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Old 03-04-2008, 06:23 AM
Serge Rielau
 
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Default Re: Views & performance

Gordowey wrote:
> Hi, simple question
>
> I have 2 hugge tables Table A and Table B. I define a view over these
> 2 tables (select,..joint,...)
>
> My question is:
> Does the DB2 runs the query every time that I access the View?

Yes, views are just "templates" of queries.

Take a look at "Materialized Query Tables" (MQT).
You define them with CREATE TABLE ... AS (SELECT...) ...

Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab
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