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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef __com_sun_star_sdbc_XColumnLocate_idl__
+#define __com_sun_star_sdbc_XColumnLocate_idl__
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.idl>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/SQLException.idl>
+
+ module com {  module sun {  module star {  module sdbc {
+
+ published interface XResultSetMetaData;
+
+
+/** provides the possibility to find columns by their name.
+
+
+    <p>
+    When several columns have the same name, then the value
+    of the first matching column will be returned. The column name option is
+    designed to be used when column names are used in the SQL
+    query. For columns that are NOT explicitly named in the query, it
+    is best to use column numbers. If column names are used, there is
+    no way for the programmer to guarantee that they actually refer to
+    the intended columns.
+    </p>
+ */
+published interface XColumnLocate: com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
+{
+
+    /** maps the given ResultSet column name to its ResultSet column index.
+
+        <p>
+        The specification before LibreOffice 4.2 left unspecified what should
+        happen for an invalid column name. As a result some drivers written
+        against the older specification may return a special invalid value, such
+        as a negative number, zero, or a number greater than the number of
+        columns.
+        </p>
+
+        @param columnName
+            the name of the column
+        @returns
+            the position of the column
+        @throws SQLException
+                if the column named <code>columnName</code> does not exist,
+                or a database access error occurs.
+     */
+    long findColumn([in]string columnName) raises (SQLException);
+};
+
+
+}; }; }; };
+
+/*===========================================================================
+===========================================================================*/
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */