Alter view outputs view statement all on one line with no line breaks or indentation.
Alter view also seems to ignore the setting of “Generate queries using backquote(`)” and generates using backquotes regardless.
This appears to be a mysql 'feature' in that even if I generate a view using the official MySQL Query Browser, the resulting record in the `information_schema`.`view' table has backquotes. Also if I 'Edit View' in MySQL Query Browser, the view is presented all on one line.
Could it be that MySQL does not store linebreaks or other 'formatting' characters in views?