diff --git a/MysqliDb.php b/MysqliDb.php
index fd547df6..3a9dfcb9 100644
--- a/MysqliDb.php
+++ b/MysqliDb.php
@@ -283,6 +283,23 @@ public function getOne($tableName, $columns = '*')
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A convenient SELECT * function to get one value.
+     *
+     * @param string  $tableName The name of the database table to work with.
+     *
+     * @return array Contains the returned column from the select query.
+     */
+    public function getValue($tableName, $column) 
+    {
+        $res = $this->get ($tableName, 1, "{$column} as retval");
+
+        if (isset($res[0]["retval"]))
+            return $res[0]["retval"];
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @param <string $tableName The name of the table.
@@ -300,8 +317,15 @@ public function insert($tableName, $insertData)
         $stmt->execute();
         $this->_stmtError = $stmt->error;
         $this->reset();
+        $this->count = $stmt->affected_rows;
+
+        if ($stmt->affected_rows < 1)
+            return false;
 
-        return ($stmt->affected_rows > 0 ? $stmt->insert_id : false);
+        if ($stmt->insert_id > 0)
+            return $stmt->insert_id;
+
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -422,7 +446,7 @@ public function join($joinTable, $joinCondition, $joinType = '')
      *
      * @return MysqliDb
      */
-    public function orderBy($orderByField, $orderbyDirection = "DESC")
+    public function orderBy($orderByField, $orderbyDirection = "DESC", $customFields = null)
     {
         $allowedDirection = Array ("ASC", "DESC");
         $orderbyDirection = strtoupper (trim ($orderbyDirection));
@@ -431,6 +455,13 @@ public function orderBy($orderByField, $orderbyDirection = "DESC")
         if (empty($orderbyDirection) || !in_array ($orderbyDirection, $allowedDirection))
             die ('Wrong order direction: '.$orderbyDirection);
 
+        if (is_array ($customFields)) {
+            foreach ($customFields as $key => $value)
+                $customFields[$key] = preg_replace ("/[^-a-z0-9\.\(\),_]+/i",'', $value);
+
+            $orderByField = 'FIELD (' . $orderByField . ', "' . implode('","', $customFields) . '")';
+        }
+
         $this->_orderBy[$orderByField] = $orderbyDirection;
         return $this;
     } 
@@ -627,6 +658,7 @@ protected function _dynamicBindResults(mysqli_stmt $stmt)
 
         call_user_func_array(array($stmt, 'bind_result'), $parameters);
 
+        $this->count = 0;
         while ($stmt->fetch()) {
             $x = array();
             foreach ($row as $key => $val) {
@@ -794,8 +826,12 @@ protected function _buildOrderBy () {
             return;
 
         $this->_query .= " ORDER BY ";
-        foreach ($this->_orderBy as $prop => $value)
-            $this->_query .= $prop . " " . $value . ", ";
+        foreach ($this->_orderBy as $prop => $value) {
+            if (strtolower (str_replace (" ", "", $prop)) == 'rand()')
+                $this->_query .= "rand(), ";
+            else
+                $this->_query .= $prop . " " . $value . ", ";
+        }
 
         $this->_query = rtrim ($this->_query, ', ') . " ";
     }
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f3d1ca97..25b3c353 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ $stats = $db->getOne ("users", "sum(id), count(*) as cnt");
 echo "total ".$stats['cnt']. "users found";
 ```
 
+or select one column or function result
+
+```php
+$count = getValue ("users", "count(*)");
+echo "{$count} users found";
+```
+
 ### Delete Query
 ```php
 $db->where('id', 1);
@@ -254,8 +261,16 @@ $results = $db
 ```php
 $db->orderBy("id","asc");
 $db->orderBy("login","Desc");
+$db->orderBy("RAND ()");
 $results = $db->get('users');
-// Gives: SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id ASC,login DESC;
+// Gives: SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id ASC,login DESC, RAND ();
+```
+
+order by values example:
+```php
+$db->orderBy('userGroup', 'ASC', array('superuser', 'admin', 'users'));
+$db->get('users');
+// Gives: SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY FIELD (userGroup, 'superuser', 'admin', 'users') ASC;
 ```
 
 ### Grouping method
diff --git a/tests.php b/tests.php
index e57a561a..f12b891e 100644
--- a/tests.php
+++ b/tests.php
@@ -93,12 +93,13 @@ function createTable ($name, $data) {
     $db->rawQuery($q);
 }
 
+// rawQuery test
 foreach ($tables as $name => $fields) {
     $db->rawQuery("DROP TABLE ".$prefix.$name);
     createTable ($prefix.$name, $fields);
 }
 
-
+// insert test with autoincrement
 foreach ($data as $name => $datas) {
     foreach ($datas as $d) {
         $id = $db->insert($name, $d);
@@ -106,16 +107,56 @@ function createTable ($name, $data) {
             $d['id'] = $id;
         else {
             echo "failed to insert: ".$db->getLastQuery() ."\n". $db->getLastError();
+            exit;
         }
     }
 }
 
+// bad insert test
+$badUser = Array ('login' => null,
+               'customerId' => 10,
+               'firstName' => 'John',
+               'lastName' => 'Doe',
+               'password' => 'test',
+               'createdAt' => $db->now(),
+               'expires' => $db->now('+1Y'),
+               'loginCount' => $db->inc()
+        );
+$id = $db->insert ("users", $badUser);
+if ($id) {
+    echo "bad insert test failed";
+    exit;
+}
+
+// insert without autoincrement
+$q = "create table {$prefix}test (id int(10), name varchar(10));";
+$db->rawQuery($q);
+$id = $db->insert ("test", Array ("id" => 1, "name" => "testname"));
+if (!$id) {
+    echo "insert without autoincrement failed";
+    exit;
+}
+$db->get("test");
+if ($db->count != 1) {
+    echo "insert without autoincrement failed -- wrong insert count";
+    exit;
+}
+
 $db->orderBy("id","asc");
 $users = $db->get("users");
 if ($db->count != 3) {
     echo "Invalid total insert count";
     exit;
 }
+
+// order by field
+$db->orderBy("login","asc", Array ("user3","user2","user1"));
+$login = $db->getValue ("users", "login");
+if ($login != "user3") {
+    echo "order by field test failed";
+    exit;
+}
+
 $db->where ("active", true);
 $users = $db->get("users");
 if ($db->count != 1) {
@@ -246,8 +287,8 @@ function createTable ($name, $data) {
 
 $db2 = $db->copy();
 $db2->where ("userId", $usersQ);
-$res = $db2->getOne ("products", "count(id) as cnt");
-if ($res['cnt'] != 2) {
+$cnt = $db2->getValue ("products", "count(id)");
+if ($cnt != 2) {
     echo "Invalid select result with subquery";
     exit;
 }
@@ -259,6 +300,10 @@ function createTable ($name, $data) {
     exit;
 }
 $db->delete("products");
+
+$q = "drop table {$prefix}test;";
+$db->rawQuery($q);
+
 echo "All done";
 
 //print_r($db->rawQuery("CALL simpleproc(?)",Array("test")));