diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 56cd972..58fb4d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  qSharp 2.2.0 [2015.08.x]
+  qSharp 2.2.0 [2015.08.14]
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   - API convenience extensions
diff --git a/qSharp/src/IQTable.cs b/qSharp/src/IQTable.cs
index 7c46ab1..5aebb9a 100644
--- a/qSharp/src/IQTable.cs
+++ b/qSharp/src/IQTable.cs
@@ -32,5 +32,20 @@ public interface IQTable
         ///     Gets a number of columns in table.
         /// </summary>
         int ColumnsCount { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks whether table contains column with given name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="column">Name of the column</param>
+        /// <returns>true if table contains column with given name, false otherwise</returns>
+        bool HasColumn(string column);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets a column index for specified name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="column">Name of the column</param>
+        /// <returns>0 based column index
+        int GetColumnIndex(string column);
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qSharp/src/QKeyedTable.cs b/qSharp/src/QKeyedTable.cs
index a4c3241..4a9b512 100644
--- a/qSharp/src/QKeyedTable.cs
+++ b/qSharp/src/QKeyedTable.cs
@@ -157,6 +157,33 @@ System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
             return this.GetEnumerator();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks whether table contains column with given name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="column">Name of the column</param>
+        /// <returns>true if table contains column with given name, false otherwise</returns>
+        public bool HasColumn(string column)
+        {
+            return _keys.HasColumn(column) || _values.HasColumn(column);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets a column index for specified name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="column">Name of the column</param>
+        /// <returns>0 based column index
+        public int GetColumnIndex(string column)
+        {
+            if (_keys.HasColumn(column))
+            {
+                return _keys.GetColumnIndex(column);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return _values.GetColumnIndex(column) + _keys.ColumnsCount;
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Determines whether the specified System.Object is equal to the current QKeyedTable.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/qSharp/src/QTable.cs b/qSharp/src/QTable.cs
index 081f8de..d9d2b9e 100644
--- a/qSharp/src/QTable.cs
+++ b/qSharp/src/QTable.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public QTable(string[] columns, Array data)
 
             _columns = columns;
             Data = data;
-            RowsCount = ((Array) data.GetValue(0)).Length;
+            RowsCount = ((Array)data.GetValue(0)).Length;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -120,14 +120,24 @@ System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
             return this.GetEnumerator();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks whether table contains column with given name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="column">Name of the column</param>
+        /// <returns>true if table contains column with given name, false otherwise</returns>
+        public bool HasColumn(string column)
+        {
+            return _columnsMap.Contains(column);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets a column index for specified name.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="column">Name of the column</param>
-        /// <returns>0 based column index</returns>
+        /// <returns>0 based column index
         public int GetColumnIndex(string column)
         {
-            return (int) _columnsMap[column];
+            return (int)_columnsMap[column];
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ public override bool Equals(object obj)
 
         public override int GetHashCode()
         {
-            return 31*Columns.GetHashCode() + Data.GetHashCode();
+            return 31 * Columns.GetHashCode() + Data.GetHashCode();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -228,7 +238,8 @@ public struct Row : IEnumerable
             /// <summary>
             ///     Initializes a new instance of the Row.
             /// </summary>
-            public Row(QTable table, int rowIndex) : this()
+            public Row(QTable table, int rowIndex)
+                : this()
             {
                 if (rowIndex < 0 || rowIndex > table.RowsCount)
                 {
diff --git a/qSharp/test/DataTypeTest.cs b/qSharp/test/DataTypeTest.cs
index a287a1f..f9fb417 100644
--- a/qSharp/test/DataTypeTest.cs
+++ b/qSharp/test/DataTypeTest.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //
 
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using System;
 
 namespace qSharp.test
 {
@@ -88,6 +89,12 @@ public void TestQTable()
             var t = new QTable(columns, data);
             Assert.AreEqual(t, new QTable(columns, data));
 
+            Assert.IsTrue(t.HasColumn("pos"));
+            Assert.IsFalse(t.HasColumn("unknown"));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, t.GetColumnIndex("dates"));
+            Assert.Throws<NullReferenceException>(() => t.GetColumnIndex("unknown"));
+
             int i = 0;
             var e = t.GetEnumerator();
 
@@ -111,6 +118,14 @@ public void TestQKeyedTable()
             var kt = new QKeyedTable(columns, keyColumns, data);
             Assert.AreEqual(kt, new QKeyedTable(columns, keyColumns, data));
 
+            Assert.IsTrue(kt.HasColumn("pos"));
+            Assert.IsFalse(kt.HasColumn("unknown"));
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(0, kt.GetColumnIndex("eid"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, kt.GetColumnIndex("pos"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, kt.GetColumnIndex("dates"));
+            Assert.Throws<NullReferenceException>(() => kt.GetColumnIndex("unknown"));
+
             int i = 0;
             var e = kt.GetEnumerator();