diff --git a/connectivity/inc/connectivity/dbtools.hxx b/connectivity/inc/connectivity/dbtools.hxx
index da9fb29305f5..4b3d53d4ff3f 100644
--- a/connectivity/inc/connectivity/dbtools.hxx
+++ b/connectivity/inc/connectivity/dbtools.hxx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  *
  *  $RCSfile: dbtools.hxx,v $
  *
- *  $Revision: 1.34 $
+ *  $Revision: 1.35 $
  *
- *  last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2008-01-29 13:54:28 $
+ *  last change: $Author: rt $ $Date: 2008-01-30 07:46:11 $
  *
  *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to
  *  the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ namespace dbtools
                                      const ::rtl::OUString& _rBaseName,
                                      sal_Bool _bStartWithNumber = sal_True);
 
+    /** creates a unique name which is not already used in the given name array
+    */
+    ::rtl::OUString createUniqueName(
+        const ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< ::rtl::OUString >& _rNames,
+        const ::rtl::OUString& _rBaseName,
+        sal_Bool _bStartWithNumber = sal_True
+    );
+
     /** create a name which is a valid SQL 92 identifier name
         @param      _rName          the string which should be converted
         @param      _rSpecials      @see com.sun.star.sdbc.XDatabaseMetaData.getExtraNameCharacters