Abstract: A system for automatically programming a functional database from a string of natural language words which form a substantially grammatically complete sentence is provided. The system includes a terminal and a processing unit. The processing unit includes an editor, a parser, and a database generator. Initially, a user inputs a string of words at the terminal. Next, the parser determines if the string of words includes a subject noun, a verb, and at least one descriptive noun following the verb. The parser then analyzes the string of words to determine the relationship among the words and generates a logical schema. Finally, the database generator programs a database containing a file and at least one field in the file in accordance with the logical schema.