Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php	(revision 6888)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php	(working copy)
@@ -363,6 +363,32 @@
 		}
 		return $output;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates and executes a SELECT SQL-statement AND traverses result set and returns the specified field
+	 *
+	 * @param	string		See exec_SELECTquery()
+	 * @param	string		See exec_SELECTquery()
+	 * @param	string		See exec_SELECTquery()
+	 * @param	string		See exec_SELECTquery()
+	 * @param	string		See exec_SELECTquery()
+	 * @param	int			from which row the field has to be returned
+	 * @return	string		Value of specified field
+	 */
+	function exec_SELECTgetField($select_field, $from_table, $where_clause, $groupBy = '', $orderBy = '', $offset = 0) {
+		$res = $this->exec_SELECTquery($select_field, $from_table, $where_clause, $groupBy, $orderBy, intval($offset) . ', 1');
+		if ($this->debugOutput) {
+			$this->debug('exec_SELECTquery');
+		}
+		if (!$this->sql_error()) {
+			while($tempRow[] = $this->sql_fetch_assoc($res));
+			$this->sql_free_result($res);
+			if (isset($tempRow[0][$select_field])) {
+				return $tempRow[0][$select_field];
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Counts the number of rows in a table.