MS SQL Server Interview Question:

How To Create a View on an Existing Table in MS SQL Server?

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If you want to a view on an existing table, you can use the CREATE VIEW statement in a simple syntax:

CREATE VIEW view_name AS SELECT ...

The tutorial exercise below shows you how to create a view to represent sub set of data stored in ggl_links table:

USE GlobalGuideLineDatabase;
GO

CREATE VIEW ggl_links_top AS
SELECT id, counts, url FROM ggl_links
WHERE counts > 100;
GO

SELECT TOP 10 * FROM ggl_link_top;
GO
<pre>id counts url
------ ------- -----------------------------------------
7600 237946 eyfndw jdt lee ztejeyx l q jdh k
19437 222337 eypx u x
55924 1877 eyq ntohxe i rtnlu riwaskzp cucoa dva c
63742 121330 ezdaeh mmgmo vaai meytbjjv f jixfsdjw pw
92455 945262 ezlmyenrw dyeb
36391 41386 f
87433 977726 f
7180 559314 f kqbqlej s xixuurcgg lh r dqqvqsstxw
2252 702033 f bkh jy sqrkttuoarxmfp idqyhyy tme d
1228 146283 f m asukh</pre>
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