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---
title: "bigtable-sql"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: >
A "bigtable-sql" tool executes a pre-defined SQL statement against a Google
Cloud Bigtable instance.
---
## About
A `bigtable-sql` tool executes a pre-defined SQL statement against a Bigtable
instance. It's compatible with any of the following sources:
- [bigtable](../sources/bigtable.md)
### GoogleSQL
Bigtable supports SQL queries. The integration with Toolbox supports `googlesql`
dialect, the specified SQL statement is executed as a [data manipulation
language (DML)][bigtable-googlesql] statements, and specified parameters will
inserted according to their name: e.g. `@name`.
> **Note:** This tool uses parameterized queries to prevent SQL injections.
> Query parameters can be used as substitutes for arbitrary expressions.
> Parameters cannot be used as substitutes for identifiers, column names, table
> names, or other parts of the query.
[bigtable-googlesql]: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/googlesql-overview
## Example
```yaml
tools:
search_user_by_id_or_name:
kind: bigtable-sql
source: my-bigtable-instance
statement: |
SELECT
TO_INT64(cf[ 'id' ]) as id,
CAST(cf[ 'name' ] AS string) as name,
FROM
mytable
WHERE
TO_INT64(cf[ 'id' ]) = @id
OR CAST(cf[ 'name' ] AS string) = @name;
description: |
Use this tool to get information for a specific user.
Takes an id number or a name and returns info on the user.
Example:
{{
"id": 123,
"name": "Alice",
}}
parameters:
- name: id
type: integer
description: User ID
- name: name
type: string
description: Name of the user
```
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-------------|:------------------------------------------:|:------------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "bigtable-sql". |
| source | string | true | Name of the source the SQL should execute on. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |
| statement | string | true | SQL statement to execute on. |
| parameters | [parameters](_index#specifying-parameters) | false | List of [parameters](_index#specifying-parameters) that will be inserted into the SQL statement. |
## Tips
- [Bigtable Studio][bigtable-studio] is a useful to explore and manage your
Bigtable data. If you're unfamiliar with the query syntax, [Query
Builder][bigtable-querybuilder] lets you build a query, run it against a
table, and then view the results in the console.
- Some Python libraries limit the use of underscore columns such as `_key`. A
workaround would be to leverage Bigtable [Logical
Views][bigtable-logical-view] to rename the columns.
[bigtable-studio]: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/manage-data-using-console
[bigtable-logical-view]: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/create-manage-logical-views
[bigtable-querybuilder]: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/query-builder