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MS SQL Server - Create view

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

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:

MS SQL Server - View created by CREATE VIEW (HeidiSQL)

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Database preparation

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`create_tables.sql` file:

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CREATE TABLE [users] (
    [id] INT IDENTITY(1,1),
    [name] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    [email] VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    [country] VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY ([id])
);

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');