diff --git a/src/db_mysql.nim b/src/db_mysql.nim
index 9c24de33a6..ba560243f6 100644
--- a/src/db_mysql.nim
+++ b/src/db_mysql.nim
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ proc `[]`*(row: InstantRow, col: int): string {.inline.} =
   ## Returns text for given column of the row.
   $row.row[col]
 
+proc unsafeColumnAt*(row: InstantRow, index: int): cstring {.inline.} =
+  ## Return cstring of given column of the row
+  row.row[index]
+
 proc len*(row: InstantRow): int {.inline.} =
   ## Returns number of columns in the row.
   row.len