Lesson 21. Using Views
In this lesson, you learn exactly what views are, how they work, and when they should be used. You also see how views can be used to simplify some of the SQL operations performed in earlier lessons.
Understanding Views
Views are virtual tables. Unlike tables that contain data, views simply contain queries that dynamically retrieve data when used.
The best way to understand views is to look at an example. Back in Lesson 14, “Joining Tables,” you used the following SELECT statement to retrieve data from three tables:
Input 
SELECT cust_name, cust_contact FROM customers, orders, orderitems
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