diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FieldProvider.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FieldProvider.java
index f7a2b44adc..58aa039650 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FieldProvider.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/FieldProvider.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public interface FieldProvider {
     List<Field<?>> getFields();
 
     /**
-     * Get a fields index from this field provider
+     * Get a field's index from this field provider
      *
      * @param field The field to look for
      * @return The field's index
@@ -88,4 +88,14 @@ public interface FieldProvider {
      *             provider.
      */
     int getIndex(Field<?> field) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+    /**
+     * Get a field's index from this field provider
+     *
+     * @param fieldName The field name to look for
+     * @return The field's index
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the field is not contained in this
+     *             provider.
+     */
+    int getIndex(String fieldName) throws IllegalArgumentException;
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDelegatingSelect.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDelegatingSelect.java
index 62b94a3ec8..dd63f7223b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDelegatingSelect.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDelegatingSelect.java
@@ -408,4 +408,9 @@ abstract class AbstractDelegatingSelect<R extends Record>
     public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) {
         return getDelegate().asTable().getIndex(field);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public final int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return getDelegate().asTable().getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractFieldProviderQueryPart.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractFieldProviderQueryPart.java
index 80ce14fdb7..19f16d35c3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractFieldProviderQueryPart.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractFieldProviderQueryPart.java
@@ -77,10 +77,15 @@ abstract class AbstractFieldProviderQueryPart<R extends Record> extends Abstract
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) {
         return getFieldList().getIndex(field);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return getFieldList().getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Subclasses should override this method to provide the set of fields
      * contained in the concrete table implementation. For example, a
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
index a9d1fcb694..de8c8cbb28 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractRecord.java
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ abstract class AbstractRecord extends AbstractStore implements Record {
         return fields.getIndex(field);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return fields.getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX: Record API
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractSelect.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractSelect.java
index 95f4e483c1..770fcdf7ef 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractSelect.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractSelect.java
@@ -115,10 +115,15 @@ abstract class AbstractSelect<R extends Record> extends AbstractResultQuery<R> i
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) {
         return asTable().getIndex(field);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return asTable().getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final Table<R> asTable() {
         // Its usually better to alias nested selects that are used in
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CursorImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CursorImpl.java
index f032c208ce..3ffb5608b9 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CursorImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CursorImpl.java
@@ -120,10 +120,15 @@ class CursorImpl<R extends Record> implements Cursor<R> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) {
         return fields.getIndex(field);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return fields.getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final Iterator<R> iterator() {
         if (iterator == null) {
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldList.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldList.java
index 95181524b3..4a6cc26872 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldList.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/FieldList.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class FieldList extends QueryPartList<Field<?>> implements FieldProvider {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    public final int getIndex(Field<?> field) {
         if (indexes == null) {
             indexes = new LinkedHashMap<Field<?>, Integer>();
 
@@ -141,4 +141,9 @@ class FieldList extends QueryPartList<Field<?>> implements FieldProvider {
 
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Field " + field + " is not contained in list");
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public final int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return getIndex(getField(fieldName));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java
index 23804a579f..67a2b7b1f4 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/MetaDataFieldProvider.java
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ class MetaDataFieldProvider implements FieldProvider, Serializable {
         return fields.getIndex(field);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final int getIndex(String fieldName) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return fields.getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // The Object API
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java
index ef5d862522..297744fbce 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ResultImpl.java
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ class ResultImpl<R extends Record> implements Result<R>, AttachableInternal {
         return fields.getIndex(field);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final int getIndex(String fieldName) {
+        return fields.getIndex(fieldName);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final boolean isEmpty() {
         return records.isEmpty();
@@ -1071,7 +1076,7 @@ class ResultImpl<R extends Record> implements Result<R>, AttachableInternal {
 
     @Override
     public final Result<R> sortAsc(String fieldName, Comparator<?> comparator) {
-        return sortAsc(getIndex(getField(fieldName)), comparator);
+        return sortAsc(getIndex(fieldName), comparator);
     }
 
     @Override