8.8. CREATE VIEW
Synopsis
- CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] VIEW view_name AS query
Description
Create a new view of a SELECT query. The view is a logical tablethat can be referenced by future queries. Views do not contain any data.Instead, the query stored by the view is executed everytime the view isreferenced by another query.
The optional OR REPLACE
clause causes the view to be replaced if italready exists rather than raising an error.
Examples
Create a simple view test
over the orders
table:
- CREATE VIEW test AS
- SELECT orderkey, orderstatus, totalprice / 2 AS half
- FROM orders
Create a view orders_by_date
that summarizes orders
:
- CREATE VIEW orders_by_date AS
- SELECT orderdate, sum(totalprice) AS price
- FROM orders
- GROUP BY orderdate
Create a view that replaces an existing view:
- CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW test AS
- SELECT orderkey, orderstatus, totalprice / 4 AS quarter
- FROM orders