Why Current Text-to-SQL Benchmarks Fail Real-World Data Stores

Any text-to-SQL benchmark should address difficulties of real-world data stores

Why Current Text-to-SQL Benchmarks Fail Real-World Data Stores

I argue that existing benchmarks for Text-to-SQL models are misleading because they rely on simplified datasets that ignore the complexity of real-world data stores. True evaluation must account for messy schemas, ambiguous natural language, and the intricate constraints found in actual production environments to ensure these tools are genuinely useful.

If you think you can do real-world Text-to-SQL, you are likely testing against a fantasy version of data that does not exist in production.

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2026-07-22