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SQL views are virtual tables that derive their data from other tables or views and are defined using SELECT statements. The CREATE VIEW command allows users to create views that can be utilized in various SQL operations, such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE, depending on certain conditions. Views enhance security, simplify complex queries, and provide a layer of abstraction between the user and the underlying data.

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SQLviews

SQL views are virtual tables that derive their data from other tables or views and are defined using SELECT statements. The CREATE VIEW command allows users to create views that can be utilized in various SQL operations, such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE, depending on certain conditions. Views enhance security, simplify complex queries, and provide a layer of abstraction between the user and the underlying data.

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SQL Views

Chapter 7 p. 260 -274 in


Kroenke textbook

SQL Views
 SQL view is a virtual table that is constructed from other
tables or views
 It has no data of its own, but obtains data from tables or
other views
 It only has a definition

 SELECT statements are used to define views


 A view definition may not include an ORDER BY clause
 Views can be used as regular tables in SELECT
statements

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CREATE VIEW Command
 CREATE VIEW command:
CREATE VIEW view_name
AS
select_statement

 Use the view:


 In SELECT statements
 Sometimes in INSERT statements
 Sometimes in UPDATE statements
 Sometimes in DELETE statements
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CREATE VIEW Command


 CREATE VIEW
command:
CREATE VIEW CustomerNameView
AS
SELECT CustName AS
CustomerName
FROM CUSTOMER;

 To use the view:


SELECT *
FROM CustomerNameView
ORDER BY CustomerName;

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Uses for SQL Views
 Security: hide columns and rows
 Display results of computations
 Hide complicated SQL syntax
 Provide a level of isolation between actual
data and the user’s view of data
 three-tier architecture
 Assign different processing permissions to
different views on same table
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Security: hide columns and rows


 MIDS database, Midshipmen table
 View for faculty – all mids with IT major
 View for students – all mids, no grades

 Midshipmen (Alpha, Name, DateOfBirth, GPA,


Major)
 Exercise: Write the SQL to create the views
 SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE?

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Display results of computations
 Faculty (EmpID, LName, FName, Department,
AreaCode, LocalPhone)
 Create a view to display 2 columns:
 Name = Fname LName
 Phone = (AreaCode) LocalPhone
 SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE?

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Hide complicated SQL syntax


 Mid(Alpha, LName, FName, Class, Age)
 Course(CourseID, Description, Textbook)
 Enroll(Alpha, CourseID, Semester, Grade)

 Create a view to display the student alpha,


name, CourseID and description of courses they
are/were enrolled
 SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE?

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Provide a level of isolation between
actual data and application
 CREATE VIEW CustomerV AS
SELECT *
FROM Customers
 Applications use CustomerV
 Can change the underlying table without
changing the application
ALTER VIEW CustomerV AS
SELECT *
FROM New_Customers
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Updating Views
 CREATE VIEW CustomerV AS
SELECT *
FROM Customers
SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE?

 CREATE VIEW FacultyPhone AS


SELECT FName + ‘ ’ + LName AS Name,
‘(’ + AreaCode + ‘)’ + LocalPhone AS Phone
FROM Faculty
Works?
UPDATE FacultyPhone
SET Phone = ‘(410)-266-7788’
WHERE Name=‘Steven Benett’

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Updateable Views
 Views based on a single table
 No computed columns
 All non-null columns present in view

 Views based on a single table, primary key in


view, some non-null columns missing from view
 Updates for non-computed columns ok
 Deletes ok
 Inserts not ok

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Summary – SQL Views


CREATE VIEW view_name
AS
select_statement

 Virtual table
 It only has a definition
 Data is computed at run-time from base tables
 All views can be used in SELECT
 Some views can be used in INSERT, DELETE,
UPDATE

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