Do view contain data?

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Do view contain data?..

Answer / sreekanth

No, View is a logical table associated with a query.
It will not store any data in it.
Only the query with which the view is created is stored in
the database.

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Do view contain data?..

Answer / sekhar

Absolutely, the view contain no data. The basic property of
a view is to extract a set of data columns to display from a
large number. And this is useful in future by jst stating
the view name instead writing the select statement every time.

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Do view contain data?..

Answer / gvmahesh

NO,the view is a logical table based on one or more tables
or views.A view in practicality contains no data by
itself.it contains only select statements.

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Do view contain data?..

Answer / shail

Hold on!!!!

All the above answers are absolutely true but remember the
fact that if you delete or update any view data then it
will be reflected in the base table.

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Do view contain data?..

Answer / ram

hold on..
all above are correct
incase of simple view dml operations are allowed
(simple view mean view creates based on one table)

incase of complex view dml operrations not allowd
(complex view create based on more than 1 table)

one more thing is in oracle
materialized view maintain physical copy of data
(dml operations on base tables not reflect on materialized view)

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Do view contain data?..

Answer / suresh

View is a stored select statement,it does not contain any data,and it is a logical table just for the viewing purpose

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