SQL Server/T-SQL Tutorial/View/ALTER VIEW
The ALTER statement is issued with the revised view definition:
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36> CREATE TABLE employee( 37> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 38> first_name VARCHAR(10), 39> last_name VARCHAR(10), 40> salary DECIMAL(10,2), 41> start_Date DATETIME, 42> region VARCHAR(10), 43> city VARCHAR(20), 44> managerid INTEGER 45> ); 46> GO
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Jason" , "Martin", 5890,"2005-03-22","North","Vancouver",3); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Alison", "Mathews",4789,"2003-07-21","South","Utown",4); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "James" , "Smith", 6678,"2001-12-01","North","Paris",5); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Celia" , "Rice", 5567,"2006-03-03","South","London",6); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Robert", "Black", 4467,"2004-07-02","East","Newton",7); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Linda" , "Green" , 6456,"2002-05-19","East","Calgary",8); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "David" , "Larry", 5345,"2008-03-18","West","New York",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "James" , "Cat", 4234,"2007-07-17","West","Regina",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "Joan" , "Act", 6123,"2001-04-16","North","Toronto",10); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee; 3> GO id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid
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1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver 3
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown 4
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris 5
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London 6
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton 7
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary 8
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York 9
8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina 9
9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto 10
(9 rows affected) 1> 2> 3> 4> 5> CREATE VIEW vProductCosts 6> AS 7> SELECT ID FROM Employee 8> GO 1> 2> ALTER VIEW vProductCosts 3> AS 4> SELECT ID, First_Name FROM Employee 5> GO 1> 2> drop view vProductCosts; 3> GO 1> 2> 3> drop table employee; 4> GO 1></source>
The syntax of the ALTER VIEW statement
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ALTER VIEW view_name [(column_name_1 [, column_name_2]...)] [WITH {ENCRYPTION|SCHEMABINDING|ENCRYPTION,SCHEMABINDING}] AS select_statement [WITH CHECK OPTION]</source>
