Materialize/doc/user/content/sql/show-create-view.md

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SHOW CREATE VIEW returns the SELECT statement used to create the view.

Syntax

SHOW [REDACTED] CREATE VIEW <view_name>

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For available view names, see SHOW VIEWS.

Examples

SHOW CREATE VIEW my_view;

            name            |                                            create_sql
----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 materialize.public.my_view | CREATE VIEW "materialize"."public"."my_view" AS SELECT * FROM "materialize"."public"."my_source"

Privileges

The privileges required to execute this statement are:

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Related pages

• SHOW VIEWS
• CREATE VIEW