-- INSTEAD OF TYPING THIS QUERY ALL THE TIME... SELECT title, released_year, genre, rating, first_name, last_name FROM reviews JOIN series ON series.id = reviews.series_id JOIN reviewers ON reviewers.id = reviews.reviewer_id; -- WE CAN CREATE A VIEW: CREATE VIEW full_reviews AS SELECT title, released_year, genre, rating, first_name, last_name FROM reviews JOIN series ON series.id = reviews.series_id JOIN reviewers ON reviewers.id = reviews.reviewer_id; -- NOW WE CAN TREAT THAT VIEW AS A VIRTUAL TABLE -- (AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO SELECTING) SELECT * FROM full_reviews;