There are three kinds of Views in SQL. The three views are Read-only, Force, and Updatable. Views real usage is to hide data. And you need to ensure base tables are present before you create a View. You can call views as logical tables. The advantage of Views is you can show only some of the fields of base tables. What is a View in SQL A view can be constructed with another view so it is called a nested view. You can create or replace an existing view A view can be created without having base tables. This is possible with the FORCE option. #1: Read-Only Views The standard syntax for the view is as follows: CREATE OR replace VIEW invoice_summary AS SELECT vendor_name count(*) AS invoice_count, SUM(invoice_total) AS invoice_total_sum FROM vendor JOIN invoices ON vendors.vendor_id*invoices.vendor_id GROUP BY vendor_name; Notes: You cannot update Read-only Views #2: Force Views CREATE FORCE VIEW products_list AS SELECT product_description, product_price FROM products;