METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM QUERY RESULTS STORED AS SOURCE CODE FILES

A method of providing information from a database to a user's system. According to the method, database query results are stored in a source code files and the source code files are compiled to provide compiled files. When information from the database is requested, at least one of the compiled files is downloaded to the user's system. In one preferred information providing method, the source code files are in the form of Java source code files and the compiled files are in the form of Java class files.18. Additionally, a method is provided for retrieving information from a database on a remote system for use on a user's system. A request for database information is transmitted over a network from the user's system to the remote system, and in response at least one compiled database result file is downloaded from the remote system. Each of the compiled database result files is used to store database query results in executable or bytecode form. In one preferred information retrieval method, the network includes the Internet and each of the compiled database result files is in the form of Java class file.