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MySQL - Create view
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In this article, we would like to show you how to create a view in MySQL.
Quick solution:
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CREATE VIEW `view_name` AS2
SELECT `column1`, `column2`, ...3
FROM `table_name`4
WHERE condition;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.
In this example, we will create a view that shows all users from Spain.
Query:
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CREATE VIEW `Spain Users` AS2
SELECT `name`, `email`3
FROM `users`4
WHERE `country` = 'Spain';To see the view created with the query above simply use:
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SELECT * FROM `Spain Users`;Result:
If you try to create view that already exist with CREATE VIEW query you will get an error:
If you try to CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS you will get a warning instead:
Note:
Go to this article to see a practical example:
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE `users` (2
`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,3
`name` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,4
`email` VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,5
`country` VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,6
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)7
)8
ENGINE=InnoDB;insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO `users`2
(`name`, `email`, `country`)3
VALUES4
('Tom', 'tom01@email.com', 'Poland'),5
('Chris','chris123@email.com', 'Spain'),6
('Jack','jack32@email.com', 'Spain'),7
('Kim','kim103@email.com', 'Vietnam'),8
('Marco','marco942@email.com', 'Italy'),9
('Kate','kate227@email.com', 'Spain'),10
('Nam','nam393@email.com', 'Vietnam');