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Views: This Reduces Redundant Data On The HDD To A Very Large Extent

A view in SQL is a virtual table based on the result set of an SQL statement. A view contains rows and columns like a real table but derives its data from other tables. Views allow presenting data from multiple tables as if it comes from one table. Views do not store data themselves but rather hold a definition that is used to retrieve data from base tables when the view is referenced. Views are useful for controlling data access and reducing data redundancy.

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Views: This Reduces Redundant Data On The HDD To A Very Large Extent

A view in SQL is a virtual table based on the result set of an SQL statement. A view contains rows and columns like a real table but derives its data from other tables. Views allow presenting data from multiple tables as if it comes from one table. Views do not store data themselves but rather hold a definition that is used to retrieve data from base tables when the view is referenced. Views are useful for controlling data access and reducing data redundancy.

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Views

• In SQL, a view is a virtual table based on the result-set of an SQL


statement.
• A view contains rows and columns, just like a real table. The fields
in a view are fields from one or more real tables in the database.
• You can add SQL statements and functions to a view and present
the data as if the data were coming from one single table.
• A view is stored only as a definition in Oracle’s system catalog.
When the reference is made to a view, its definition is scanned, the
base table is opened and the view is created on top of the base
table.
• Hence a view holds no data at all, until a specific call to view is
The reasons why views are created

 When data security is required


 When data redundancy is to be kept to the minimum while maintaining
data security
 A query fired on view will run slower than the query fired on the base
table
CREATE VIEW Syntax
CREATE VIEW view_name AS
SELECT column1, column2, ...FROM table_name WHERE condition;

Select * from table_name;


Example:
CREATE VIEW stu1 AS SELECT roll_no,stu_name FROM stu
WHERE city = 'noida';
 Following is an example to create a view from the
CUSTOMERS table. This view would be used to have
customer name and age from the CUSTOMERS table.
 CREATE VIEW CUSTOMERS_VIEW AS SELECT
name, age FROM CUSTOMERS;
 SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS_VIEW;
Dropping/Deleting Views

Syntax:

DROP VIEW view_name;

Example:
DROP VIEW CUSTOMERS_VIEW;
SQL update views

 TheSQL UPDATE VIEW command can be used


to modify the data of a view.
 All views are not updatable. So, UPDATE
command is not applicable to all views. An
updatable view is one which allows performing a
UPDATE command on itself without affecting
any other table.
When can a view be updated?
1.  The view is defined based on one and only one table.
2. The view must include the PRIMARY KEY of the table based upon which the
view has been created.
3. The view should not have any field made out of aggregate functions.
4. The view must not have any DISTINCT clause in its definition.
5. The view must not have any GROUP BY or HAVING clause in its definition.
6. The view must not have any SUBQUERIES in its definitions.
7. If the view you want to update is based upon another view, the later should be
updatable.
8. Any of the selected output fields (of the view) must not use constants, strings
or value expressions.
Syntax:

UPDATE < view_name >


SET<column1>=<value1>,<column2>=<value2>,.....
WHERE <condition>;
create view odd_view as select c_id,ordername
from odd;

UPDATE odd_view SET ordername='hi';

select * from odd_view;

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