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PCT No. PCT/GB96/02572 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 25, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 25, 1998 PCT Filed Oct. 18, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/15017 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 24, 1997A remote database is accessed from user terminals. A communication channel is established over the World Wide Web 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 the 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 user and an indication of a elected mapping is supplied to the database. In response to this indication, an inquiry is made by activating database-specific instructions defined by Standard Query Language.
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