--- a/SrvTxtUtils.py	Fri Jun 14 15:49:53 2013 +0200
+++ b/SrvTxtUtils.py	Fri Jun 14 17:36:09 2013 +0200
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 import urllib2
 import logging
 import time
+import re
 
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-srvTxtUtilsVersion = "1.9.2"
+srvTxtUtilsVersion = "1.10.0"
 
 map_months = {'en': [u"",
                u"January",
@@ -215,3 +216,23 @@
     l1 = int((l - len(ellipsis)) / 2)
     return "%s%s%s"%(s[:l1],ellipsis,s[-l1:])
 
+
+def sqlName(s, lc=True, more=''):
+    """returns restricted ASCII-only version of string"""
+    if s is None:
+        return ""
+    
+    if not isinstance(s, basestring):
+        # make string object
+        s = str(s)
+        
+    # remove '
+    s = s.replace("'","")
+    # all else -> "_"
+    s = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9_'+more+']','_',s)
+    if lc:
+        return s.lower()
+    
+    return s
+
+