diff --git a/src/include/textset.h b/src/include/textset.h
index 00b68136f..e9a56b381 100755
--- a/src/include/textset.h
+++ b/src/include/textset.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public:
   virtual const TVariant& get(unsigned int column) const;
   virtual TRecnotype new_rec(const char* buf = NULL);
   virtual bool set(unsigned int fld, const TVariant& var);
+  virtual bool set(const char* fld, const TVariant& var) { return TText_recordset::set(fld, var); }
+  virtual bool set(const char* fld, const char * s) { const TVariant var(s); return TText_recordset::set(fld, var); }
+  virtual bool set(const char* fld, const TString & s) { const TVariant var(s); return TText_recordset::set(fld, var); }
 	virtual void destroy_column(const int ncol = -1, bool pack = true) { _trc.destroy(ncol, pack); }
 	virtual void create_column(const char * name, TFieldtypes type = _alfafld);
   virtual bool load_file(const TFilename& n);
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ public:
   virtual const TRecordset_column_info& column_info(const char* colunmn) const;
   virtual const TVariant& get(unsigned int column) const;
   virtual const TVariant& get(const char* colunmn) const;
+	virtual bool exist(const char* column) const { return find_column(column) >= 0;  }
 
 public:
   bool create_field(const char* name, int pos, int len, TFieldtypes t = _alfafld,