1. A computer network-based debugging method using XML dataflows from a console for debugging of instructions located in a server having a database management system for retrieving data from a database stored in an electronic storage device coupled to the server, the method comprising the steps of: (a) using a debugger manager at the console for commanding and monitoring debugging operations of the server-side instructions performed by a debugger engine; and (b) using XML dataflows for providing a database communication interface between the debugger manager and the debugger engine.