The select construct contained by this create view retrieves all pairs of
student names and course numbers such that the student whose name is s has
registered for the course c.
When this directive is executed by SQL, no data retrieval takes place. The
database system simply stores this definition in its catalog. The definition of the
view STC becomes a persistent object, that is, an object that exists after our
interaction with the DBMS has ceased. From a conceptual point of view, the
user treats STC exactly like any other tabular variable. Suppose, for instance
that we wish to retrieve the names of students who took cs110. In this case it
is sufficient to write the query: