diff --git a/src/columnvalueops.rs b/src/columnvalueops.rs
index a97010e..17f3cdc 100644
--- a/src/columnvalueops.rs
+++ b/src/columnvalueops.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ pub trait ColumnValueOps: Sized {
     fn from_string_literal(s: Cow<str>) -> Result<Self, Cow<str>>;
     fn from_number_literal(s: Cow<str>) -> Result<Self, Cow<str>>;
 
+    fn from_f64(value: f64) -> Self;
+    fn to_f64(self) -> Result<f64, ()>;
+
+    fn from_u64(value: u64) -> Self;
+    fn to_u64(self) -> Result<u64, ()>;
+
+    fn null() -> Self { ColumnValueOps::from_3vl(0) }
+
     fn from_bytes(dbtype: DbType, bytes: Cow<[u8]>) -> Result<Self, ()>;
     fn to_bytes(self, dbtype: DbType) -> Result<Box<[u8]>, ()>;
     fn get_dbtype(&self) -> DbType;
@@ -25,6 +33,8 @@ pub trait ColumnValueOps: Sized {
     fn equals(&self, rhs: &Self) -> Self;
     fn not_equals(&self, rhs: &Self) -> Self;
 
+    fn is_null(&self) -> bool { self.to_3vl() == 0 }
+
     fn not(&self) -> Self {
         ColumnValueOps::from_3vl(-self.to_3vl())
     }
diff --git a/src/types/variant.rs b/src/types/variant.rs
index 12f47e5..4491c58 100644
--- a/src/types/variant.rs
+++ b/src/types/variant.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,32 @@ impl ColumnValueOps for Variant {
         }
     }
 
+    fn from_f64(value: f64) -> Variant {
+        Variant::Float(F64NoNaN::new(value).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    fn to_f64(self) -> Result<f64, ()> {
+        let num = self.cast(DbType::F64);
+        if let Some(Variant::Float(float)) = num {
+            Ok(*float)
+        } else {
+            Err(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn from_u64(value: u64) -> Variant {
+        Variant::UnsignedInteger(value)
+    }
+
+    fn to_u64(self) -> Result<u64, ()> {
+        let num = self.cast(DbType::Integer { signed: false, bytes: 8 });
+        if let Some(Variant::UnsignedInteger(i)) = num {
+            Ok(i)
+        } else {
+            Err(())
+        }
+    }
+
     fn from_bytes(dbtype: DbType, bytes: Cow<[u8]>) -> Result<Variant, ()> {
         match dbtype {
             DbType::Null => Ok(Variant::Null),