The solution is to use SQL views, materialized views, or create a new table that contains only the filtered data the user needs.

Why are there INFOMATION_SCHEMA and catalog views in SQL Server that do very similar things? For example, to retrieve a list of tables in a database, I can do it via sys.tables or INFORMATION ...

A SQL view pulls together multiple tables (and selected columns from those tables) into a single package. The key feature of a SQL view is that both SQL Server and Entity Framework have a great deal ...

Indexed Views were introduced in SQL Server 2000 as an Enterprise Edition feature. The confusion arose in SQL Server 2005 when it appeared that all editions supported Indexed Views.

When executed, a PROC SQL view's output can be a subset or superset of one or more underlying files. Beginning in Version 7, you can reference a simple PROC SQL view to update its underlying data. SAS ...

A Version 6 PROC SQL Pass-Through view does not need to be updated to be used in Version 7 or Version 8. The conversion of PROC SQL Pass-Through views is automatic and does not require you to use the ...

I've installed Horizon View, VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) product, dozens of times over the past decade. With each release, for the most part, the installation process gets easier and ...

A reader recently pointed out to me that I could drastically simplify that retrieval code by leveraging SQL views. A SQL view pulls together multiple tables (and selected columns from those tables) ...