BROWSER ORIENTED METHOD OF VIEWING DATABASE STRUCTURES

A machine-executed method and apparatus for displaying the structure of a plurality of relational databases of arbitrary structure in a browseable format is disclosed. Each database comprises a plurality of tables. Each table comprises a plurality of fields. Each table and each field has a name. The method entails determining the respective structures of the plurality of relational databases, integrating the respective structures of the plurality of relational databases into a front-end integrated data structure, removing the conflicting names of tables and fields in the front-end integrated data structure, performing a join operation to establish a link among selected fields in at least two respective tables, and displaying the front-end integrated data structure as a hierarchical containment tree of folders.