diff --git a/src/Assertion.h b/src/Assertion.h
index 1920205..d578a50 100644
--- a/src/Assertion.h
+++ b/src/Assertion.h
@@ -43,8 +43,3 @@ namespace SQLite
 #define SQLITECPP_ASSERT(expression,message)    assert(expression && message)
 
 #endif
-
-
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma warning(disable:4290) // Disable warning C4290: C++ exception specification ignored except to indicate a function is not __declspec(nothrow)
-#endif
diff --git a/src/Column.cpp b/src/Column.cpp
index 8ae3a08..09f03d4 100644
--- a/src/Column.cpp
+++ b/src/Column.cpp
@@ -18,70 +18,71 @@ namespace SQLite
 
 
 // Encapsulation of a Column in a row of the result pointed by the prepared Statement.
-Column::Column(Statement::Ptr& aStmtPtr, int aIndex) throw() : // nothrow
+Column::Column(Statement::Ptr& aStmtPtr, int aIndex) noexcept : // nothrow
     mStmtPtr    (aStmtPtr),
     mIndex      (aIndex)
 {
 }
 
 // Finalize and unregister the SQL query from the SQLite Database Connection.
-Column::~Column(void) throw() // nothrow
+Column::~Column(void) noexcept // nothrow
 {
     // the finalization will be done by the destructor of the last shared pointer
 }
 
 // Return the named assigned to this result column (potentially aliased)
-const char * Column::getName(void) const throw() // nothrow
+const char * Column::getName(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_name(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
 // Return the name of the table column that is the origin of this result column
-const char * Column::getOriginName(void) const throw() // nothrow
+const char * Column::getOriginName(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_origin_name(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 #endif
 
 // Return the integer value of the column specified by its index starting at 0
-int Column::getInt(void) const throw() // nothrow
+int Column::getInt(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_int(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 // Return the 64bits integer value of the column specified by its index starting at 0
-sqlite3_int64 Column::getInt64(void) const throw() // nothrow
+sqlite3_int64 Column::getInt64(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_int64(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 // Return the double value of the column specified by its index starting at 0
-double Column::getDouble(void) const throw() // nothrow
+double Column::getDouble(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_double(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 // Return a pointer to the text value (NULL terminated string) of the column specified by its index starting at 0
-const char* Column::getText(void) const throw() // nothrow
+const char* Column::getText(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
+   // TODO what if NULL !?
     return (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 // Return a pointer to the text value (NULL terminated string) of the column specified by its index starting at 0
-const void* Column::getBlob(void) const throw() // nothrow
+const void* Column::getBlob(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_blob(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 // Return the type of the value of the column
-int Column::getType(void) const throw() // nothrow
+int Column::getType(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_type(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
 
 // Return the number of bytes used by the text value of the column
-int Column::getBytes(void) const throw() // nothrow
+int Column::getBytes(void) const noexcept // nothrow
 {
     return sqlite3_column_bytes(mStmtPtr, mIndex);
 }
diff --git a/src/Column.h b/src/Column.h
index 5158b81..86bdd99 100644
--- a/src/Column.h
+++ b/src/Column.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
 #include "Statement.h"
+#include "Exception.h"
 
 
 namespace SQLite
@@ -44,9 +45,9 @@ public:
      * @param[in] aStmtPtr  Shared pointer to the prepared SQLite Statement Object.
      * @param[in] aIndex    Index of the column in the row of result
      */
-    Column(Statement::Ptr& aStmtPtr, int aIndex)    throw(); // nothrow
+    Column(Statement::Ptr& aStmtPtr, int aIndex)    noexcept; // nothrow
     /// @brief Simple destructor
-    virtual ~Column(void)                           throw(); // nothrow
+    virtual ~Column(void)                           noexcept; // nothrow
     
     // default copy constructor and assignment operator are perfectly suited :
     // they copy the Statement::Ptr which in turn increments the reference counter.
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * @brief Return a pointer to the named assigned to a result column (potentially aliased)
      */
-    const char*     getName (void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    const char*     getName (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
 
     #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
     /**
@@ -64,29 +65,29 @@ public:
      * - when building the SQLite library itself (which is the case for the Debian libsqlite3 binary for instance),
      * - and also when compiling this wrapper.
      */
-	const char*     getOriginName   (void) const throw(); // nothrow
+	const char*     getOriginName   (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
 #endif
 
     /// @brief Return the integer value of the column.
-    int             getInt   (void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    int             getInt   (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
     /// @brief Return the 64bits integer value of the column.
-    sqlite3_int64   getInt64 (void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    sqlite3_int64   getInt64 (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
     /// @brief Return the double (64bits float) value of the column.
-    double          getDouble(void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    double          getDouble(void) const noexcept; // nothrow
     /**
      * @brief Return a pointer to the text value (NULL terminated string) of the column.
      *
      * @warning The value pointed at is only valid while the statement is valid (ie. not finalized),
      *          thus you must copy it before using it beyond its scope (to a std::string for instance).
      */
-    const char*     getText  (void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    const char*     getText  (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
     /**
      * @brief Return a pointer to the binary blob value of the column.
      *
      * @warning The value pointed at is only valid while the statement is valid (ie. not finalized),
      *          thus you must copy it before using it beyond its scope (to a std::string for instance).
      */
-    const void*     getBlob  (void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    const void*     getBlob  (void) const noexcept; // nothrow
     
     /**
      * @brief Return the type of the value of the column
@@ -96,30 +97,30 @@ public:
      * @warning After a type conversion (by a call to a getXxx on a Column of a Yyy type),
      *          the value returned by sqlite3_column_type() is undefined.
      */
-    int getType(void) const throw(); // nothrow
+    int getType(void) const noexcept; // nothrow
     
     /// @brief Test if the column is an integer type value (meaningful only before any conversion)
-    inline bool isInteger(void) const throw() // nothrow
+    inline bool isInteger(void) const noexcept // nothrow
     {
         return (SQLITE_INTEGER == getType());
     }
     /// @brief Test if the column is a floating point type value (meaningful only before any conversion)
-    inline bool isFloat(void) const throw() // nothrow
+    inline bool isFloat(void) const noexcept // nothrow
     {
         return (SQLITE_FLOAT == getType());
     }
     /// @brief Test if the column is a text type value (meaningful only before any conversion)
-    inline bool isText(void) const throw() // nothrow
+    inline bool isText(void) const noexcept // nothrow
     {
         return (SQLITE_TEXT == getType());
     }
     /// @brief Test if the column is a binary blob type value (meaningful only before any conversion)
-    inline bool isBlob(void) const throw() // nothrow
+    inline bool isBlob(void) const noexcept // nothrow
     {
         return (SQLITE_BLOB == getType());
     }
     /// @brief Test if the column is NULL (meaningful only before any conversion)
-    inline bool isNull(void) const throw() // nothrow
+    inline bool isNull(void) const noexcept // nothrow
     {
         return (SQLITE_NULL == getType());
     }
@@ -133,10 +134,10 @@ public:
      * - size in bytes of the binary blob returned by getBlob()
      * - 0 for a NULL value
      */
-    int getBytes(void) const throw();
+    int getBytes(void) const noexcept;
 
     /// @brief Alias returning the number of bytes used by the text (or blob) value of the column
-    inline int size(void) const throw()
+    inline int size(void) const noexcept
     {
         return getBytes ();
     }
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ public:
     /// Inline cast operator to std::string
     inline operator const std::string() const
     {
+        // TODO what if NULL !?
         return getText();
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Database.cpp b/src/Database.cpp
index f615ca1..1167bf9 100644
--- a/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/Database.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Database::Database(const std::string& aFilename, const int aFlags /*= SQLITE_OPE
 }
 
 // Close the SQLite database connection.
-Database::~Database(void) throw() // nothrow
+Database::~Database(void) noexcept // nothrow
 {
     int ret = sqlite3_close(mpSQLite);
     // Never throw an exception in a destructor
diff --git a/src/Database.h b/src/Database.h
index d8ccab6..c866e1b 100644
--- a/src/Database.h
+++ b/src/Database.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public:
      * All SQLite statements must have been finalized before,
      * so all Statement objects must have been unregistered.
      */
-    virtual ~Database(void) throw(); // nothrow
+    virtual ~Database(void) noexcept; // nothrow
 
