View Object

The View object exposes the attributes of a Microsoft® SQL Server™ view table.

Properties

AnsiNullsStatus Property	Owner Property (Database Objects)
CreateDate Property	QuotedIdentifierStatus Property
ID Property	SystemObject Property
Name Property	Text Property

Methods

Remarks

SQL Server supports the definition of data views as tables. With the View object, you can:

• Create a SQL Server view table.
  
  
• Export data from a defined view table.
  
  
• Generate a Transact-SQL script to re-create a view table.
  
  
• Grant, deny, or revoke access to an existing SQL Server view table.
  
  
• Remove a view table from a server running SQL Server.

The Name property of a View object references the name of a SQL Server view table. Its value is constrained by the rules constraining the name of a view table.

To create a new SQL Server view table

1. Create a View object.
   
   
2. Set the Name property.
   
   
3. Set the Text property to the Transact-SQL SELECT statement defining the view table. For more information about valid SELECT statements for view table definition, see CREATE VIEW.
   
   
4. Add the View object to the Views collection of a connected Database object.

Note  The View object is compatible with instances of SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server version 7.0. However, the View2 object extends the functionality of the View object for use with features that are new in SQL Server 2000.

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