1. A method of processing a request for a field of one of the tables of a database of a database system, the method comprising: receiving a request for an action associated with the field, the action triggered as part of a workflow; based on the workflow-triggered action, evaluating a workflow field formula associated with the field, the formula being specific to the field, and updating the field to a current value; and preventing a subsequent reevaluation of the workflow field formula from updating the field when values of input fields used in the workflow field formula change.