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ALTER VIEW

Alter the existing view by using another QUERY.

Syntax​

ALTER VIEW [db.]view_name AS SELECT query

Examples​

mysql> create view tmp_view as select number % 3 as a, avg(number) from numbers(1000) group by a order by a;

mysql> select * from tmp_view;
+------+-------------+
| a    | avg(number) |
+------+-------------+
|    0 |       499.5 |
|    1 |         499 |
|    2 |         500 |
+------+-------------+

mysql> ALTER VIEW tmp_view AS SELECT * from numbers(3);

mysql> select * from tmp_view;
+--------+
| number |
+--------+
|      0 |
|      1 |
|      2 |
+--------+