How to rebuild view in SQL Server 2008
In order to rebuild all views of a SQL Server database, you could use the following script:
DECLARE @view_name AS NVARCHAR(500);
DECLARE views_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA + '.' +TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'VIEW'
AND OBJECTPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID(TABLE_NAME), 'IsMsShipped') = 0
ORDER BY TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME
OPEN views_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM views_cursor
INTO @view_name
WHILE (@@FETCH_STATUS <> -1)
BEGIN
BEGIN TRY
EXEC sp_refreshview @view_name;
PRINT @view_name;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
PRINT 'Error during refreshing view "' + @view_name + '".';
END CATCH;
FETCH NEXT FROM views_cursor
INTO @view_name
END
CLOSE views_cursor;
DEALLOCATE views_cursor;
This is a slightly modified version from this blog posting. It uses the sp_refreshview
stored procedure, too.
I believe what you're looking for is
sp_refreshview [ @viewname = ] 'viewname'
Updates the metadata for the specified non-schema-bound view. Persistent metadata for a view can become outdated because of changes to the underlying objects upon which the view depends.
See Microsoft Docs