diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5eccb12e..e1bca154 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.05.16.22.42.19
+Version 2.9.5-trunk+timestamp.2014.05.26.22.25.23
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index e4b1de33..bc03939e 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -10979,6 +10979,9 @@ class Rows(object):
         self.export_to_csv_file(s)
         return s.getvalue()
 
+    def column(self, column=None):
+        return [r[str(column) if column else self.colnames[0]] for r in self]
+
     def first(self):
         if not self.records:
             return None