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A CREATE VIEW statement for a view named BankersMin

7>
8> create table Bankers(
9>    BankerID             Integer,
10>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
13>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
14>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
15>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
16>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
17> )
18> GO
1>
2> insert into Bankers values (1, 'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (2, 'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (3, 'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (4, 'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (5, 'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (6, 'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (7, 'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (8, 'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (9, 'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (0, 'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3>
4>
5> CREATE VIEW BankersMin AS
6>     SELECT BankerName, BankerState, BankerPhone
7>     FROM Bankers
8> GO
1>
2> drop view BankersMin;
3> drop table Bankers;
4> GO

16.2.Create View
	16.2.1.	The syntax of the CREATE VIEW statement
	16.2.2.	A view is a SELECT statement that's stored with the database.
	16.2.3.	WITH SCHEMABINDING clause protects a view by binding it to the database structure, or schema.
	16.2.4.	Views have a couple of limitations.
	16.2.5.	Create a view based on correlated subquery and then query it
	16.2.6.	Encrypting aView
	16.2.7.	A CREATE VIEW statement that uses TOP and ORDER BY clauses
	16.2.8.	Creating an Indexed View (CLUSTERED, NONCLUSTERED)
	16.2.9.	Using the ORDER BY Clause in a View with TOP 100 PERCENT
	16.2.10.	Supplying Column Names in the Header of the View