Given a name, return the latest version and history of
        the metadata gleaned from the blockchain.
        Name must be fully-qualified (i.e. name.ns_id)
        Return None if no such name is currently registered.

        NOTE: returns names that are revoked

def get_name( self, name, lastblock=None, include_expired=False, include_history=True ):
        """
        Given a name, return the latest version and history of
        the metadata gleaned from the blockchain.
        Name must be fully-qualified (i.e. name.ns_id)
        Return None if no such name is currently registered.

        NOTE: returns names that are revoked
        """

        if lastblock is None:
            lastblock = self.lastblock

        cur = self.db.cursor()
        name_rec = namedb_get_name( cur, name, lastblock, include_expired=include_expired, include_history=include_history )
        return name_rec