I have found myself using this simple, but useful SQL time in recent weeks to research different issues and to help with impact analysis.  So, I thought I would post it while I’m thinking about it.  It just gives a list of views using a table, which can be handy to know.  This SQL is simple and could be converted to an equi-join.  I used the like statement mostly because I sometimes want to know if there are other views a similar nature in the same family (by naming convention) of tables.

Select All Fields From The _V_View

This is the simplest form of this SQL to views, which a table.

Select * from _v_view   where DEFINITION like ‘%<<TABLE_NAME>>%’ ;

Select Minimal Fields From The _V_View

This is the version of the SQL, which I normally use, to list the views, which use a table.

Select VIEWNAME, OWNER from _v_view   where DEFINITION like ‘%<<TABLE_NAME>>%’;