---
title: "postgres-sql"
type: docs
weight: 1
description: > 
  A "postgres-sql" tool executes a pre-defined SQL statement against a Postgres
  database.
---

## About

A `postgres-sql` tool executes a pre-defined SQL statement against a Postgres
database. It's compatible with any of the following sources:

- [alloydb-postgres](../sources/alloydb-pg.md)
- [cloud-sql-postgres](../sources/cloud-sql-pg.md)
- [postgres](../sources/postgres.md)

The specified SQL statement is executed as a [prepared statement][pg-prepare],
and specified parameters will inserted according to their position: e.g. `1`
will be the first parameter specified, `$@` will be the second parameter, and so
on.

[pg-prepare]: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-prepare.html

## Example

```yaml
tools:
 search_flights_by_number:
    kind: postgres-sql
    source: my-pg-instance
    statement: |
      SELECT * FROM flights
      WHERE airline = $1
      AND flight_number = $2
      LIMIT 10
    description: |
      Use this tool to get information for a specific flight.
      Takes an airline code and flight number and returns info on the flight.
      Do NOT use this tool with a flight id. Do NOT guess an airline code or flight number.
      A airline code is a code for an airline service consisting of two-character
      airline designator and followed by flight number, which is 1 to 4 digit number.
      For example, if given CY 0123, the airline is "CY", and flight_number is "123".
      Another example for this is DL 1234, the airline is "DL", and flight_number is "1234".
      If the tool returns more than one option choose the date closes to today.
      Example:
      {{
          "airline": "CY",
          "flight_number": "888",
      }}
      Example:
      {{
          "airline": "DL",
          "flight_number": "1234",
      }}
    parameters:
      - name: airline
        type: string
        description: Airline unique 2 letter identifier
      - name: flight_number
        type: string
        description: 1 to 4 digit number
```

## Reference

| **field**   |                  **type**                  | **required** | **description**                                                                                  |
|-------------|:------------------------------------------:|:------------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| kind        |                   string                   |     true     | Must be "postgres-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. |