SQL views evaluate the data in the tables underlying the view’s definition when they’re queried. So, the benefit of using SQL views is that they always return the latest data.

The key feature of a SQL view is that both SQL Server and Entity Framework have a great deal of difficulty in telling the difference between a view and a table. The major difference between views and ...

yes, use the info_schema views because they are 'standard' and the system tables are not. They should also be easier to deal with than the system tables [at least in my experience].

Indexed Views were introduced in SQL Server 2000 as an Enterprise Edition feature. The confusion arose in SQL Server 2005 when it appeared that all editions supported Indexed Views.

A PROC SQL view is a SAS file of type VIEW created by PROC SQL. A PROC SQL view contains no data. It is a stored query expression that reads data values from its underlying files, which can include ...

A Version 6 PROC SQL Pass-Through view does not need to be updated to be used in Version 7 or Version 8. The conversion of PROC SQL Pass-Through views is automatic and does not require you to use the ...

A reader recently pointed out to me that I could drastically simplify that retrieval code by leveraging SQL views. A SQL view pulls together multiple tables (and selected columns from those tables) ...