diff --git a/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsDatabaseHelper.java b/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsDatabaseHelper.java
index b1e5b6d..01c62d3 100644
--- a/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsDatabaseHelper.java
+++ b/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsDatabaseHelper.java
@@ -4359,21 +4359,31 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test if the given column appears in the given projection.
+     */
+    public static boolean isInProjection(String[] projection, String column) {
+        if (projection == null) {
+            return true; // Null means "all columns".  We can't really tell if it's in there...
+        }
+        for (String test : projection) {
+            if (column.equals(test)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Test if any of the columns appear in the given projection.
      */
-    public boolean isInProjection(String[] projection, String... columns) {
+    public static boolean isInProjection(String[] projection, String... columns) {
         if (projection == null) {
             return true;
         }
 
         // Optimized for a single-column test
         if (columns.length == 1) {
-            String column = columns[0];
-            for (String test : projection) {
-                if (column.equals(test)) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
+            return isInProjection(projection, columns[0]);
         } else {
             for (String test : projection) {
                 for (String column : columns) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsProvider2.java b/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsProvider2.java
index 0f5aa3c..46e4061 100644
--- a/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsProvider2.java
+++ b/src/com/android/providers/contacts/ContactsProvider2.java
@@ -4980,17 +4980,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean hasColumn(String[] projection, String column) {
-        if (projection == null) {
-            return true; // Null projection means "all columns".
-        }
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < projection.length; i++) {
-            if (column.equalsIgnoreCase(projection[i])) return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     protected Cursor queryLocal(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection,
             String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder, long directoryId) {
         if (VERBOSE_LOGGING) {
@@ -5859,7 +5848,7 @@
                         readBooleanQueryParameter(uri, Groups.PARAM_RETURN_GROUP_COUNT_PER_ACCOUNT,
                                 false);
                 String tables = Views.GROUPS + " AS " + Tables.GROUPS;
-                if (hasColumn(projection, Groups.SUMMARY_COUNT)) {
+                if (ContactsDatabaseHelper.isInProjection(projection, Groups.SUMMARY_COUNT)) {
                     tables = tables + Joins.GROUP_MEMBER_COUNT;
                 }
                 qb.setTables(tables);
@@ -8084,6 +8073,6 @@
      * @return a boolean indicating if a snippet is needed or not.
      */
     private boolean snippetNeeded(String [] projection) {
-        return mDbHelper.get().isInProjection(projection, SearchSnippetColumns.SNIPPET);
+        return ContactsDatabaseHelper.isInProjection(projection, SearchSnippetColumns.SNIPPET);
     }
 }