VIEWS in Oracle

From: Matthias Matker <kernkoenig_at_arcor.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:15:36 +0100
Message-ID: <45acfa22$0$18851$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net>

Hello together,

we have to do some SQL-terms in oracle using "sqlplus" at our university.

Something like SELECT with JOINS, and later on, more complex issues.

We are allowed to use VIEWS, but we have to clean them up after the work is done.

But I really don't know, what "VIEWS" are and which purpose they are used for.

Can anybody give me a short explanation? Is a VIEW a temporary table?

Thanks

Matze Received on Tue Jan 16 2007 - 10:15:36 CST