1. A method associated with a programming language in an application server that includes access to different database server implementations, wherein the programming language accesses content of database tables via work areas derived from the database tables, comprising: defining mapping of a database table, having columns to store content, each column being associated with a column type, to a work area such that, at a database server, each column in the database table is mapped to a corresponding component of the work area, the corresponding component having a default component type based on the column type of the associated column in the database table; determining that a particular column in the database table is to store large object data content; and in response to the determination, automatically defining a new mapping to a work area such that the particular column maps to a corresponding component having a component type other than the default component type.