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15th Chapter VIEWS
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Creating VIEWS

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW view_employees

AS SELECT employee_id,first_name,
last_name,email
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id BETWEEN 100 and 124;
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CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW
view_us_countries
AS SELECT country_id,region_id,country_name
FROM countries
WHERE country_name LIKE '%Mexico';
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COMPLEX views

CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW view_sales_emp

("first_name","department_name","location_id","employee_id")
AS SELECT e.first_name,d.department_name,d.location_id,e.employee_id
FROM departments d JOIN employees e
USING(manager_id)
WHERE department_name LIKE '%Sales';
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DML statements & Views

CREATE VIEW view_dept50 AS

SELECT department_id,employee_id,first_name,last_name,salary
FROM employees
WHERE department_id=50;

UPDATE view_dept50
SET department_id=80
WHERE employee_id=120;

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CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW view_dept10 AS

SELECT department_id,employee_id,first_name,last_name,salary
FROM employees
WHERE department_id=10
WITH CHECK OPTION CONSTRAINT view_dept10_check ;

UPDATE view_dept10
SET department_id=20
WHERE employee_id=200;

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CREATE VIEW view_dept20 AS

SELECT department_id,employee_id,first_name,last_name,salary
FROM employees
WHERE department_id=20
WITH READ ONLY;

UPDATE view_dept20
SET department_id=10
WHERE employee_id=201;

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DELETING views

DROP view view_dept20;

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INLINE Views

SELECT e.last_name,e.salary,e.department_id,d.max_salary
FROM employees e,
(SELECT department_id,MAX(salary) max_salary
FROM employees
GROUP BY department_id) d
WHERE e.department_id=d.department_id
AND e.salary=d.max_salary;

TOP-N-ANALYSIS

SELECT ROWNUM AS "Senior Employee" , last_name,hire_date

FROM employees
where ROWNUM<=5
ORDER BY hire_date;