Questions tagged [view]
A virtual table that represents the data in one or more tables in an alternative way.
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SQL Create Script DDL Table from View
How do I script a Create Table DDL for a View?
Example View:
create view dbo.CustomerTransaction
as
select
cust.CustomerId, -- this is int
cust.CustomerName, -- varchar(25)
tr....
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SQL Find Code for Each Separate Column in View
We have a SQL View, trying to find the calculation/business logic for each column into a select or table.
create dbo.CustomerVw
as
FirstName + ' ' LastName as FullName
datediff(yy,BirthDate,...
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using view (necessary) with where conditions (dynamically)
Suppose we have two tables like A {a1, a2, a3 ...} and B{b1, b2, b3 ...}
We are using a MySQl view like
Select a.a1, b.b1 from A a Left JOIN B b ON a.a2=b.b2
Now our requirement is that we have ...
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Create a view for A table with new columns JOIN(ed) on B table queries about the last maching records with certain parameters. How to simplify code?
I'm not sure if I can ask this question here. Let me know if I can't. Basically, my code works fine, but I would like to improve the code itself.
I'd like to improve this code to require fewer lines (...
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Mimic “returning” in an oracle 12c updatable view
We would like to use updatable views in some cases where information is split across several tables for allowing the use of foreign key constraints. This works well utilizing "instead of triggers" (...
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Permission issue with a view built on top of foreign tables
I am consolidating data from several postgresql databases, all with the same schema, into a new one. To do that I mapped the tables I am interested in the new DB as foreign tables with postgres_fdw. ...
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How to make your SQL data available for people without database access? [closed]
I have several report views that are relevant for a few people that have no SQL knowledge so I guess the best solution would be to put them on a website. Surely data sharing must be a common thing to ...
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How to get cross apply to operate row by row on a view?
We have a view that is optimized for single item queries (200ms no parallelism):
select *
from OptimizedForSingleObjectIdView e2i
where ObjectId = 3374700
It also works on small sets of ...
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Force query plan to filter early when querying view? [duplicate]
I've got a view defined that lists transactions together with a running total, something like
CREATE VIEW historyView AS
SELECT
a.createdDate,
a.value,
m.memberId,
...
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Why can you only drop a SQL Server view in the current database?
Just noticed this and was having a hard time coming up with a technical reason for it.
Tables can be dropped using three part names, but views are restricted to two part names.
What is the ...
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Using “nolock” hint for the SQL View (MSSQL)
Could you help evaluate the "nolock" hint necessity for the View.
From the view definition, we notice that there’s no WITH(NOLOCK) SQL hint added to any table reference. Thus, all the reports ...
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Postgresql view that calculate if payment is paid based on previous rows
I have go DB structure like here: db-fiddle
I'm looking for some solution that in View for charge_line_tab table will add information if charge line is paid or not, based on previous records in ...
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explain on view shows derived while explain on select shows simple select type
I have a view v which involves a couple of sub-selects in its SELECT clause plus a couple of joins by id or indexed column.
The view query is like:
SELECT col1, col2, (SELECT ... FROM subt) AS col3 ...
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Print Column Names for Synonym for Table in Another Database
I am utilizing one database A. How do I print out the columns names for synonym for table in another database B?
create table DatabaseB.dbo.Customer
(
CustomerId int primary key,
...
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Generate SQL Table DDL from a View
How do I generate table structure from a view, in one script? Will only need data types, I am seeking a Table Create Script with some type of dynamic sql
(1) can remove primary key/constraint,
(2) ...
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Resolving “there is unknown charset/collation names” warnings on views
I recently moved our MySQL 5.6 server over to MariaDB 10.3.10 and, for the most part, have not had any problems. We have a couple of databases that have close to 1000 views which are now filling the ...
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MySQL slave only views
We are kind of struggling while creating the infrastructure for our BI sector.
I had read on this link that it is possible to create views on a read-only slave. Still, when I run the query I get
"...
