CREATE VIEW - Creating a View on an Existing Table in SQL Server

Q

How To Create a View on an Existing Table in SQL Server?

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A

If you want to a view on an existing table, you can use the CREATE VIEW statement in a simple syntax:

CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT ...

The tutorial exercise below shows you how to create a view to represent sub set of data stored in fyi_links table:

USE FyiCenterData;
GO

CREATE VIEW fyi_links_top AS
   SELECT id, counts, url FROM fyi_links 
   WHERE counts > 100;
GO

SELECT TOP 10 * FROM fyi_link_top;
GO
id     counts  url
------ ------- -----------------------------------------
7600   237946  eyfndw jdt  lee ztejeyx l q  jdh k 
19437  222337  eypx u x
55924  1877    eyq ntohxe i rtnlu riwaskzp  cucoa dva c 
63742  121330  ezdaeh mmgmo vaai  meytbjjv f jixfsdjw pw
92455  945262  ezlmyenrw   dyeb
36391  41386   f 
87433  977726  f
7180   559314  f   kqbqlej   s xixuurcgg lh r dqqvqsstxw
2252   702033  f  bkh  jy   sqrkttuoarxmfp idqyhyy tme d
1228   146283  f  m asukh   

 

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