diff --git a/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp b/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp
index 9639dd0be..d3625e738 100644
--- a/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp
+++ b/database/SqliteDatabase.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ bool SqliteDatabase::getNextRow()
 	}
 }
 
+bool SqliteDatabase::getNull(int colIndex)
+{
+    return(SQLITE_NULL == sqlite3_column_type(mCurrentStmt, colIndex));
+}
+
 char* SqliteDatabase::getStr(int colIndex,std::string& retStr)
 {
 	retStr=(char*)sqlite3_column_text(mCurrentStmt, colIndex);
@@ -172,4 +177,5 @@ void SqliteDatabase::escape(const unsigned char* start, int size, std::string& r
 
 	}
 	retStr.push_back('\'');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+// vim:ts=4
diff --git a/database/SqliteDatabase.h b/database/SqliteDatabase.h
index 49525e1e5..f615aed57 100644
--- a/database/SqliteDatabase.h
+++ b/database/SqliteDatabase.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public:
 	// will return false if there are no more rows
 	bool getNextRow();
 
+	bool getNull(int colIndex);
 	char* getStr(int colIndex,std::string& retStr);
 	int32 getInt(int colIndex);
 	float getFloat(int colIndex);
@@ -39,4 +40,4 @@ public:
 
 	void escape(const unsigned char* start,int size,std::string& retStr);
 
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};