A method of generating a query plan for accessing a database, comprising: receiving (S10) one or more electronic queries from a database client; and determining (S20) whether the received one or more queries form a part of a query pattern comprising a repeating sequence of a plurality of queries by determining whether the received one or more queries match a part of the sequence of queries. If the received one or more queries are determined to form a part of the query pattern, the method further comprises generating (S30) a query plan for executing one or more queries in the sequence that match the received one or more queries, and a query that is subsequent to the matching one or more queries in the sequence.