Re: [MS_AccessPros] a question of terminology

 

A View is a Query, but a Query is not a View.  In other words, a Query is a subset of a View - you can do much more with a View.  For example, a View can contain one or more Common Table Expressions (CTE) to simplify or enhance the result of the final query.  You can't use a CTE in an Access query - you have to build a query on other queries.

Does that help?

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On Sep 20, 2016, at 3:16 PM, 'Glenn Lloyd' argeedblu@gmail.com [MS_Access_Professionals] <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

If you were to describe a View to an excel user who has little or no familiarity with SQL Server or databases generally, would it be correct to suggest "Query" as an analogous term? For my own edification, how does a view differ from a query?

 

 

Glenn

 

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