1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/odb/details/buffer.hxx b/odb/details/buffer.hxx
index 2b26e8c..558be9b 100644
--- a/odb/details/buffer.hxx
+++ b/odb/details/buffer.hxx
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ namespace odb
       {
         return static_cast<T*> (data_);
       }
+
+      // Note that strictly speaking the return type should be void* const*
+      // but that would make using this function too awkward since we often
+      // store the result as void*.
+      //
+      void**
+      data_ptr ()
+      {
+        return &data_;
+      }
+
+      const void* const*
+      data_ptr () const
+      {
+        return &data_;
+      }
     };
 
     typedef basic_buffer<char> buffer;