Re: [development] Extend database abstraction layer, to include table creation

2. Execute a query that will return exactly one column of one row, and return that data value as a simple variable of mixed type.

Example use case: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node} WHERE type='story';

Suggested function signature: $mixed = db_query_value($sql [, $params])

We already have this: http://drupaldocs.org/api/head/function/db_result