How to get correct SQL from AI: give it the schema, the dialect, and EXPLAIN
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AI tools are genuinely good at writing SQL. Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or Claude Code for "monthly revenue per plan" and you'll have a query in seconds, and it will probably run. That's the problem. Wrong SQL rarely fails loudly. It returns a number, and the number looks plausible. Here are the mi…
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- 2026-10-19 02:42 · DEV Community — AI
How to get correct SQL from AI: give it the schema, the dialect, and EXPLAIN