diff --git a/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ade1ec1..87ceb6e 100644
--- a/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/postgres/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ set(TEST_SOURCES
   ../../../test/backends/SequenceFixture.hpp
   ../../../test/backends/SequenceFixture.cpp
   ../../../test/backends/SequenceTest.cpp
+        ../../../test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.hpp
+        ../../../test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.cpp
+        ../../../test/backends/TableSequenceTest.cpp
 )
 
 set(LIBRARY_TEST_TARGET PostgresTests)
diff --git a/demo/work/admin/LoginHistory.hpp b/demo/work/admin/LoginHistory.hpp
index 4cd32ed..0892495 100644
--- a/demo/work/admin/LoginHistory.hpp
+++ b/demo/work/admin/LoginHistory.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct LoginHistory : core::Model {
     template<typename Operator>
     void process( Operator& op ) {
         namespace field = matador::access;
+        field::process_base<Model>( op, *this );
         field::process( op, *matador::base_class<Model>( this ) );
         field::belongs_to( op, "client", client, matador::utils::CascadeAllFetchLazy );
         field::belongs_to( op, "scenario", scenario, matador::utils::CascadeAllFetchLazy );
diff --git a/include/matador/query/table_column.hpp b/include/matador/query/table_column.hpp
index fe9bafd..7c065b5 100644
--- a/include/matador/query/table_column.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/query/table_column.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 namespace matador::query {
 
 class table;
+class column_expression;
 
 // ReSharper disable CppNonExplicitConvertingConstructor
 class table_column {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public:
 
 
   table_column(const std::shared_ptr<abstract_column_expression>& expression) noexcept;
+  table_column(column_expression&& expression) noexcept;
   table_column& operator=(const table_column& other);
   table_column(const table_column& other) = default;
   table_column(table_column&& other) noexcept = default;
diff --git a/include/matador/utils/access.hpp b/include/matador/utils/access.hpp
index ba910b6..df38974 100644
--- a/include/matador/utils/access.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/utils/access.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ void process(Operator &op, const Type &object) {
   process(op, const_cast<Type &>(object));
 }
 
+template<class Base, class Derived, class Operator>
+void process_base(Operator &op, const Derived &object) {
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must not be of same type as class Derived");
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must be base of class Derived");
+  process(op, static_cast<const Base&>(object));
+}
+
+template<class Base, class Derived, class Operator>
+void process_base(Operator &op, Derived &object) {
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must not be of same type as class Derived");
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must be base of class Derived");
+  process(op, static_cast<Base&>(object));
+}
+
 template< class Operator, class Type >
 void primary_key(Operator &op, const char *id, Type &value, const utils::primary_key_attribute &attr) {
   op.on_primary_key(id, value, attr);
diff --git a/include/matador/utils/base_class.hpp b/include/matador/utils/base_class.hpp
index e823463..b9d7c9d 100644
--- a/include/matador/utils/base_class.hpp
+++ b/include/matador/utils/base_class.hpp
@@ -8,33 +8,31 @@ namespace matador {
 /**
  * @brief Safely casts a given derived class to its base class
  *
- * @tparam B The base class type
- * @tparam D The class type of the derived class
+ * @tparam Base The base class type
+ * @tparam Derived The class type of the derived class
  * @param derived The derived object
  * @return The cast object
  */
-template < class B, class D>
-const B* base_class(const D *derived)
-{
-  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<B, D>, "class B must not be of same type as class D");
-  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<B, D>, "class B must be base of class D");
-  return static_cast<const B*>(derived);
+template < class Base, class Derived>
+const Base* base_class(const Derived *derived) {
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must not be of same type as class Derived");
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must be base of class Derived");
+  return static_cast<const Base*>(derived);
 }
 
 /**
  * @brief Safely casts a given derived class to its base class
  *
- * @tparam B The base class type
- * @tparam D The class type of the derived class
+ * @tparam Base The base class type
+ * @tparam Derived The class type of the derived class
  * @param derived The derived object
  * @return The cast object
  */
-template < class B, class D>
-B* base_class(D *derived)
-{
-  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<B, D>, "class B must not be of same type as class D");
-  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<B, D>, "class B must be base of class D");
-  return static_cast<B*>(derived);
+template < class Base, class Derived>
+Base* base_class(Derived *derived) {
+  static_assert(!std::is_same_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must not be of same type as class Derived");
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<Base, Derived>, "class Base must be base of class Derived");
+  return static_cast<Base*>(derived);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/source/orm/query/query_utils.cpp b/source/orm/query/query_utils.cpp
index 9f2d72a..64a24a1 100644
--- a/source/orm/query/query_utils.cpp
+++ b/source/orm/query/query_utils.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ void prepare_column(sql::query_context& ctx, const sql::dialect& d, const table_
         attribute_string_writer writer(d, {});
         expression_evaluator v(d, ctx);
         col.expression()->accept(v);
+      ctx.sql += v.result();
 
         if (col.has_alias()) {
             ctx.sql.append(" ").append(d.as()).append(" ").append(col.alias());
diff --git a/source/orm/query/table_column.cpp b/source/orm/query/table_column.cpp
index 2c21637..3294e2a 100644
--- a/source/orm/query/table_column.cpp
+++ b/source/orm/query/table_column.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "matador/query/expression/column_expression.hpp"
+
 namespace matador::query {
 
 table_column operator ""_col(const char *name, const size_t len) {
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ table_column::table_column(const class table* tab,
 table_column::table_column(const std::shared_ptr<abstract_column_expression>& expression) noexcept
 : table_column(nullptr, "", "", utils::basic_type::Unknown, {}, sql::sql_function_t::None, expression) {}
 
