Posted by Hugo Kornelis on 02/02/06 23:19

On 31 Jan 2006 17:44:29 -0800, Doug wrote:

>Hello,
>
>When do you prefer a view?
>
>Thanks!
>doug

Hi Doug,

That's a pretty broad question!

In addition to Joe Celko's list, here are some more:

* If the same logic has to be used in many different queries, a regular
view is great.

* If a lot of queries use aggregated data of a large table, an indexed
view can speed up performance tremendously.

This is just of the top of my head. I'm sure there are more situations
where a view is a good solution.

--
Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP

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