What is views and how they are used?

What is a view and how is it used?

Views are virtual tables that can be a great way to optimize your database experience. Not only are views good for defining a table without using extra storage, but they also accelerate data analysis and can provide your data extra security.

What are the uses of views?

Views are used for security purposes because they provide encapsulation of the name of the table. Data is in the virtual table, not stored permanently. Views display only selected data. We can also use Sql Join s in the Select statement in deriving the data for the view.

What is the concept of views?

A View is a logical collection of tables in SQL server which are stored in the SQL server database. (A view is a virtual table that does not physically exist but is created by the joining of tables in SQL server).

What are views in a database?

A database view is a subset of a database and is based on a query that runs on one or more database tables. Database views are saved in the database as named queries and can be used to save frequently used, complex queries. There are two types of database views: dynamic views and static views.