Dùng SHOW CREATE VIEW để xem định nghĩa view, tương tự SHOW CREATE TABLE.
Cú pháp
SHOW CREATE VIEW view_name;
Ví dụ
Xem định nghĩa view info:
mysql> Show Create View Info\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
View: info
Create View: CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW `info` AS select `student_info`.`id` AS `ID`, `student_info`.`Name` AS `NAME`, `student_info`.`Subject` AS `SUBJECT`, `student_info`.`Address` AS `ADDRESS` from `student_info`
character_set_client: cp850
collation_connection: cp850_general_ci
1 row in set (0.00 sec)