Get Definition of a MySQL View

As we know that views are a type of virtual tables and are the composition of tables too hence we can use the same query to get the definition of a view which we use to get the definition of a table. In other words, we can use SHOW CREATE statement to get the definition of a MySQL view. Its syntax would be as follows −

Syntax

SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name;

Here view_name is the name of the view of which we want to get the definition.

Example

The following query will give the definition of a view named ‘info’ −

mysql> Show Create View Info\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
                View: info
         Create View: CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW `info` AS select `student_info`.`id` AS `ID`,`student_info`.`Name` AS `NAME`,`student_info`.`Subject` AS `SUBJECT`,`student_info`.`Address` AS `ADDRESS` from `student_info`
character_set_client: cp850
collation_connection: cp850_general_ci

1 row in set (0.00 sec)