import Tab from '@mdx/Tab.astro'; import Tabs from '@mdx/Tabs.astro'; import IsSupportedChipGroup from '@mdx/IsSupportedChipGroup.astro'; import Callout from '@mdx/Callout.astro'; import Section from '@mdx/Section.astro'; # Views There're several ways you can declare views with Drizzle ORM. You can declare views that have to be created or you can declare views that already exist in the database. You can declare views statements with an inline `query builder` syntax, with `standalone query builder` and with raw `sql` operators. When views are created with either inlined or standalone query builders, view columns schema will be automatically inferred, yet when you use `sql` you have to explicitly declare view columns schema. ### Declaring views

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy {13-14} import { pgTable, pgView, serial, text, timestamp } from "drizzle-orm/pg-core"; export const user = pgTable("user", { id: serial(), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: timestamp("created_at"), updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at"), }); export const userView = pgView("user_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user)); export const customersView = pgView("customers_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user).where(eq(user.role, "customer"))); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "user_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user"; CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy {13-14} import { text, mysqlTable, mysqlView, int, timestamp } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core"; export const user = mysqlTable("user", { id: int().primaryKey().autoincrement(), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: timestamp("created_at"), updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at"), }); export const userView = mysqlView("user_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user)); export const customersView = mysqlView("customers_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user).where(eq(user.role, "customer"))); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "user_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user"; CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy {13-14} import { integer, text, sqliteView, sqliteTable } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core"; export const user = sqliteTable("user", { id: integer().primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: integer("created_at"), updatedAt: integer("updated_at"), }); export const userView = sqliteView("user_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user)); export const customersView = sqliteView("customers_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user).where(eq(user.role, "customer"))); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "user_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user"; CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

If you need a subset of columns you can use `.select({ ... })` method in query builder, like this:

```ts {4-6} export const customersView = pgView("customers_view").as((qb) => { return qb .select({ id: user.id, name: user.name, email: user.email, }) .from(user); }); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT "id", "name", "email" FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

You can also declare views using `standalone query builder`, it works exactly the same way:

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy {3, 15-16} import { pgTable, pgView, serial, text, timestamp, QueryBuilder} from "drizzle-orm/pg-core"; const qb = new QueryBuilder(); export const user = pgTable("user", { id: serial(), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: timestamp("created_at"), updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at"), }); export const userView = pgView("user_view").as(qb.select().from(user)); export const customersView = pgView("customers_view").as(qb.select().from(user).where(eq(user.role, "customer"))); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "user_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user"; CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy {3, 15-16} import { text, mysqlTable, mysqlView, int, timestamp, QueryBuilder } from "drizzle-orm/mysql-core"; const qb = new QueryBuilder(); export const user = mysqlTable("user", { id: int().primaryKey().autoincrement(), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: timestamp("created_at"), updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at"), }); export const userView = mysqlView("user_view").as(qb.select().from(user)); export const customersView = mysqlView("customers_view").as(qb.select().from(user).where(eq(user.role, "customer"))); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "user_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user"; CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy {3, 15-16} import { integer, text, sqliteView, sqliteTable, QueryBuilder } from "drizzle-orm/sqlite-core"; const qb = new QueryBuilder(); export const user = sqliteTable("user", { id: integer().primaryKey({ autoIncrement: true }), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: integer("created_at"), updatedAt: integer("updated_at"), }); export const userView = sqliteView("user_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user)); export const customerView = sqliteView("customers_view").as((qb) => qb.select().from(user).where(eq(user.role, "customer"))); ``` ```sql CREATE VIEW "user_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user"; CREATE VIEW "customers_view" AS SELECT * FROM "user" WHERE "role" = 'customer'; ```

### Declaring views with raw SQL Whenever you need to declare view using a syntax that is not supported by the query builder, you can directly use `sql` operator and explicitly specify view columns schema. ```ts copy // regular view const newYorkers = pgView('new_yorkers', { id: serial('id').primaryKey(), name: text('name').notNull(), cityId: integer('city_id').notNull(), }).as(sql`select * from ${users} where ${eq(users.cityId, 1)}`); // materialized view const newYorkers = pgMaterializedView('new_yorkers', { id: serial('id').primaryKey(), name: text('name').notNull(), cityId: integer('city_id').notNull(), }).as(sql`select * from ${users} where ${eq(users.cityId, 1)}`); ``` ### Declaring existing views When you're provided with a read only access to an existing view in the database you should use `.existing()` view configuration, `drizzle-kit` will ignore and will not generate a `create view` statement in the generated migration. ```ts export const user = pgTable("user", { id: serial(), name: text(), email: text(), password: text(), role: text().$type<"admin" | "customer">(), createdAt: timestamp("created_at"), updatedAt: timestamp("updated_at"), }); // regular view export const trimmedUser = pgView("trimmed_user", { id: serial("id"), name: text("name"), email: text("email"), }).existing(); // materialized view won't make any difference, yet you can use it for consistency export const trimmedUser = pgMaterializedView("trimmed_user", { id: serial("id"), name: text("name"), email: text("email"), }).existing(); ``` ### Materialized views According to the official docs, PostgreSQL has both **[`regular`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createview.html)** and **[`materialized`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-creatematerializedview.html)** views. Materialized views in PostgreSQL use the rule system like views do, but persist the results in a table-like form. {/* This means that when a query is executed against a materialized view, the results are returned directly from the materialized view, like from a table, rather than being reconstructed by executing the query against the underlying base tables that make up the view. */} Drizzle ORM natively supports PostgreSQL materialized views:

```ts filename="schema.ts" copy const newYorkers = pgMaterializedView('new_yorkers').as((qb) => qb.select().from(users).where(eq(users.cityId, 1))); ``` ```sql CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW "new_yorkers" AS SELECT * FROM "users"; ```

You can then refresh materialized views in the application runtime: ```ts copy await db.refreshMaterializedView(newYorkers); await db.refreshMaterializedView(newYorkers).concurrently(); await db.refreshMaterializedView(newYorkers).withNoData(); ``` ### Extended example All the parameters inside the query will be inlined, instead of replaced by `$1`, `$2`, etc. ```ts copy // regular view const newYorkers = pgView('new_yorkers') .with({ checkOption: 'cascaded', securityBarrier: true, securityInvoker: true, }) .as((qb) => { const sq = qb .$with('sq') .as( qb.select({ userId: users.id, cityId: cities.id }) .from(users) .leftJoin(cities, eq(cities.id, users.homeCity)) .where(sql`${users.age1} > 18`), ); return qb.with(sq).select().from(sq).where(sql`${users.homeCity} = 1`); }); // materialized view const newYorkers2 = pgMaterializedView('new_yorkers') .using('btree') .with({ fillfactor: 90, toast_tuple_target: 0.5, autovacuum_enabled: true, ... }) .tablespace('custom_tablespace') .withNoData() .as((qb) => { const sq = qb .$with('sq') .as( qb.select({ userId: users.id, cityId: cities.id }) .from(users) .leftJoin(cities, eq(cities.id, users.homeCity)) .where(sql`${users.age1} > 18`), ); return qb.with(sq).select().from(sq).where(sql`${users.homeCity} = 1`); }); ```