Bridging natural language processing with semi-structured data brings both opportunity and complexity.

MySQL HeatWave GenAI’s NL2SQL feature shows how natural language can simplify data interaction — even for JSON documents. Yet, because JSON embeds both data and metadata within a single column, LLMs may struggle without explicit schema cues.

By creating well-structured views that reveal JSON’s internal organization, you can transform unstructured data into a relational format the model understands — improving both query accuracy and overall usability.

This approach highlights how MySQL HeatWave continues to evolve as a powerful engine for intelligent, natural language–driven analytics.

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Having explored the innovative MySQL HeatWave technology that converts Natural Language into SQL (Ask Your Database Anything: Natural Language to SQL in MySQL HeatWave), our next article in this series, dives into a practical use case demonstrating how an AI DBA Assistant can significantly simplify your query generation workflow. In MySQL, there are 3 specialized […]

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Natural Language to SQL in MySQL HeatWave makes data accessible to everyone, not just SQL experts. By turning plain English into optimized queries, it removes barriers and speeds up insights. While best practices help ensure accuracy, the feature already shows how LLMs are transforming the way we work with data. With the NL_SQL routine, asking your database questions is as simple as asking a colleague.

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“We made it a point to hire really smart, visionary people and then let them do their work.
I wanted to delegate and let people be in charge of things. My own decision-making process was to decide who got to decide. To make decisions, you have to first outline the problem, and if you hire really great people, they’re going to know more about the problem they’re dealing with than you ever will.”–Scott McNealy

I have interviewed Scott McNealy. Scott is a Silicon Valley pioneer, most famous for co-founding Sun Microsystems in 1982. We talked about Innovation, AI, Big Data, Redis, Curriki and Wayin.

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Q1. You co-Founded Sun Microsystems in 1982, and served as CEO and Chairman of the Board for 22 years. What are the main lessons learned in all these years?

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The website or mobile app is the storefront for participating in the modern digital era. It’s your portal for inviting users to come and survey your products and services. Much attention focuses on front-end development; this is where the HMTL5, CSS, and JavaScript are coded to develop the landing page that everyone sees when they visit your site.

But the real magic happens on the backend. This is the ecosystem that really powers your website. One writer has articulated this point very nicely as follows:

The technology and programming that “power” a site—what your end user doesn’t see but what makes the site run—is called the back end. Consisting of the server, the database, and the server-side applications, it’s the behind-the-scenes functionality—the brain of a site. …