Schema Design & Advanced DDL

Views & Materialized Views: Overview

Difference between regular views and materialized views and when to use each How views provide security, abstraction, and query simplification Performance impli

Difference between regular views and materialized views and when to use each

How views provide security, abstraction, and query simplification

Performance implications of views vs materialized views vs denormalization

Refresh strategies for materialized views (manual, scheduled, incremental)

Indexing materialized views for maximum query performance

Updatable views and the rules that make views updatable

Real-world patterns from Netflix, Reddit, and financial systems

How to choose between views, materialized views, and denormalization