diff --git a/empire-db-jsf2/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/jsf2/utils/TagEncodingHelper.java b/empire-db-jsf2/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/jsf2/utils/TagEncodingHelper.java
index 6c86fdf..6c74605 100644
--- a/empire-db-jsf2/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/jsf2/utils/TagEncodingHelper.java
+++ b/empire-db-jsf2/src/main/java/org/apache/empire/jsf2/utils/TagEncodingHelper.java
@@ -602,7 +602,10 @@
         if (column == null)
             column = findColumn();
         if (column == null)
-        {   // @deprecated: for compatiblity only!
+        {   // @deprecated: for compatibility only!
+            if (getTagAttributeValue("column")!=null)
+                return false; // provided but not found
+            // find value
             column = findColumnFromValue();  
             if (column!=null)
                 log.warn("Providing the column as the value is deprecated. Use column attribute insteam. This might be removed in future versions!");