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How I develop Union Report Views for Multiple Single Tenant Databases?
We have a database for each customer, over 20+ databases. All database schemas are the same. Now we want to create a Consolidated Reporting View for All Databases, for total database analysis. How ...
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Migrate View from Oracle to PostgreSQL (with extractvalue() function)
I'm migrating a database from Oracle to PostgreSQL and have a problem with several Views.
I can't find an equivalent function for extractvalue() and xmltype()...
NVL(extractvalue(xmltype(METADATA), '...
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How to Develop Union Reports from Single Tenant Databases?
We have a database for each customer, for over 700 databases. All the schemas are the same. Now we want to conduct Reporting for : All Databases Customer Analysis. Many db professionals prefer single ...
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running many CREATE VIEW and GRANT SELECT statements in one execution
Is there a way to run multiple CREATE VIEW commands and/or multiple GRANT SELECT commands by hitting F5 in SQL Server Management Studio? If so, how can I do this?
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“If not exists” using OBJECT_ID() doesn't work for views and triggers. why?
For tables I can implement "if not exists" and "if exists" as folows:
--if table exists - drop
If OBJECT_ID('A','U') is not null
Drop Table [A]
--if table not exists - Create
If OBJECT_ID('A','U') is ...
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Query is fast but becomes sluggish when created as a view
Execution Plan as Query
SELECT VP.Branch
, VP.ROUTE AS Route
, VP.SAPCustomerID
, S.CustomerID
, S.ProductID
, S.Date
-- Group by Customer
, CustomerQuantity = SUM(...
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Need Help With View Where Condition
I am creating a View to grab contact information from my database. This is the code I have for the view at the moment:
CREATE VIEW SupplierContact AS
SELECT
sc.first_name + ' ' + sc.last_name AS ...
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Can a table have multiple editioning views in Oracle RDBMS 11
Can a table ABC have multiple editioning views in Oracle Database?
I have an editioning view ABC (created from table ABC) that shows the old edition to be OLD_EDITION_1 as its edition_name in the ...
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How to improve SELECT performance on a big ORACLE view? [closed]
I cannot use a materialized view for the base table data changed frequently. There are about 0.6 million rows in the_big_view. The query I need to do is: SELECT * FROM the_big_view WHERE ...
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How to aggregate transactions to form a stateful view which can be updated efficiently?
How to aggregate transactions to form a stateful view which can be updated efficiently?
For example how to turn the following transactions:
CREATE TABLE txns_combined(from_party,to_party,price,qty,...
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Set up View Column to be last Value
I have a View in my database set up to display data for parts that my company uses for projects.
One of the columns in the View shows what our recorded price for the part is. However, as time goes ...
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Querying an Oracle view don't return records using some clients but it does using others
I was given this view that when I query it using OracleSQLDeveloper it returns nothing, but if I use Toad it does return records!
I cannot inspect the definition of the view, and no errors are ...
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Am I Setting Up My Database Correctly? Or Am I Thinking About Things The Wrong Way?
So I'm having a little self-doubt as to whether or not I am setting up this database I am working on correctly or not. This is the first large-scale database project I have ever worked on, and I'm ...
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How to subtract the sum of columns from different tables?
I have two tables:
Withdrawals: account_id + amount
Prizes: account_id + amount
I want to calculate a balance per account, probably in a VIEW.
I could have two queries:
SELECT account_id, SUM(...
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Insert into multi table View in SQL SERVER
I'm asking this question in manner to try to understand a similar situation I have, and to try to understand how insert to view is working.
I have these table:
Create table A([id] int primary key ...
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Inconsistent presence of view in Postgres system tables
I am perplexed here. I have two environments, let's say TEST and PROD.
In both environments' Postgres DBs there is a view foo_view visible in my DB client (DBeaver). However, only in PROD can I find ...
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Need help with reducing cost of view's group by
I have a view which joins couple tables and returns a list of available book copies. My view creation code is as follows:
CREATE VIEW AvailableCopies AS
SELECT Product.title, CONCAT(Author.firstName, ...
