diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
index 1508ad0f6a..20d7f326e1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
@@ -10680,6 +10680,16 @@ public interface DSLContext extends Scope , AutoCloseable  {
     <R extends Record> Optional<R> fetchOptional(ResultQuery<R> query) throws DataAccessException, TooManyRowsException;
 
 
+    /**
+     * Fetch a single value from a single column table.
+     *
+     * @param table The table from which to fetch a value
+     * @return The value or <code>null</code>, if no record was found.
+     * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     * @throws TooManyRowsException if the query returned more than one record
+     */
+    <T> T fetchValue(Table<? extends Record1<T>> table) throws DataAccessException, TooManyRowsException;
+
     /**
      * Execute a {@link ResultQuery} in the context of this
      * <code>DSLContext</code> and return a single value.
@@ -10740,6 +10750,15 @@ public interface DSLContext extends Scope , AutoCloseable  {
     <T> Optional<T> fetchOptionalValue(TableField<?, T> field) throws DataAccessException, TooManyRowsException, InvalidResultException;
 
 
+    /**
+     * Fetch all values from a single column table.
+     *
+     * @param table The table from which to fetch values
+     * @return The values. This will never be <code>null</code>.
+     * @throws DataAccessException if something went wrong executing the query
+     */
+    <T> List<T> fetchValues(Table<? extends Record1<T>> table) throws DataAccessException;
+
     /**
      * Execute a {@link ResultQuery} in the context of this
      * <code>DSLContext</code> and return all values for the only column.
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
index 24bb28a72b..c144b9c64d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
@@ -4159,6 +4159,11 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext extends AbstractScope implements DSLContext, Seri
     }
 
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> T fetchValue(Table<? extends Record1<T>> table) {
+        return fetchValue(selectFrom(table));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <T, R extends Record1<T>> T fetchValue(ResultQuery<R> query) {
         final Configuration previous = Tools.getConfiguration(query);
@@ -4194,6 +4199,11 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext extends AbstractScope implements DSLContext, Seri
     }
 
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> List<T> fetchValues(Table<? extends Record1<T>> table) throws DataAccessException {
+        return fetchValues(selectFrom(table));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <T, R extends Record1<T>> List<T> fetchValues(ResultQuery<R> query) {
         return (List) fetch(query).getValues(0);