diff -r 074b81e5fa7c -r 6730214fab41 java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java
--- 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();
-	}
 }