Use SQL View or SQL Query?

Question

I am working on an application to get data from a MS-SQL server (2005). In the command text, I can pass a sql query like this:

string query = \"SELECT T1.f1,         


        

Answer 1

Views aren't a performance feature. They exist to reduce the number of joins and to allow you to denormalize without actually denormalizing.

In other words, use whichever makes your code the simplest and don't change for performance reasons unless you have good reason to do so. These kinds of optimizations usually aren't worth it.