May 23, 2017 · I thought this was best explained by the article "SQL - What is a View" published by 1Keydata: A view is a virtual table. A view consists of rows and columns just like a table. The difference between a view and a table is that views are definitions built on top of other tables (or views), and do not hold data themselves.

Oct 8, 2016 · If you modify last where condition, you can get scripts for create table from views. The next answer makes it easier for you. You can set table or view name and run script then result return create table script for you. –

Mar 8, 2012 · I found out that INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEW_TABLE_USAGE is not that reliable. It should list base tables and views that a particular view is depending on.Unfortunately, in my case (SQL 2012) one view was not even present in the IS.VTU view, let alone the views/tables it was depending on.

I have a view in SQL Server 2008 and would like to view it in Management Studio. Example:--is the underlying query for the view Example_1 select * from table_aView View name: Example_1. How to get the query of the corresponding view table (query used to create the view)?

Jul 9, 2012 · In SSMS, hit the 'new query' button, which should be right under the "file edit view..." menu. You'll get a blank window where you can type the SQL, with the results showing up underneath. You'll also get an extra toolbar to select the default table, unless you do a use yourdb; query as the first operation in the query window.

Jun 7, 2017 · sqlite3: .schema table_name; Postgres (psql): \d table_name; SQL Server: sp_help table_name (or sp_columns table_name for only columns) Oracle DB2: desc table_name or describe table_name; MySQL: describe table_name …

Oct 13, 2011 · I figured yea. So after interview I tested it. Created simple View from a some simple table. Wrote a simple update statement to update a column's value where PKId= whatever, then did selects against both the View and the OG table and column is updated in both result sets. Thus Yes you will update original table content from updating the view.

@ouonomos: A normal view doesn't contain any data. It is just a stored SQL statement, i.e. a view on the underlying data. Some databases (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL) support materialized views, which store the "view" temporarily in another table for faster access. This is done to speed up read access when the view is complex.

Oct 7, 2016 · I have a select query in which I would like to do a join on a view and another table. The view works fine and so does the table, separately. But when I try to do something like: select VIEW.col1, VIEW.col2 from VIEW, TABLE where VIEW.col1 = TABLE.col1 I get The multi-part identifier "VIEW.col1" could not be bound.

Apr 20, 2009 · You can use PostgreSQL's interactive terminal Psql to show tables in PostgreSQL. 1. Start Psql. Usually you can run the following command to enter into psql: