Updating Views in sql server

Question

Hi,
I am trying to update a view but the result is 0 row(s) updated
ALTER VIEW vw_AuthorizedStationeries
AS
SELECT StationeryID,
CreatedOn,
StationeryName
FROM dbo.Stationeries
WHERE Authorized = 1
GO
-----------------Update Views-------------------
UPDATE vw_AuthorizedStationeries
SET
CreatedOn = GETDATE()
WHERE
StationeryName = 'StationThree'
GO
What am I doing wrong?
I am trying to update the column 'CreatedOn' with todays date where the row is 'StationThree'.
Is it even possible to what I am trying to do using Views?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Its possible so far as view retrieves a record which satisfies your specified condition ie 
StationeryName = 'StationThree'
You can check if there are records satisfying condition using below query
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM dbo.Stationeries
WHERE Authorized = 1
AND StationeryName = 'StationThree'
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