How to make CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW work in SQL Server? [duplicate]

Answer 1

How about something like this, comments should explain:

--DJ - 2015-07-15 Example for view CREATE or REPLACE

--Replace with schema and view names
DECLARE @viewName NVARCHAR(30)= 'T';
DECLARE @schemaName NVARCHAR(30)= 'dbo';

--Leave this section as-is
BEGIN TRY
    DECLARE @view AS NVARCHAR(100) = '
CREATE VIEW ' + @schemaName + '.' + @viewName + ' AS SELECT '''' AS [1]';
    EXEC sp_executesql
        @view;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
    PRINT 'View already exists';
END CATCH;
GO

--Put full select statement here after modifying the view & schema name appropriately
ALTER VIEW [dbo].[T]
AS
    SELECT  '' AS [2];
GO


--Verify results with select statement against the view
SELECT  *
FROM    [T];

Cheers -DJ