# Postgres Views

DevFeed: [Postgres Views](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/postgres-views-516.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://supabase.com/blog/postgresql-views>)

Author: Paul Copplestone

Published: 2020-11-18T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Supabase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/supabase-blog.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Query (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/query.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [consistency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consistency.md>), [organization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organization.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [view](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/view.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces PostgreSQL views and materialized views. It explains that a view is a named shortcut to an underlying query and outlines benefits including simplicity, consistency, logical organization, and security. Materialized views physically store query results to make subsequent reads faster.

## Source excerpt

Creating and using a view in PostgreSQL.