1. A method for enhancing the display, within a user interface operating under control of a processor, of data from a relational database, the relational database comprising machine-readable data representing a plurality of tables, constraints, and relationships and also operating under control of a processor, said method comprising: using a processor to generate a display within the user interface of data from a primary table within the relational database; using a processor to resolve a foreign key (FK) relationship from the primary table to a foreign table within the relational database; using a processor to apply formal data-structure rules and/or naming conventions in analyzing the foreign table to automatically determine a default construction for a descriptive value, derived from the contents of one or more foreign-table fields, to augment or supplant the actual FK field value within the display representation of primary-table data.