Re: Oracle view riddle I am being asked , help me out here.

The create view does not access the data at all. It just create an object in the data dictionary.
What you need to compare is 'select * from view' against doing the select from sqlplus.

Yechiel Adar
Mehish
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> So why would the sql statement used to create a view run faster
> (significantly) than selecting from that view built with the same sql
> statement?
>
> thanks,
>
>
>
> David Ehresmann
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