Oracle View

In Oracle, view is a virtual table that does not physically exist. It is stored in Oracle data dictionary and do not store any data. It can be executed when called.

A view is created by a query joining one or more tables.

Oracle CREATE VIEW

Syntax:

  1. CREATE VIEW view_name AS  
  2. SELECT columns  
  3. FROM tables  
  4. WHERE conditions;  

Parameters:

  • view_name: It specifies the name of the Oracle VIEW that you want to create.

Example:

Let’s take an example to create view. In this example, we are creating two tables suppliers and orders first.

Suppliers table:

  1.    
  2. CREATE TABLE  “SUPPLIERS”  
  3.    (    “SUPPLIER_ID” NUMBER,   
  4.     “SUPPLIER_NAME” VARCHAR2(4000),   
  5.     “SUPPLIER_ADDRESS” VARCHAR2(4000)  
  6.    )  
  7. /  
  8.    

Orders table:

  1. CREATE TABLE  “ORDERS”   
  2.    (    “ORDER_NO.” NUMBER,   
  3.     “QUANTITY” NUMBER,   
  4.     “PRICE” NUMBER  
  5.    )  
  6. /  

Execute the following query to create a view name sup_orders.

Create View Query:

  1. CREATE VIEW sup_orders AS  
  2. SELECT suppliers.supplier_id, orders.quantity, orders.price  
  3. FROM suppliers  
  4. INNER JOIN orders  
  5. ON suppliers.supplier_id = supplier_id  
  6. WHERE suppliers.supplier_name = ‘VOJO’;  

Output:

View created.
0.21 seconds

You can now check the Oracle VIEW by this query:

  1. SELECT * FROM sup_orders;  

Output:

SUPPLIER_ID QUANTITY PRICE
3 35 70
3 26 125
3 18 100
3 rows returned in 0.00 seconds

Oracle Update VIEW

In Oracle, the CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW statement is used to modify the definition of an Oracle VIEW without dropping it.

Syntax:

  1. CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW view_name AS  
  2.   SELECT columns  
  3.   FROM table  
  4.   WHERE conditions;   

Example:

Execute the following query to update the definition of Oracle VIEW called sup_orders without dropping it.

  1. CREATE or REPLACE VIEW sup_orders AS  
  2.   SELECT suppliers.supplier_id, orders.quantity, orders.price  
  3.   FROM suppliers  
  4.   INNER JOIN orders  
  5.   ON suppliers.supplier_id = supplier_id  
  6.   WHERE suppliers.supplier_name = ‘HCL’;  

You can now check the Oracle VIEW by this query:

  1. SELECT * FROM sup_orders;  

Output:

SUPPLIER_ID QUANTITY PRICE
1 35 70
1 26 125
1 18 100
row(s) 1 - 3 of 3

Oracle DROP VIEW

The DROP VIEW statement is used to remove or delete the VIEW completely.

Syntax:

  1. DROP VIEW view_name;  

Example:

  1. DROP VIEW sup_orders;  

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