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Video: Why You Need to Refresh Your Views After Adding Columns to a Table, Part 2

  • ·Skill level: 300 (Intermediate)
  • ·Run Time: 07:45
  • ·Instructor: Scott Whigham

Description:

So what actually happens when we create a view in SQL Server? In this second video in the series, Scott will show you  two queries you can use to find the differences in your table vs. view as well as demonstrate three techniques used to refresh the metadata of the view

Highlights from this video:
  • About system views and catalog views
  • Using the information_schema query to identify where the views differ from the tables
  • Using sys.columns to identify where the views differ from the tables
  • Three techniques for refreshing metadata of a view
  • Scott's suggested technique
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Scott Whigham

Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio, and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries, and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most re... (Scott's full bio can be found here)


NOTE: This video is part of our SQL Server Programming (SQL Server 2005/2000): Transact SQL course.
This video is from Chapter 12: Views in SQL Server

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