fix llm_inputs duplication problem in intermediate_steps in SQLDatabaseChain (#10279)
Use `.copy()` to fix the bug that the first `llm_inputs` element is
overwritten by the second `llm_inputs` element in `intermediate_steps`.
***Problem description:***
In [line 127](
https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/c732d8fffd39d2b02bdc393c37d2ccdd48f7626d/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/sql/base.py#L127C17-L127C17),
the `llm_inputs` of the sql generation step is appended as the first
element of `intermediate_steps`:
```
intermediate_steps.append(llm_inputs) # input: sql generation
```
However, `llm_inputs` is a mutable dict, it is updated in [line
179](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/master/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/sql/base.py#L179)
for the final answer step:
```
llm_inputs["input"] = input_text
```
Then, the updated `llm_inputs` is appended as another element of
`intermediate_steps` in [line
180](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/c732d8fffd39d2b02bdc393c37d2ccdd48f7626d/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/sql/base.py#L180):
```
intermediate_steps.append(llm_inputs) # input: final answer
```
As a result, the final `intermediate_steps` returned in [line
189](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/blob/c732d8fffd39d2b02bdc393c37d2ccdd48f7626d/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/sql/base.py#L189C43-L189C43)
actually contains two same `llm_inputs` elements, i.e., the `llm_inputs`
for the sql generation step overwritten by the one for final answer step
by mistake. Users are not able to get the actual `llm_inputs` for the
sql generation step from `intermediate_steps`
Simply calling `.copy()` when appending `llm_inputs` to
`intermediate_steps` can solve this problem.