# SQL Builder preferences (Talend > Specific Settings)

## About this task

You can set your preferences for the SQL Builder.

## Procedure

1. From the menu bar, click Window > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.
2. Expand the Talend and Specific Settings nodes in succession and then click Sql Builder to display the relevant view.

   ![Sql Builder view.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/PreferencesSQLBuilder.png)
3. Customize the SQL Builder preferences according to your needs:
   * Select the add quotes, when you generated sql statement check box to precede and follow column and table names with inverted commas in your SQL queries.
   * In the AS400 SQL generation area, select the Standard SQL Statement or System SQL Statement check boxes to use standard or system SQL statements respectively when you use an AS/400 database.
   * Clear the Enable check queries in the database components (disable to avoid warnings for specific queries) check box to deactivate the verification of queries in all database components.