This is the fourth article in a series of learning the CREATE VIEW SQL statement. So far, we have done a great deal of creating and altering views using T-SQL. In this last part, I want to take a big look at how to work with indexed views.

This is the third article in a series of learning the CREATE VIEW SQL statement. So far, I’d say that we’re comfortable and familiar with the syntax, and we’ve learned how to create and modify views. In this part, we’ll continue to work on views using the sample database and data that we created so far.

In my previous article, we looked at how to use the CREATE VIEW SQL statement to create views. In this one, we are moving on and focusing on how to modify views. We will continue using examples on a sample database and data created in the first write-up so in order to follow along, head over and read the Creating views in SQL Server part before starting with this one.

Introduction

In this article, we are going to see how to use the CREATE VIEW SQL statement to create a view. This is the first article in a series that will be a programmatical approach of creating, altering and working with views using T-SQL. If you are a beginner and you don’t even know what a view is, don’t worry. We will kick off with a definition, and then move on to some basics like syntax, examples, use cases, etc.