Views

A view is a virtual table based on the result set of a SQL statement. It derives its fields from a SELECT statement. You can do anything with a HEAVY.AI view query that you can do in a non-view HEAVY.AI query.
Nomenclature Constraints
View object names must use the NAME format, described in regex notation as:
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[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9\$_]*
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CREATE VIEW
Creates a view based on a SQL statement.
Example
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CREATE VIEW view_movies
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AS SELECT movies.movieId, movies.title, movies.genres, avg(ratings.rating)
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FROM ratings
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JOIN movies on ratings.movieId=movies.movieId
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GROUP BY movies.title, movies.movieId, movies.genres;
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You can describe the view as you would a table.
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\d view_movies
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VIEW defined AS: SELECT  movies.movieId, movies.title, movies.genres,
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avg(ratings.rating) FROM ratings JOIN movies ON ratings.movieId=movies.movieId
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GROUP BY movies.title, movies.movieId, movies.genres
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Column types:
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    movieId INTEGER,
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    title TEXT ENCODING DICT(32),
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    genres TEXT ENCODING DICT(32),
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    EXPR$3 DOUBLE
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You can query the view as you would a table.
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SELECT title, EXPR$3 from view_movies where movieId=260;
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)|4.048937
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DROP VIEW
Removes a view created by the CREATE VIEW statement. The view definition is removed from the database schema, but no actual data in the underlying base tables is modified.
Example
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DROP VIEW IF EXISTS v_reviews;
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