You can change the name of a view’s underlying objects. For example, if a view references a table entitled new_sales, and you rename that table to old_sales, the view works on the renamed table.
However, if you have dropped a table referenced by a view, and someone tries to use the view, Adaptive Server produces an error message. If a new table or view is created to replace the one that was dropped, the view again becomes usable.
If you define a view with a select * clause, and then alter the structure of its underlying tables by adding columns, the new columns do not appear. This is because the asterisk shorthand is interpreted and expanded when the view is first created. To see the new columns, drop the view and re-create it.
