Generating a separable query design object and database schema through visual view editing

A collaborative application designer data processing system comprising:

• an end user computing platform configured with a collaborative application designer;
• at least one data source communicatively coupled to the end user computing platform;
• and,
• a collaborative application generated by the collaborative application designer, the collaborative application comprising a plurality of view elements and separately stored database query elements, the plurality of view elements comprising data source user interface controls bound to corresponding result sets for respective ones of the database query elements by defining a query object, the query object is assigned a query name, a document, at least one field of the corresponding result sets for respective ones of the database query elements and a database schema, the results sets each comprising a set of records of a database resulting from a database query.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code for collaborative application generation, the computer program product including:

• computer usable program code for creating a form for a collaborative application;
• computer usable program code for placing a data source user interface control within the form;
• computer usable program code for binding at least one field of a database query result set comprising a set of records of a database resulting from a database query to the data source user interface control by defining a query object, the query object is assigned a query name, a document, at least one field of the database query result set, and a schema;
• and,
• computer usable program code for storing the database query for the database query result set separately from the form.