A view is a virtual table. Every view has a Query attached to it. (The Query is a SELECT statement that identifies the columns and rows of the table(s) the view uses.)
a view is a just like a window so to acces specified data from a base table.a user can not access directly the table thus a view provides additional security.in addition a user don t have to write comlex queries on his end.
A view is a logical entity. It is a SQL statement stored in the database in the system tablespace. Data for a view is built in a table created by the database engine in the TEMP tablespace
A View is nothing but the presentation part to the client application with in a browser environment.It Will contain Both Static as well as Dynamic Content
View is also a data base object which represent the subset of data from one or more tables.. when u select a view it internally refers the table on which it's created when u drop a table the index on that table will be dropped but the view can't dropped .......but if u want to drop view u can drop itdrop view ..;ok friends byeee
Views stored in the database but it doesnt contain any data. In the runtime only it poputates the data. Also it doesnt have any queries.. it is created thru navigation only.. in program we have to use it as tables...
View is a Virtual Table. It likes like a table. View provide additional level tabel security and providing selected columns only and it accessing different tables no need to joins of different tables. Views also stores data like (Materialized Views) it can be referesh methods like fast complete.