Put simply, views are virtual-only and run the query definition when they’re accessed. Here’s an example of when you should use SQL views. It’s also worth mentioning that SQL views make it ...

In this example, you must use the SAS option VALIDVARNAME=V6 in order to successfully process this Version 6 SQL Pass-Through view. options validvarname=v6; proc sql; describe view as4sql.invoice4; ...

To do this in MS SQL Server, add the following to the beginning of your column selection: ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY b.Id) as NID which alters the example view to: SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER ...