1. A method of prefetching data from a server in a client-server database management system, the method comprising: (a) tracking usage of data requested by a database query by a client application resident on a client to generate at least one usage statistic; (b) receiving a record request from a client application resident on a client, wherein the record request requests at least one record that is not cached in a prefetch cache resident in the client; (c) in response to the record request, using the usage statistic to formulate a data set to be retrieved from the server and into the prefetch cache; and (d) retrieving the data set from the server and into the prefetch cache.