Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a tokenized SQL architecture that provides a process for enabling application designers and developers to construct and manage database independent SQL statements and use them in Web based or client/server applications. The tokenized SQL architecture (“TSA”) uses a proprietary file format, plus a variety of components and utilities, to allow for both maximum design-time flexibility and maximum run-time performance on the target database. For example, the TSA allows application developers working with the latest data-driven web or C/S technology to create, modify and test SQL statements in a an easy to use folder and file based form. Once the SQL is tested and debugged, a utility is used to take all the SQL statements used in an application and generate each statement as a Database Stored Procedure (“DSP”).