From 134efd639244d94ffd112f97e80e6d93651ddb5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jack.Yuan" <tangtangtoo@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:58:36 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update Statement.cpp

---
 src/Statement.cpp | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Statement.cpp b/src/Statement.cpp
index d606e4d..ac18de4 100644
--- a/src/Statement.cpp
+++ b/src/Statement.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,33 @@ Column Statement::getColumn(const int aIndex)
     return Column(mStmtPtr, aIndex);
 }
 
+// Return a copy of the column data specified by its column name starting at 0
+// (use the Column copy-constructor)
+Column  Statement::getColumn(const char* aName)
+{
+    int aIndex = -1;
+    
+    if (false == mbOk)
+    {
+        throw SQLite::Exception("No row to get a column from");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < mColumnCount; i++) {
+            if (sqlite3_column_name(mStmtPtr, i) == aName)
+                break;
+        }
+        
+        if ((aIndex < 0) || (aIndex >= mColumnCount)) {
+            throw SQLite::Exception("Column index out of range");
+        }
+        
+    }
+        
+    // Share the Statement Object handle with the new Column created
+    return Column(mStmtPtr, aIndex);
+}
+
 // Test if the column is NULL
 bool Statement::isColumnNull(const int aIndex) const
 {

From b6fdf50669eb0af70981c0dc3253a59856115f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jack.Yuan" <tangtangtoo@icloud.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:59:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix issue: Column by name #23

add method `Column getColumn(const char* aName);` in Statement.h
---
 include/SQLiteCpp/Statement.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/SQLiteCpp/Statement.h b/include/SQLiteCpp/Statement.h
index 521d38f..7dab620 100644
--- a/include/SQLiteCpp/Statement.h
+++ b/include/SQLiteCpp/Statement.h
@@ -295,6 +295,33 @@ public:
      */
     Column  getColumn(const int aIndex);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Return a copy of the column data specified by its column name
+     *
+     *  Can be used to access the data of the current row of result when applicable,
+     * while the executeStep() method returns true.
+     *
+     *  Throw an exception if there is no row to return a Column from :
+     * - before any executeStep() call
+     * - after the last executeStep() returned false
+     * - after a reset() call
+     *
+     *  Throw an exception if the specified index is out of the [0, getColumnCount()) range.
+     *
+     * @param[in] aName    Name of the column, starting at index 0
+     *
+     * @note    This method is no more const, starting in v0.5,
+     *          which reflects the fact that the returned Column object will
+     *          share the ownership of the underlying sqlite3_stmt.
+     *
+     * @warning The resulting Column object must not be memorized "as-is".
+     *          Is is only a wrapper around the current result row, so it is only valid
+     *          while the row from the Statement remains valid, that is only until next executeStep() call.
+     *          Thus, you should instead extract immediately its data (getInt(), getText()...)
+     *          and use or copy this data for any later usage.
+     */
+    Column  getColumn(const char* aName);
+    
     /**
      * @brief Test if the column value is NULL
      *