diff --git a/imports/mysql/server.lua b/imports/mysql/server.lua
index 91bc083..0dc236b 100644
--- a/imports/mysql/server.lua
+++ b/imports/mysql/server.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+--- MySQL-Async like library for OxMySQL, without the function name aliases
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 local MySQL = {}
 
 MySQL.ready = function(cb)
diff --git a/imports/table/shared.lua b/imports/table/shared.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b70792a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/imports/table/shared.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+----------------------------------------------------------
+--- Add additional functions to the standard table library
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+local table = table
+local pairs = pairs
+
+local function contains(tbl, value)
+	if type(value) == 'string' then
+		for _, v in pairs(tbl) do
+			if v == value then return true end
+		end
+	else
+		local matched_values = 0
+		local values = 0
+		for _, v1 in pairs(value) do
+			values += 1
+
+			for _, v2 in pairs(tbl) do
+				if v1 == v2 then matched_values += 1 end
+			end
+		end
+		if matched_values == values then return true end
+	end
+	return false
+end
+table.contains = contains
+
+local function match(t1, t2)
+	if t1 == t2 then return true end
+	if type(t1) ~= 'table' then return false end
+
+	local matched_values = 0
+	local values = 0
+
+	for _, v in pairs(t1) do
+		values += 1
+		if type(t2) == 'table' then
+			for _, v2 in pairs(t2) do
+				if v == v2 then
+					matched_values += 1
+				elseif match(v, v2) then
+					values += 1
+					matched_values += #v
+				end
+			end
+		elseif v == t2 then matched_values += 1 end
+	end
+	return matched_values == values
+end
+table.match = match
+
+return table
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