--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java	Mon Dec 23 12:16:22 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java	Mon Dec 23 16:14:03 2013 +0100
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -126,4 +127,10 @@
 	public static String lpad(String s, int n) {
 		return String.format("%1$" + n + "s", s);
 	}
+
+	public static String repeat(char ch, int count) {
+		char[] array = new char[count];
+		Arrays.fill(array, ch);
+		return new String(array);
+	}
 }