1. A computer-implemented method for presenting chronologically ordered database event information through a user interface, comprising: displaying a graphical user interface having user-selectable graphical elements associated with predefined playback controls; receiving user inputs with respect to the graphical elements to invoke the respective predefined playback controls; and in response to at least one of the user inputs, visually playing back, in the graphical user interface, a recording showing graphical objects being acted upon by chronologically ordered events; the graphical objects including at least representative icons for tables within a database system; wherein the recording is based on information captured by one or more database monitors monitoring the database system.