1. A method of accessing database recovery logs of a database, said method comprising: selecting at least one of said database recovery logs to access, in which the at least one of the database recovery logs contains information for restoring the database to a specific state; establishing a view of the at least one of said database recovery logs; insulating said view from a format of the at least one of said database recovery logs; issuing a database statement to query said view; retrieving data from at least one of said database recovery logs in response to said database statement; and displaying a result of the act of retrieving the data or storing the result in a tangible computer readable medium.