the course: Text to SQL: Amazon Redshift Serverless for Generative SQL in Amazon Q

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Prompt engineering in SQL query context

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- [Instructor] SQL is taught in many introductory database courses at university. It is an important skill to master standard database query languages to extract the right data. Prompts are how we interact with LLMs, such as OpenAI's GPT-4o. Prompts are text-based. In our prompt, we start with instructions as a input. The LLM can encode text. Consider the task and use a decoder to return a response. Prompt engineering is both science and art. We iterate and learn how to communicate with computers to map words. We don't always communicate the same way. Sometimes, we speak formally with an organization and less formally with our friends. We have prompts for complex or basic tasks. If we have a 15 minutes with our boss, they will give us brief instructions. However, if we schedule meetings, we receive more detailed instructions. This is an overview of common prompt types. If we need to complete a simple task, we just need a few instructions. If we have a complex task, we might need to…

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