1. A method for operating a database in a computer system to bidirectionally translate between graphical and text format representations of a database query, comprising the steps of: generating in the system a first data structure including a first link, which first data structure relates to a graphical format query; generating in the system a second data structure including a second link, which second data structure relates to a text format query; and bidirectionally translating between graphical format and text format queries using the first and second links.