     /**
      * @brief Shortcut to execute one or multiple statements without results.
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @param[in] aTimeoutMs    Amount of milliseconds to wait before returning SQLITE_BUSY
      */
-    inline int setBusyTimeout(int aTimeoutMs) // throw(); nothrow
+    inline int setBusyTimeout(int aTimeoutMs) // noexcept; nothrow
     {
         return sqlite3_busy_timeout(mpSQLite, aTimeoutMs);
     }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public:
      *
      * @return Rowid of the most recent successful INSERT into the database, or 0 if there was none.
      */
-    inline sqlite3_int64 getLastInsertRowid(void) const // throw(); nothrow
+    inline sqlite3_int64 getLastInsertRowid(void) const // noexcept; nothrow
     {
         return sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(mpSQLite);
     }
diff --git a/src/Exception.h b/src/Exception.h
index 8448113..d8fdbc6 100644
--- a/src/Exception.h
+++ b/src/Exception.h
@@ -36,3 +36,20 @@ public:
 
 
 }  // namespace SQLite
+
+
+/// Compatibility with non-clang compilers.
+#ifndef __has_feature
+   #define __has_feature(x) 0
+#endif
+
+// Detect whether the compiler supports C++11 noexcept exception specifications.
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 7 ) && defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__))
+// GCC 4.7 and following have noexcept
+#elif defined(__clang__) && __has_feature(cxx_noexcept)
+// Clang 3.0 and above have noexcept
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1700)
+// Visual Studio 2012 and above have noexcept
+#else
+    #define noexcept    throw()
+#endif
diff --git a/src/Statement.cpp b/src/Statement.cpp
index 54f3546..67134eb 100644
--- a/src/Statement.cpp
+++ b/src/Statement.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Statement::Statement(Database &aDatabase, const std::string& aQuery) : // throw(
 }
 
 // Finalize and unregister the SQL query from the SQLite Database Connection.
-Statement::~Statement(void) throw() // nothrow
+Statement::~Statement(void) noexcept // nothrow
 {
     // the finalization will be done by the destructor of the last shared pointer
 }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ Statement::Ptr::Ptr(const Statement::Ptr& aPtr) :
 /**
  * @brief Decrement the ref counter and finalize the sqlite3_stmt when it reaches 0
  */
-Statement::Ptr::~Ptr(void) throw() // nothrow
+Statement::Ptr::~Ptr(void) noexcept // nothrow
 {
     assert(NULL != mpRefCount);
     assert(0 != *mpRefCount);
diff --git a/src/Statement.h b/src/Statement.h
index 40232d4..6455051 100644
--- a/src/Statement.h
+++ b/src/Statement.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "Exception.h"
+
 
 namespace SQLite
 {
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * @brief Finalize and unregister the SQL query from the SQLite Database Connection.
      */
-    virtual ~Statement(void) throw(); // nothrow
+    virtual ~Statement(void) noexcept; // nothrow
 
     /**
      * @brief Reset the statement to make it ready for a new execution.
@@ -341,7 +343,7 @@ public:
         // Copy constructor increments the ref counter
         Ptr(const Ptr& aPtr);
         // Decrement the ref counter and finalize the sqlite3_stmt when it reaches 0
-        ~Ptr(void) throw(); // nothrow (no virtual destructor needed here)
+        ~Ptr(void) noexcept; // nothrow (no virtual destructor needed here)
 
         /// @brief Inline cast operator returning the pointer to SQLite Database Connection Handle
         inline operator sqlite3*() const
diff --git a/src/Transaction.cpp b/src/Transaction.cpp
index 3b22bf3..df50829 100644
--- a/src/Transaction.cpp
+++ b/src/Transaction.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "Database.h"
 #include "Assertion.h"
-#include "Exception.h"
 
 
 namespace SQLite
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ Transaction::Transaction(Database& aDatabase) : // throw(SQLite::Exception)
 }
 
 // Safely rollback the transaction if it has not been committed.
-Transaction::~Transaction(void) throw() // nothrow
+Transaction::~Transaction(void) noexcept // nothrow
 {
     if (false == mbCommited)
     {
diff --git a/src/Transaction.h b/src/Transaction.h
index 18d253b..96b1426 100644
--- a/src/Transaction.h
+++ b/src/Transaction.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
+#include "Exception.h"
+
 
 namespace SQLite
 {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * @brief Safely rollback the transaction if it has not been committed.
      */
-    virtual ~Transaction(void) throw(); // nothrow
+    virtual ~Transaction(void) noexcept; // nothrow
 
     /**
      * @brief Commit the transaction.