A view in SQL is a virtual table that displays the result of a query. Views can simplify complex queries, enhance security, improve performance, and facilitate data manipulation.

Learn the best practices for creating and managing SQL views, such as defining the purpose and scope, choosing the view type and option, naming and documenting, optimizing and updating.

hierarchical metadata raises these SQL views to a higher more abstract level allowing significantly more freedom in how they are used to perform their ANSI SQL function. Hierarchical SQL views can be ...