+table_column::table_column(column_expression&& expression) noexcept
+: table_column(std::shared_ptr(expression.release())) {
+}
+
 table_column & table_column::operator=(const table_column &other) {
   if (this == &other) {
     return *this;
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ bool table_column::equals(const table_column &x) const {
 }
 
 table_column table_column::as(const std::string& alias) const {
-  return {table_, column_name_, alias, type_, attributes_, function_};
+  return {table_, column_name_, alias, type_, attributes_, function_, expression_};
 }
 
 const std::string& table_column::name() const {
diff --git a/test/backends/SequenceFixture.hpp b/test/backends/SequenceFixture.hpp
index 3be0fea..42f2583 100644
--- a/test/backends/SequenceFixture.hpp
+++ b/test/backends/SequenceFixture.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef MATADOR_SEQUENCE_FIXTURE_HPP
 #define MATADOR_SEQUENCE_FIXTURE_HPP
 
-#include "matador/query/schema.hpp"
-
 #include "matador/sql/connection.hpp"
 
 #include <stack>
@@ -10,18 +8,18 @@
 namespace matador::test {
 class SequenceFixture {
 public:
-    SequenceFixture();
-    ~SequenceFixture();
+  SequenceFixture();
+  ~SequenceFixture();
 
-    void check_sequence_exists(const std::string &sequence_name) const;
-    void check_sequence_not_exists(const std::string &sequence_name) const;
+  void check_sequence_exists(const std::string &sequence_name) const;
+  void check_sequence_not_exists(const std::string &sequence_name) const;
 
 protected:
-    sql::connection db;
-    std::stack <std::string> sequences_to_drop;
+  sql::connection db;
+  std::stack <std::string> sequences_to_drop;
 
 private:
-    void drop_sequence_if_exists(const std::string &sequence_name) const;
+  void drop_sequence_if_exists(const std::string &sequence_name) const;
 };
 }
 
diff --git a/test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.cpp b/test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dff072f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "TableSequenceFixture.hpp"
+
+#include "matador/query/query.hpp"
+#include "matador/query/builder.hpp"
+
+#include "connection.hpp"
+
+#include "catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp"
+
+namespace matador::test {
+TableSequenceFixture::TableSequenceFixture()
+: db(connection::dns) {
+  REQUIRE(db.open());
+
+  REQUIRE(query::query::create()
+    .table(sequence_table_name)
+    .columns({
+      query::column("name", utils::basic_type::Varchar, 255),
+      query::column("next_id", utils::basic_type::Int64)
+    })
+    .execute(db));
+}
+
+TableSequenceFixture::~TableSequenceFixture() {
+  REQUIRE(query::query::drop()
+    .table(sequence_table_name)
+    .execute(db));
+  REQUIRE(db.close());
+}
+}
diff --git a/test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.hpp b/test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33285b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/backends/TableSequenceFixture.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef MATADOR_TABLE_SEQUENCE_FIXTURE_HPP
+#define MATADOR_TABLE_SEQUENCE_FIXTURE_HPP
+
+#include "matador/sql/connection.hpp"
+
+namespace matador::test {
+class TableSequenceFixture {
+public:
+  TableSequenceFixture();
+  ~TableSequenceFixture();
+
+protected:
+  sql::connection db;
+  std::string sequence_table_name{"test_seq_table"};
+};
+}
+
+#endif //MATADOR_TABLE_SEQUENCE_FIXTURE_HPP
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diff --git a/test/backends/TableSequenceTest.cpp b/test/backends/TableSequenceTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..118330f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/backends/TableSequenceTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp"
+
+#include "matador/query/criteria.hpp"
+#include "matador/query/expression/expression_operators.hpp"
+#include "matador/query/query.hpp"
+#include "matador/query/table_column.hpp"
+
+#include "TableSequenceFixture.hpp"
+
+using namespace matador::query;
+using namespace matador::test;
+
+TEST_CASE_METHOD(TableSequenceFixture, "test create and drop table sequence", "[table_sequence][create][drop]") {
+  const auto next_id_col = "next_id"_col;
+  auto result = query::query::insert()
+    .into(sequence_table_name, { "name", next_id_col})
+    .values({ "test_seq", 1 })
+    .execute(db);
+  REQUIRE(result);
+  REQUIRE(result->affected_rows == 1);
+
+  table_column exp(next_id_col - 1);
+  auto id_result = query::query::update(sequence_table_name)
+    .set(next_id_col, next_id_col + 1)
+    .where("name"_col == "test_seq")
+    .returning((next_id_col - 1).as("id"))
+    .fetch_value<int64_t>(db);
+
+  REQUIRE(id_result);
+  REQUIRE(id_result->has_value());
+  REQUIRE(id_result->value() == 1);
+
+  id_result = query::query::select({next_id_col})
+    .from(sequence_table_name)
+    .where("name"_col == "test_seq")
+    .fetch_value<int64_t>(db);
+  REQUIRE(id_result);
+  REQUIRE(id_result->has_value());
+  REQUIRE(id_result->value() == 2);
+}
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