6. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions for obtaining information from a relational database, wherein the instructions when executed on a computer causes the computer to: query the relational database to retrieve data therefrom in accordance with a text query from a user, where a first portion of the text query specifies the data to be retrieved and a second portion of the text query specifies a format for graphing the data, wherein the first portion of the text query and the second portion of the text query are formulated in a structured query language (SQL); transmit the text query to the relational database; execute the text query; return data from the relational database in accordance with the query; interpreting the text query in accordance with the structured query language (SQL) having keywords and syntax for specifying said format, wherein said keywords are for a SQL data plotting extension and wherein said syntax recognizes said keywords for graphing the data; and present the data in accordance with said format, wherein the graphical image is one of a line graph, a horizontal bar chart, a vertical bar chart, a pie chart, a scatter plot, a contour plot, and a wafer map, in accordance with a keyword in the second portion of the text query.
7. A computer program product according to claim 6 , wherein the data is returned as a binary image and presented as a graph.