Patent ID: 8073836

Claim:
A method for expressing related database information comprising: receiving a defined linkage to a first database query result from a user; performing a first query of a database stored on first computer storage apparatus; displaying a result of the first database query in a first pane including a first table including data; receiving a user selection of at least one entry within the first database query result; automatically generating, for a second pane, a second database query by running the defined linkage to the first database query result using a parameterized query associated with the second pane, the parameterized query employing a reference to the first pane and an indicator the selected record within the first database query result, wherein the second database query is different than the first query; wherein automatically generating the second database query includes employing an indicator of the selected record within the first database query result as a parameter in the automatic generating a second database query; wherein automatically generating a second database query includes running a defined linkage to the first database query result; receiving the defined linkage from user input; performing the second database query of a database stored in second computer storage apparatus; and expressing, in the second pane, a second database query result in a second table corresponding to the second database query; wherein the second database query result includes data related to and different than data in the first database query result.