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PostgreSQL - Create view

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Meredith-Soto

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In this article, we would like to show you how to create a view in PostgreSQL.

Quick solution:

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CREATE VIEW "view_name" AS
SELECT "column1", "column2", ...
FROM "table_name"
WHERE condition;

Practical example

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To show how the CREATE VIEW statement works, we will use the following table:

Note:

At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Example

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In this example, we will create a view that shows all users from Spain.

Query:

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CREATE VIEW "Spain Users" AS
SELECT "name", "email"
FROM "users"
WHERE "country" = 'Spain';

To see the view created with the query above simply use:

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SELECT * FROM "Spain Users";

Result:

PostgreSQL - View created by CREATE VIEW (HeidiSQL)

Popular error

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If you try to create view that already exist with CREATE VIEW query you will get an error:

PostgreSQL - SQL Error: Table 'view_name' already exists

If you try to CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS you will get a warning instead:

PostgreSQL - Note: Table 'view_name' already exists

Database preparation

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create_tables.sql file:

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CREATE TABLE "users" (
    "id" SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    "name" VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    "email" VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    "country" VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL
);

insert_data.sql file:

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INSERT INTO "users"
    ("name", "email", "country")
VALUES
    ('Tom', 'tom01@email.com', 'Poland'),
    ('Chris','chris123@email.com', 'Spain'),
    ('Jack','jack32@email.com', 'Spain'),
    ('Kim','kim103@email.com', 'Vietnam'),
    ('Marco','marco942@email.com', 'Italy'),
    ('Kate','kate227@email.com', 'Spain'),
    ('Nam','nam393@email.com', 'Vietnam');