Beyond Quacking: Deep Integration of Language Models and RAG into DuckDB
Summary: FlockMTL embeds LLMs/RAG in DuckDB via PROMPT/MODEL DDLs, exposing LLM-backed scalar/aggregate functions for chained tuple predictions and hybrid search. Relational optimizations (batching, meta-prompting) and resource-independent abstractions reduce data movement and orchestration. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Anas Dorbani (Polytechnique Montréal)
- 2. Sunny Yasser (Polytechnique Montréal)
- 3. Jimmy Lin (University of Waterloo)
- 4. Amine Mhedhbi (Polytechnique Montréal)
BibTeX Citation
@article{dorbani_vldb25,
title = {{Beyond Quacking: Deep Integration of Language Models and RAG into DuckDB}},
author = {Dorbani, Anas and Yasser, Sunny and Lin, Jimmy and Mhedhbi, Amine},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '25},
volume = {18},
number = {12},
pages = {5415--5418},
doi = {10.14778/3750601.3750685},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3750601.3750685},
year = {2025}
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,501 | SemBench: A Benchmark for Semantic Query Processing Engines | 2026 | VLDB | 6.1027188e-05 |
| 6,886 | Multi-Objective Agentic Rewrites for Unstructured Data Processing | 2026 | VLDB | 5.6551172e-05 |
| 10,400 | 100x Cost & Latency Reduction: Performance Analysis of AI Query Approximation using Lightweight Proxy Models: [Experiments & Analysis] | 2026 | SIGMOD | 4.9793485e-05 |
| 10,858 | Sema: A High-performance System for LLM-based Semantic Query Processing | 2026 | VLDB | 4.9793485e-05 |
| 10,898 | stratum: A System Infrastructure for Massive Agent-Centric ML Workloads | 2026 | VLDB | 4.9793485e-05 |
| 11,008 | iPDB: SQL with ML and LLM Predicates (Towards a Database Engine for AI) | 2026 | VLDB | 4.9793485e-05 |
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| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | DuckDB: an Embeddable Analytical Database | 2019 | SIGMOD | 0.00037720227 |
| 748 | Palimpzest: Optimizing AI-Powered Analytics with Declarative Query Processing | 2025 | CIDR | 0.00014281926 |
| 2,606 | Text2SQL is Not Enough: Unifying AI and Databases with TAG | 2025 | CIDR | 8.2295646e-05 |
| 3,743 | Logical and Physical Optimizations for SQL Query Execution over Large Language Models | 2025 | SIGMOD | 7.0586112e-05 |
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