fixes #27

Author: jph00

settings.ini

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
 repo = sqlite-minutils
 lib_name = sqlite-minutils
-version = 3.37.0.post5
+version = 4.0.0
 min_python = 3.8
 license = apache2
 black_formatting = False

sqlite_minutils/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "3.37.0.post5"
+__version__ = "4.0.0"
 from .db import *
 

sqlite_minutils/db.py

@@ -404,6 +404,12 @@ def attach(self, alias: str, filepath: Union[str, pathlib.Path]):
         ).strip()
         self.execute(attach_sql)
 
+    def fetchone(self, sql:str, where_args: Optional[Union[Iterable, dict]] = None):
+        """
+        Execute ``sql`` and return a single row result
+        """
+        return self.execute(sql, where_args or []).fetchone()[0]
+
     def query(
         self, sql: str, params: Optional[Union[Iterable, dict]] = None
     ) -> Generator[dict, None, None]: