diff --git a/lib/documentmanagement/DocumentField.inc b/lib/documentmanagement/DocumentField.inc
index bbc8812..b4ed835 100644
--- a/lib/documentmanagement/DocumentField.inc
+++ b/lib/documentmanagement/DocumentField.inc
@@ -324,6 +324,22 @@ class DocumentField {
 		$_SESSION["errorMessage"] = $lang_err_database;
 		return false;
 	}
+	
+	function getLookupCount($iDocumentFieldID){
+		global $default, $lang_err_database;
+			
+		$sql = $default->db;
+		$result = $sql->query("SELECT * FROM " . $default->owl_metadata_table . " WHERE document_field_id = " . $iDocumentFieldID);
+		if ($result) {			
+			$iCount = 0;
+			while ($sql->next_record()) {		
+				$iCount++;
+			}
+			return $iCount;
+		}
+		$_SESSION["errorMessage"] = $lang_err_database;
+		return false;
+	}
 }
 
 /**