Why can't I create a view inside of a BEGIN … END block

Question

This code does not work, returning the error:

BEGIN
  CREATE VIEW [dbo].[dummy] AS SELECT 1 AS Dummy
END
GO`

Incorrect syntax near the keyword \'VIEW\'.
         


        

Answer 1

You can use three wayes to create temporary view.

1-AdaTheDev answer.

2-create a temporary table then inserts the value in it e.g create Table #TableName (ID integer). See this Link

3- Using Common Table Expression [With]. See this Link