--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java	Tue Dec 24 01:42:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java	Tue Dec 24 11:54:58 2013 +0100
@@ -133,29 +133,4 @@
 		Arrays.fill(array, ch);
 		return new String(array);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @param original any text
-	 * @return escaped text that can be used as part of an regular expression, matches the original
-	 * text
-	 */
-	public static String escapeRegEx(String original) {
-		StringBuilder escaped = new StringBuilder(original.length() * 3);
-
-		escaped.append("\\Q"); // start quotation
-		for (int i = 0; i < original.length(); i++) {
-			char ch = original.charAt(i);
-			if (ch == 'E' && i > 0 && original.charAt(i - 1) == '\\') {
-				escaped.append(ch); // this unintentionally ends quotation
-				escaped.append("\\\\E"); // insert escaped \E (eaten before)
-				escaped.append("\\Q"); // re-start quotation
-			} else {
-				escaped.append(ch);
-			}
-
-		}
-		escaped.append("\\E"); // end quotation
-
-		return escaped.toString();
-	}
 }

--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/SQLCommandNamed.java	Tue Dec 24 01:42:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/SQLCommandNamed.java	Tue Dec 24 11:54:58 2013 +0100
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 package info.globalcode.sql.dk;
 
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions.notNull;
-import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions.escapeRegEx;
 import static info.globalcode.sql.dk.Functions.findByName;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 public class SQLCommandNamed extends SQLCommand {
 
-	private static final String PROBLEM_MARK = "<OMG>";
+	private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(SQLCommandNamed.class.getName());
 	private String namePrefix;
 	private String nameSuffix;
 	private List<NamedParameter> parameters;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 	public PreparedStatement prepareStatement(Connection c) throws SQLException {
 		buildPattern();
 		placeParametersAndUpdateQuery();
+		logPossiblyMissingParameters();
 		return c.prepareStatement(updatedQuery.toString());
 	}
 
@@ -72,16 +74,16 @@
 	private void buildPattern() {
 		StringBuilder patternString = new StringBuilder();
 
-		patternString.append(escapeRegEx(namePrefix));
+		patternString.append(Pattern.quote(namePrefix));
 		patternString.append("(");
 		for (int i = 0; i < parameters.size(); i++) {
-			patternString.append(escapeRegEx(parameters.get(i).getName()));
-			if (i < parameters.size()) {
+			patternString.append(Pattern.quote(parameters.get(i).getName()));
+			if (i < parameters.size() - 1) {
 				patternString.append("|");
 			}
 		}
 		patternString.append(")");
-		patternString.append(escapeRegEx(nameSuffix));
+		patternString.append(Pattern.quote(nameSuffix));
 
 		pattern = Pattern.compile(patternString.toString());
 	}
@@ -95,13 +97,6 @@
 			String name = m.group(1);
 
 			updatedQuery.append(originalQuery.substring(lastPosition, m.start()));
-
-			if (name.isEmpty()) {
-				updatedQuery.append(PROBLEM_MARK);
-				updatedQuery.append(originalQuery.substring(m.end(), originalQuery.length()));
-				throw new SQLException("Named parameter (near " + PROBLEM_MARK + ") is not defined: „" + updatedQuery + "“");
-			}
-
 			updatedQuery.append("?");
 
 			parametersUsed.add(findByName(parameters, name));
@@ -117,6 +112,17 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void logPossiblyMissingParameters() {
+		Pattern p = Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(namePrefix) + ".*?" + Pattern.quote(nameSuffix));
+		Matcher m = p.matcher(updatedQuery);
+		int lastPosition = 0;
+		while (m.find(lastPosition)) {
+
+			log.log(Level.WARNING, "Possibly missing parameter: {0}", m.group());
+			lastPosition = m.end();
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public List<NamedParameter> getParameters() {
 		return parameters;

--- a/java/sql-dk/test/info/globalcode/sql/dk/FunctionsTest.java	Tue Dec 24 01:42:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/test/info/globalcode/sql/dk/FunctionsTest.java	Tue Dec 24 11:54:58 2013 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	@Test
 	public void testEscapeRegEx() {
 		for (String original : new String[]{"abcd", "1234", "xxx", "\\Eescape\\Q", "\\Qescape\\E", "abc\\Eescape\\Qdef.", ".", ""}) {
-			String patternString = Functions.escapeRegEx(original);
+			String patternString = Pattern.quote(original);
 			System.out.println(original + " → " + patternString);
 
 			Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(patternString);