diff --git a/core/database.class.php b/core/database.class.php
index a02132d8..0d4e3927 100644
--- a/core/database.class.php
+++ b/core/database.class.php
@@ -359,6 +359,18 @@ class Database {
 		return $res;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Execute an SQL query and return the the first row => the second rown
+	 */
+	public function get_pairs($query, $args=array()) {
+		$stmt = $this->execute($query, $args);
+		$res = array();
+		foreach($stmt as $row) {
+			$res[$row[0]] = $row[1];
+		}
+		return $res;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Execute an SQL query and return a single value
 	 */