What are materialized views?

Question

Can someone explain to me what views or materialized views are in plain everyday English please? I\'ve been reading about materialized views but I don\'t understand.

Answer 1

One thing to keep in mind when using indexed (materialized) views in SQL Server is that any replication done has to be handled via the sp_addarticle stored procedure.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms147873.aspx

TL;DR -

Run the script you fools.