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<p>I assume that the pre-vector chunked data needs to be stored somewhere within the vector database. Is this usually maintained within the vector database itself?</p>
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<p>Yes. Code example: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/77843105/395857">https://stackoverflow.com/a/77843105/395857</a></p>

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<p>I believe that when using an LLM with a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach, the results retrieved from a vector search must ultimately be presented in text form. Otherwise, the prompt would just contain a series of numbers (vectors), which would be meaningless. I assume that the pre-vector chunked data needs to be stored somewhere within the vector database. Is this usually maintained within the vector database itself?</p>

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Does a vector database maintain pre-vector chunked data for RAG systems?
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# Does a vector database maintain pre-vector chunked data for RAG systems?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-05-08)

I believe that when using an LLM with a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach, the results retrieved from a vector search must ultimately be presented in text form. Otherwise, the prompt would just contain a series of numbers (vectors), which would be meaningless. I assume that the pre-vector chunked data needs to be stored somewhere within the vector database. Is this usually maintained within the vector database itself?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-05-24. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

> I assume that the pre-vector chunked data needs to be stored somewhere within the vector database. Is this usually maintained within the vector database itself?

Yes. Code example: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/77843105/395857>


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