Prompting with documentation and examples works. In an agentic tool having an MCP server for the db helps assuming it is a straightforward schema with explicitly defined relationships. Also helps if the tables correspond to entities in a natural way.
We're pretty locked down around AI tools. Right now we can only really use GH Copilot, it's been ok so far though it's funny to see it suggest edits then suggest the opposite on the next time it review the PR if you accept them.