architect-handbook

Software Architect Handbook

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View

In a database, a view is the result set of a stored query on the data, which users can query just as they would in a persistent database collection object.

Unlike ordinary base tables in a relational database, a view does not form part of the physical schema, it is a virtual table computed or collated dynamically from data in the database when access to that view is requested. Changes applied to the data in a relevant underlying table are reflected in the data shown in the subsequent invocations of the view.

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