diff --git a/include/matador/sql/column.hpp b/include/matador/sql/column.hpp
index 4b73d24..937a311 100644
--- a/include/matador/sql/column.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/sql/column.hpp
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ enum class sql_function_t {
   MAX
 };
 
-struct column
-{
+struct column {
   column(const char *name, const std::string& as = ""); // NOLINT(*-explicit-constructor)
   explicit column(std::string name, std::string as = ""); // NOLINT(*-explicit-constructor)
   column(sql_function_t func, std::string name); // NOLINT(*-explicit-constructor)
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ struct column
 
   column& as(std::string a);
 
+  [[nodiscard]] const std::string& column_name() const;
+  [[nodiscard]] std::string full_name() const;
   [[nodiscard]] bool is_function() const;
   [[nodiscard]] bool has_alias() const;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ struct column
   sql_function_t function_{sql_function_t::NONE};
 };
 
-column operator "" _col(const char *name, size_t len);
+column operator ""_col(const char *name, size_t len);
 
 }
 #endif //QUERY_COLUMN_HPP
diff --git a/source/orm/sql/column.cpp b/source/orm/sql/column.cpp
index b1acf68..ee48f16 100644
--- a/source/orm/sql/column.cpp
+++ b/source/orm/sql/column.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ column &column::as(std::string a)
   return *this;
 }
 
+const std::string& column::column_name() const {
+  return name;
+}
+
+std::string column::full_name() const {
+  if (table_ && !table_->name.empty()) {
+    return table_->name + "." + name;
+  }
+  return name;
+}
+
 bool column::is_function() const
 {
   return function_ != sql_function_t::NONE;