diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java
index 0a6e35edd0..3f78cebd79 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Interpreter.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.name;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.schema;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.BIGINT;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_FIELD;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.dataTypes;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.intersect;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.normaliseNameCase;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.reverseIterable;
@@ -810,9 +811,9 @@ final class Interpreter {
                 return;
         }
 
-        List<DataType<?>> columnTypes = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (Field<?> f : (query.$select() != null ? query.$select().getSelect() : asList(query.$fields())))
-            columnTypes.add(f.getDataType());
+        List<DataType<?>> columnTypes = query.$select() != null
+            ? dataTypes(query.$select())
+            : asList(dataTypes(query.$fields()));
 
         newTable(table, schema, asList(query.$fields()), columnTypes, query.$select(), null, TableOptions.view(query.$select()));
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index d25db0578b..0401a3f268 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -1212,6 +1212,18 @@ final class Tools {
         return result;
     }
 
+    static final DataType<?>[] dataTypes(Field<?>[] fields) {
+        if (fields == null)
+            return null;
+
+        DataType<?>[] result = new DataType<?>[fields.length];
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++)
+            result[i] = fields[i].getDataType();
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX: General utility methods
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3138,25 +3150,34 @@ final class Tools {
         return select.getSelect().size();
     }
 
+    static final List<DataType<?>> dataTypes(Select<?> select) {
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+        List<DataType<?>> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Field<?> f : select.getSelect())
+            result.add(f.getDataType());
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     static final DataType<?> scalarType(Select<?> select) {
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-        List<Field<?>> list = select.getSelect();
+        List<DataType<?>> list = dataTypes(select);
 
         if (list.size() != 1)
             throw new IllegalStateException("Only single-column selects have a scalar type");
 
-        return list.get(0).getDataType();
+        return list.get(0);
     }
 
     /**