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Querying Data with Generative AI

Generative AI is transforming how data professionals work with databases. This course will teach you how to use prompting techniques to generate complex SQL queries, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement security best practices.

Intermediate
54m

Created by Mihaela Danci

Last Updated Jan 29, 2026

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Querying Data with Generative AI

Generative AI is transforming how data professionals work with databases. This course will teach you how to use prompting techniques to generate complex SQL queries, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement security best practices.

Intermediate
54m

Created by Mihaela Danci

Last Updated Jan 29, 2026

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What you'll learn

One challenge when working with Generative AI is generating reliable SQL queries while protecting sensitive information. In this course, Querying Data with Generative AI, you'll learn to generate, optimize, and secure SQL queries using prompting techniques. First, you'll explore generating queries from natural language using techniques like zero-shot prompting, chain-of-thought, and task decomposition. Next, you'll discover how to optimize query performance using tree-of-thoughts and self-consistency to identify bottlenecks and compare multiple solutions. Finally, you'll learn how to secure queries, generate test cases, and verify queries safely. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of prompting needed to accelerate SQL development while ensuring quality, performance, and security.

Querying Data with Generative AI
Intermediate
54m
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As a data analyst enthusiast, Mihaela has special interests in translating vision into action using end-to-end data analysis while being very passionate about teaching.

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