摘要 |
A remote database (110) is accessed from user terminals. A communication channel is established over the World Wide Web (101) and commands defining a user interface are returned from the database system to the user terminals. The database system supplies an indication of quantifiable values to the user terminals inviting a user to select one of said values. An indication of a selected value is supplied to the database system resulting in an indication being returned of available data mappings. A data mapping is selected by a user and an indication of a selected mapping is supplied to the database. In response to this indication, an enquiry is made by activating database-specific instructions defined by Standard Query Language. |