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Sargability of queries against a view with a case expression
I have a view that looks similar to this:
CREATE VIEW Shipment.Shipment AS
SELECT CASE
WHEN shipmentOld.SHIPMENT_ID = 0 OR shipmentOld.SHIPMENT_ID = -1 THEN NULL
...
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How to create a view from a join with multiple duplicate column names?
I have a few tables with this sort of format
myTable: id | Table1_id | Table2_id | Table3_id | value
Table1: id | text | ...
Table2: id | text | ...
Table3: id | text | ...
I want to create a ...
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Trigger reading from two view tables and write on a different table takes more than 12 seconds, what might be the issue here?
Trigger reading from two view tables and write on a different table takes more than 12 seconds, what might be the issue here?
In my case, I am using a trigger to read from two view tables (Decisions2 ...
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After upgrading to MySQL 5.7 queries on Views not using underlying indexes of tables
select final.grad_year_flag ,
final.registration_id ,
final.first_name ,
final.last_name ,
final.grad_year ,
final.photo_id ,
final....
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sql server partitioned view wrong execution plan on update a temporary table
i need your help because we have a performance issues. I would like to update a temporary table that contains a join to the partitioned view.
Schema:
create schema SCHEMA1
go
create schema SCHEMA2
...
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Using views as a source for staging table? [closed]
I am in the process of trying to build a small datamart for my small business. I am planning on initially copying tables from the source DB to another DB for staging, where I can then do any data ...
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How to use FOR UPDATE with a view that is built using LEFT JOIN?
Assuming a simple table, e.g.
\d+ task
Column | Type | Modifiers | Storage |
-------------------+--------------------------+--...
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Best approach for querying multiple tables [closed]
In SQL Server, I have a table, let's call it Source. The structure is
ID | SourceValue
-----------------
1 | 'value1'
2 | 'value1'
3 | 'value2'
and so on.
ID is a primary key and ...
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Does using a view over standard queries and table indexes improve performance on large databases?
I recently had a discussion with someone who said that using a view on a database with a large number of tables and (>1,000000) rows would allow for much better performance.
I don't see how this ...
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Oracle 12c - getting IMPORT_TABLE_STATS from view
I have some code running on Oracle 11g, we are migrating to 12c (12.2.0.1.0).
In one of the processing procedure DBMS_STATS.IMPORT_TABLE_STATS is invoked and in stattab parameter name of the view is ...
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Views created by SQL server Database Tuning advisor
Several years ago I ran Database Tuning Advisor on our database. Then the database wasn't very big so it was easy.
I implemented the suggestions, and it created several views with names like ...
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Efficiently return two aggregated arrays from a m:n table
I have a table for a many-to-many relationship over a users table to represent a follow relationship between users:
CREATE TABLE users (
id text PRIMARY KEY,
username text NOT NULL
);
CREATE ...
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How do I know that an Updateable View covers a serial column (or a column with a DEFAULT)?
Given the following routine table and Updateable View.
CREATE TABLE foo ( id serial PRIMARY KEY, mytext text );
CREATE VIEW bar AS TABLE foo;
How do I create a client that when given bar, knows that ...
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PostgreSQL drop view in case of unknown whether materialized or not
I'm trying to drop a view, of which I cannot assure whether it is a MATERIALIZED VIEW or a VIEW.
DROP VIEW IF EXISTS myview;
throws an error, if myview is a MATERIALIZED VIEW and vice versa. What I ...
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View crossing multiple databases, but a query only using one is slow
Given a view like this example, crossing multiple databases in the same database cluster, with each database having a unique INSTANCE_NO.
Please note that each database can be split using the ...
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Combining two event tables into one postgres view
I have two tables, events and event_logs.
The events table stores the theoretical data on a recurring event whereas the event_log stores specific information on a particular datetime.
Event
+-----...
