SQL Server: How to change name in a view?

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Express.

How can I change the name of the view? I can change tables' names, but I can't change the view name.

Any suggestion?

Thank you, Fabio Milheiro

Answer 1

You can use the ALTER VIEW statement something like this :

ALTER VIEW dbo.myView
AS
SELECT foo
FROM dbo.bar
WHERE widget = 'foo'
GO

Reference on MSDN

To rename a view, use sp_rename System Stored Procedure :

EXEC sp_rename 'dbo.myView', 'myNewViewName'

Note: don't include the schema name in the second string, or else you'll get a name like "dbo.dbo.myNewViewName".

Answer 2

you can use the gui in sms

you can right click view, edit it, then do generate script if you want the code

Answer 3

You can use the ALTER command or CREATE a new one and delete the old one.

-Shaun