1. A method of connecting application programs to a database management system through an object oriented interface between the database and the application program, said object oriented interface comprising classes, including a database access class, and method objects to implement the interface, and create and manage database connections, said method comprising: a. accessing the database from the application program through the object oriented interface; c. retrieving database properties, and creating a first and a second object there from within the database access class, said first object containing properties needed to establish a connection to the database, and said second object is a connection manager object within the database access class, instantiating the interface and creating a connection to the database; and thereafter d. calling method objects within the database access class to access database content, execute queries, and disconnect from database content.