MS SQL Server Interview Question:

How To See Existing Views in MS SQL Server?

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If you want to know how many views you have created in a database, you use the system view called sys.views to get a list of views defined in the current database. The tutorial exercise shows you how many views in database GlobalGuideLineDatabase:

USE GlobalGuideLineDatabase;
GO

CREATE VIEW ggl_links_view AS
SELECT * FROM ggl_links;
GO

SELECT * FROM sys.views;
GO
<pre>name object_id schema_id type type_desc
--------------- ----------- ---------- ---- ----------
ggl_links_view 1189579276 1 V VIEW
ggl_links_top 1205579333 1 V VIEW
(2 row(s) affected)</pre>
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