The altered view

Looking at VIEWs, Close Up

Views in SQL can be difficult. It isn't easy to judge when to use them, It isn't always obvious how to determine if a view can be indexed or if it is updateable. Joe Celko takes a tricky topic and comes up with some helpful guidelines.

Size of view

Finding SQL Server views with (or without) a certain property

In this tip Aaron Bertrand uses SQL Server metadata queries to discover SQL Server views that have certain properties or use certain syntax.

Using Views to Expose Encrypted Data in SQL Server

I'm using SQL Server's built-in encryption to hide data in one of my SQL Server databases, but this is a reporting system and my end users need to be able to query the data without having to remember the specialized decryption functions. Is there a way to do this? Yes, there is, via the use of views.

SQL views

Divide by zero

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What a View

I need to create views? How many? Today? This article talks about a few issues with using views too extensively in your design.