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2>
3> CREATE TABLE authors(
4>    au_id          varchar(11),
5>    au_lname       varchar(40)       NOT NULL,
6>    au_fname       varchar(20)       NOT NULL,
7>    phone          char(12)          NOT NULL DEFAULT ('UNKNOWN'),
8>    address        varchar(40)           NULL,
9>    city           varchar(20)           NULL,
10>    state          char(2)               NULL,
11>    zip            char(5)               NULL,
12>    contract       bit               NOT NULL
13> )
14> GO
1> insert authors values('1',  'Joe',   'Abra',   '111 111-1111', '6 St.', 'Berkeley',  'CA', '11111', 1)
2> insert authors values('2',  'Jack',  'Majo',   '222 222-2222', '3 St.', 'Oakland' ,  'CA', '22222', 1)
3> insert authors values('3',  'Pink',  'Cherry', '333 333-3333', '5 Ln.', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '33333', 1)
4> insert authors values('4',  'Blue',  'Albert', '444 444-4444', '7 Av.', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '44444', 1)
5> insert authors values('5',  'Red',   'Anne',   '555 555-5555', '6 Av.', 'Regina',    'SK', '55555', 1)
6> insert authors values('6',  'Black', 'Michel', '666 666-6666', '3 Pl.', 'Regina',    'SK', '66666', 1)
7> insert authors values('7',  'White', 'Sylvia', '777 777-7777', '1 Pl.', 'Rockville', 'MD', '77777', 1)
8> insert authors values('8',  'Yellow','Heather','888 888-8888', '3 Pu',  'Vacaville', 'CA', '88888', 0)
9> insert authors values('9',  'Gold',  'Dep',    '999 999-9999', '5 Av.', 'Oakland',   'CA', '99999', 0)
10> insert authors values('10', 'Siler', 'Dean',   '000 000-0000', '4 Av.', 'Oakland',   'CA', '00000', 1)
11> GO

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1>
2> CREATE TABLE titleauthor(
3>    au_id          varchar(20),
4>    title_id       varchar(20),
5>    au_ord         tinyint               NULL,
6>    royaltyper     int                   NULL
7> )
8> GO
1>
2> insert titleauthor values('1', '2', 1, 60)
3> insert titleauthor values('2', '3', 1, 100)
4> insert titleauthor values('3', '4', 1, 100)
5> insert titleauthor values('4', '5', 1, 100)
6> insert titleauthor values('5', '6', 1, 100)
7> insert titleauthor values('6', '7', 2, 40)
8> insert titleauthor values('7', '8', 1, 100)
9> insert titleauthor values('8', '9', 1, 100)
10> GO

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1>
2> CREATE TABLE sales(
3>    stor_id        char(4)           NOT NULL,
4>    ord_num        varchar(20)       NOT NULL,
5>    ord_date       datetime          NOT NULL,
6>    qty            smallint          NOT NULL,
7>    payterms       varchar(12)       NOT NULL,
8>    title_id       varchar(80)
9> )
10> GO
1> insert sales values('1', 'QA7442.3', '09/13/94', 75, 'ON Billing','1')
2> insert sales values('2', 'D4482',    '09/14/94', 10, 'Net 60',    '1')
3> insert sales values('3', 'N914008',  '09/14/94', 20, 'Net 30',    '2')
4> insert sales values('4', 'N914014',  '09/14/94', 25, 'Net 30',    '3')
5> insert sales values('5', '423LL922', '09/14/94', 15, 'ON Billing','3')
6> insert sales values('6', '423LL930', '09/14/94', 10, 'ON Billing','2')
7> GO

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2>
3>
4>    --CREATE our view
5>    CREATE VIEW vSalesCount
6>    AS
7>       SELECT au.au_id,
8>           au.au_lname + ', ' + au.au_fname AS au_name, au.address,
9>           au.city + ', ' + au.state + ' ' + zip AS address2,
10>           SUM(s.qty) As SalesCount
11>       FROM authors au
12>       JOIN titleauthor ta
13>           ON au.au_id = ta.au_id
14>       JOIN sales s
15>           ON ta.title_id = s.title_id
16>       GROUP BY au.au_id,
17>           au.au_lname + ', ' + au.au_fname,
18>           au.address,
19>           au.city + ', ' + au.state + ' ' + zip
20>    GO
1>
2>
3>    SELECT au_name, address, Address2 FROM vSalesCount
4>    WHERE SalesCount > 25
5> GO
au_name                                                        address                                  Address2
-------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------
Joe, Abra                                                      6 St.                                    Berkeley, CA 11111
Jack, Majo                                                     3 St.                                    Oakland, CA 22222

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1>
2> drop view vSalesCount;
3> GO
1>
2> drop table authors;
3> GO
1> drop table titleauthor;
2> drop table sales;
3> GO
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16.1.View
16.1.1.VIEWS ARE STORED named SELECT statements.
16.1.2.View creation syntax
16.1.3.A view is a SELECT statement that's stored with the database.
16.1.4.Create and query a view
16.1.5.View with check option
16.1.6.Join syscomments and sysobjects to query a view
16.1.7.Create a view to wrap a long sql statement
16.1.8.Setting Permissions on a View