Create view with with statement - sql

Question

How to create view with a with statement?
I'm getting on error on it:
WITH temp as (
select uu.email, u.logintime, u.region, p.id as panelid, p.panelname, p.numberofdownloads, dimensionType + ' (' + dimensionValue + ')' as filter
from stat_users u
left join stat_panels p
on u.id=p.sessionid
left join stat_filters f
on p.id=f.panelid
left join users uu
on uu.id=u.userid
where uu.Organization = 'name' AND
year(logintime) between 2015 and 2017
and panelname is not null
)
CREATE VIEW final as(
select aa.email, aa.logintime, aa.region, aa.panelname, aa.numberofdownloads as downloads, case when len(aa.filters) > 0 then left(aa.filters, len(aa.filters)-1) else '' end as filters
from (
Select distinct a.email, a.logintime, a.region, a.panelname, a.numberofdownloads,
(
Select b.filter + ', ' AS [text()]
From temp b
Where b.panelid=a.panelid
ORDER BY b.panelid
For XML PATH ('')
) filters
from temp a
) aa
)
I'm getting such error :
> Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'CREATE'. 'CREATE VIEW' must be the
> first statement in a query batch.
So, I need just to use Create view using select which based on WITH statement on Sql server 2014

Answer 1

Yes always the CREATE has to be the first statement in a query batch
CREATE VIEW vFinal AS
WITH Temp AS (
SELECT uu.email, u.logintime, u.region, p.id AS panelid, p.panelname, p.numberofdownloads, dimensionType + ' (' + dimensionValue + ')' AS Filter
FROM stat_users u
LEFT JOIN stat_panels p ON u.id=p.sessionid
LEFT JOIN stat_filters f ON p.id=f.panelid
LEFT JOIN users uu ON uu.id=u.userid
WHERE uu.Organization = 'name' AND
YEAR(logintime) BETWEEN 2015 AND 2017
AND panelname IS NOT NULL
)
SELECT aa.email, aa.logintime, aa.region, aa.panelname, aa.numberofdownloads AS downloads, CASE WHEN LEN(aa.filters) > 0 THEN LEFT(aa.filters, LEN(aa.filters)-1) else '' end as filters
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT a.email, a.logintime, a.region, a.panelname, a.numberofdownloads,
(
SELECT b.filter + ', ' AS [text()]
FROM temp b
WHERE b.panelid=a.panelid
ORDER BY b.panelid
FOR XML PATH ('')
) filters
FROM temp a
) aa
GO
Syntax to create a view table using CTE
CREATE VIEW View_Name AS
WITH CTE_Name (Columns) AS (SELECT QUERY)
SELECT QUERY using the CTE Table
GO

Answer 2

The with clause is an optional prefix for select:
WITH query_name (column_name1, ...) AS
(SELECT ...)
SELECT ...
This is also true when with is used in a view:
CREATE VIEW ...
WITH ...
SELECT ...
;
See also: http://modern-sql.com/feature/with

Answer 3

CREATE or replace VIEW final as
select aa.email, aa.logintime, aa.region, aa.panelname, aa.numberofdownloads as downloads, case when len(aa.filters) > 0 then left(aa.filters, len(aa.filters)-1) else '' end as filters
from (
Select distinct a.email, a.logintime, a.region, a.panelname, a.numberofdownloads,
(
Select b.filter + ', ' AS [text()]
From temp b
Where b.panelid=a.panelid
ORDER BY b.panelid
For XML PATH ('')
) filters
from temp a )