SQL Server Advantages and Disadvantages of Views

Advantages of Creating Views

Views provide several advantages such as simplifying complex queries, enhancing security, and improving the overall management of a database. Some important advantages as given below:

Views provide a level of abstraction over the underlying tables. Users can work with views without knowing the details of the underlying table structures or JOIN conditions.

Views allows us to implement security measures by controlling access to specific columns or/and rows of table.

A view can be referenced in different queries, stored procedures, triggers etc. and thereby it facilitates code reusability.

Views allow us to encapsulate complex SQL logic and join operations into a single, easily referenced virtual table. This simplifies queries for end user. End user does not have to create such complex logic; he can directly use view.

Views help in modularizing code by encapsulating specific functionalities. This enhances code organization and readability, making it easier to manage and maintain the database.

Disadvantages of Creating Views

View cannot be passed parameter.

View does not allow ORDER BY clause without using Top argument with SELECT clause.

View cannot be created using temporary table.