1. A method of statistical application in an online transaction processing (OLTP) environment, the method comprising: determining whether a statistical record exists in a cache of an application server prior to querying a database containing a statistical table, wherein the database is a relational database having tables therein that are formatted in accordance with a corresponding program language; responsive to existence of the statistical record, checking a time element of the statistical record to determine whether the statistical record has expired; and responsive to the existence of the statistical record and the statistical record having not expired, sending the statistical record to an inquirer.