Ah, awesome. Do you know where I could get more information on them? The MySql website is hard to navigate sometimes...
On 2/3/06, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Guill wrote: > > Sorry for the side topic on this, but I am in mysql setting up a new > > database for one of our new projects right now, and now that I am on > > mysql 5, I see Views now. I haven't ever used them before. What are > > they and what can they do? > > A view is sort of like a table, except that is is actually a query. > > You sometimes use views to simplify complex joins. Like if you commonly > join 5 tables, your sql query might get exceptionally complicated. > > But you could create a view, and query it as if it were one table > instead of 5... > > create view myView > as > SELECT A.field1, A.field2, B.field3, B.field4 > FROM table1 A inner join table2 B on A.id=b.id; > > select * from myView > where field1 = 3 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231278 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
