db(db.person).select().column('name'), thanks Anthony

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

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