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Learn how to use views in TiDB.
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Views

TiDB supports views. A view acts as a virtual table and its table schema is defined by the SELECT statement when you create the view. Using views has the following benefits:

  • Exposing only safe fields and data to users to ensure security of sensitive fields and data stored in the underlying table
  • Defining complex queries that frequently appear as views to make complex queries easier and more convenient

Query views

Querying a view is similar to querying an ordinary table. However, when TiDB queries a view, it actually queries the SELECT statement associated with the view.

Examples

The following example creates a view, queries this view, and delete this view:

tidb> create table t(a int, b int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

tidb> insert into t values(1, 1),(2,2),(3,3);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

tidb> create table s(a int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

tidb> insert into s values(2),(3);
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

tidb> create view v as select s.a from t left join s on t.a = s.a;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

tidb> select * from v;
+------+
| a    |
+------+
| NULL |
|    2 |
|    3 |
+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

tidb> drop view v;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

Limitations

Currently, the TiDB view has the following limitations:

  • TiDB does not support materialized views.
  • TiDB views are read-only and do not support write operations like UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE and so on.
  • For created views, TiDB only support the DROP [VIEW | TABLE] DDL operation.

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