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Chapter 9. Creating Views
You can add views to a database either from the Physical Schemata section of the MySQL Model page or from the EER
Diagram.
9.1. Adding Views to the Physical Schemata
Double clicking the Add View icon in the Physical Schemata section of the MySQL Model page adds a view with the default
name of view1. If a view with this name already exists, the new view is named view2.
Adding a new view automatically opens the view editor docked at the bottom of the application. Using the view editor is described
in Section 9.3, “The View Editor”.
Right clicking a table opens a pop-up menu with the following options:
• RENAME
• CUT 'VIEW_NAME'
• COPY 'VIEW_NAME'
• EDIT VIEW...
• EDIT IN NEW WINDOW
• COPY SQL TO CLIPBOARD
• DELETE 'VIEW_NAME'
If the table editor is not open the EDIT VIEW ... option opens it. If it is already open, the selected table replaces the previous one.
EDIT IN NEW WINDOW opens a new view editor tab.
The cut and copy options are useful for copying views between different schemata and COPY SQL TO CLIPBOARD copies the CRE-
ATE VIEW statement to the clipboard.
Warning
Use the DELETE 'VIEW_NAME' to remove a view from the database. There will be no confirmation dialog box.
Any views added to the Physical Schemata also show up in the Catalog palette on the right side of the application. They
may be added to an EER Digram by dragging and dropping them from this palette.
9.2. Adding Views to an EER Diagram
Views can also be added to an EER Diagram using the View tool on the vertical toolbar. To do this make sure that the EER Diagram
tab is selected, and right click the view icon on the vertical toolbar. The view icon is the two overlapping rectangles found
below the table icon.
Clicking the mouse on this icon changes the mouse pointer to a view pointer. You can also change the mouse pointer to a view
pointer by pressing the V key.
Choosing the View tool changes the contents of the toolbar that appears immediately below the menu bar. When the Views pointer
is active, this toolbar contains a drop down list box of schemata and a drop down color chart. Use these list boxes to select the
appropriate schema and color accent for the new view. Make sure that you associate the new view with a database. The color of
your view can easily be changed later using the Properties palette.
Create a view by clicking anywhere on the EER Diagram canvas. This creates a new view with the default name view1. To revert
to the default mouse pointer, click the arrow icon at the top of the vertical toolbar.
Right clicking a view opens a pop-up menu. With the exception of the delete option, these menu options function as described in
Section 9.1, “Adding Views to the Physical Schemata”. The behavior of the delete option is determined by your MySQL Workbench
options settings. For more information, see Section 6.2.8.1, “The General Tab”.
9.3. The View Editor
You can invoke the view editor by double clicking a view object on the EER Diagram canvas or by double clicking a view in the
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