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title: "Text-to-SQL — Database Glossary | Xata"
description: "Translating natural language queries into valid SQL statements. Accuracy depends on schema awareness, join path inference, dialect-specific syntax, and ..."
source: "https://xata.io/glossary/text-to-sql"
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# Text-to-SQL

AI & Agents

Translating natural language queries into valid SQL statements. Accuracy depends on schema awareness, join path inference, dialect-specific syntax, and column naming conventions. Modern approaches use LLMs with schema context rather than rule-based parsers. A core capability for database-connected AI agents.

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