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[BUG]: Generate columns : The doc info is invalid

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Description

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- [X] I have verified that the bug I'm about to report hasn't been filed before.

### What version of `drizzle-orm` are you using?

0.37.0

### What version of `drizzle-kit` are you using?

0.29.1

### Other packages

_No response_

### Describe the Bug

I spent the past 3 hours trying to figure out an error I kept on running into with generate columns.
These are the docs I referenced: https://orm.drizzle.team/docs/generated-columns

Every example shown in the doc will throw an error

```ts
export const test = pgTable("test", {
generatedName: text("gen_name").generatedAlwaysAs(sql`hello "world"!`),
});
// Error: error: syntax error at or near "world"
```

```ts
export const test = pgTable("test", {
generatedName: text("gen_name").generatedAlwaysAs(sql`hello "world"!`),
});
// Error: error: syntax error at or near "world"
```

Is this article deprecated? Or what is the correct to assign text to generated columns?

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