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A View is a query. Because of this, the details of how to create and use a View are in the Creating queries section.

File:VacationsTable.png
View of some fields from the Vacations table.

A View is also a table. Its fields come from the fields of one or more tables of the database. It provides a way to look at a number of fields without regard to the table to which any of the fields belong. A View can consists of some of the fields on one table as shown above. Or, it can consist of fields from more than one field as shown below.

File:BaseFieldsView.png
View of fields from the Fuel and Payment Type tables.
Documentation caution.png Data can not be entered into a View like it can be added to a table. It is strictly for viewing data which has already been added.


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