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Define a View in SQL Server 2008

Use the SQL Server View Editor to define the views in a database in a SQL Server 2008 physical model.

To define a SQL Server 2008 view

1. Click Views on the Model menu.

   The SQL Server View Editor opens.

2. Select the view in the Navigation Grid that you want to define and work with the following options:

   Note: Click New on the toolbar to create a new view. Use the Enter filter text box to filter a very large list of views to quickly locate the one that you want to define.

   Name

   Specifies the name of the view. Change the name of the view in this field.

   Schema

   Specifies the schema of the database to which the view belongs. Select the schema from the drop-down list.

   Generate

   Generates SQL during forward engineering. Clear the check box if you do not want to generate SQL.

3. Click the General tab and work with the following options:

   Encryption

   Specifies to use encryption for the view so that the view is not published during SQL Server replication.

   Schema Binding

   Specifies to use schema binding on the view, which binds the view to the schema of tables upon which the view is based.

   View Metadata

   Specifies that the instance of SQL Server returns the metadata information of the view and not the metadata of the tables upon which the view is based.

4. Work with the other tabs in the editor to access additional design features, for example:
   • Specify the tables or views to define the view column in the Select tab
   • Select the tables and views that you want to participate in the view using the From tab
   • Enter text to define a WHERE clause in the Where tab
   • View and change a user-provided DDL statement in the User Defined SQL tab
   • View the SQL code used during Forward Engineering using the SQL tab
   • Work with style sheets which are used to format the font and other graphical themes used in the display of the view in the Style tab
   • Specify the icon style to use for the view in the Icon tab
   • Define view permissions using the Permission tab
   • Specify the order of DDL generation in the Object Creation Order tab
   • View history information and view or edit user notes in the Notes tab
5. (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the view.
6. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the view.
7. Click Close.

   The view is defined and the SQL Server View Editor closes.