1. A method for managing state within an end-user interface for working with the data within a relational database, the end-user interface operating under control of a processor, the relational database comprising a plurality of tables, constraints and relationships and also operating under control of a processor, said method comprising providing a hierarchical context stack for suspending the working state of a primary table within the relational database while drilling-down across a relationship to work with related information in a subordinate table within the relational database, wherein the relational database may be any arbitrary relational database, and said method is effective regardless of the size or complexity of the database.