diff --git a/query-projector/src/lib.rs b/query-projector/src/lib.rs
index 0737cd80..fd59c5c2 100644
--- a/query-projector/src/lib.rs
+++ b/query-projector/src/lib.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ error_chain! {
     links {
         DbError(mentat_db::Error, mentat_db::ErrorKind);
     }
+
+    errors {
+        UnexpectedResultsType(actual: &'static str, expected: &'static str) {
+            description("unexpected query results type")
+            display("expected {}, got {}", expected, actual)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -119,6 +126,42 @@ impl QueryResults {
             &FindRel(_)    => Box::new(|| QueryResults::Rel(vec![])),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn into_scalar(self) -> Result<Option<TypedValue>> {
+        match self {
+            QueryResults::Scalar(o) => Ok(o),
+            QueryResults::Coll(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("coll", "scalar")),
+            QueryResults::Tuple(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("tuple", "scalar")),
+            QueryResults::Rel(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("rel", "scalar")),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_coll(self) -> Result<Vec<TypedValue>> {
+        match self {
+            QueryResults::Scalar(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("scalar", "coll")),
+            QueryResults::Coll(c) => Ok(c),
+            QueryResults::Tuple(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("tuple", "coll")),
+            QueryResults::Rel(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("rel", "coll")),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_tuple(self) -> Result<Option<Vec<TypedValue>>> {
+        match self {
+            QueryResults::Scalar(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("scalar", "tuple")),
+            QueryResults::Coll(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("coll", "tuple")),
+            QueryResults::Tuple(t) => Ok(t),
+            QueryResults::Rel(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("rel", "tuple")),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_rel(self) -> Result<Vec<Vec<TypedValue>>> {
+        match self {
+            QueryResults::Scalar(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("scalar", "rel")),
+            QueryResults::Coll(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("coll", "rel")),
+            QueryResults::Tuple(_) => bail!(ErrorKind::UnexpectedResultsType("tuple", "rel")),
+            QueryResults::Rel(r) => Ok(r),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 type Index = i32;            // See rusqlite::RowIndex.
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index da12f601..256cbfea 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use rusqlite::types::ToSql;
 
 use mentat_core::{
     Schema,
+    TypedValue,
 };
 
 use mentat_query_algebrizer::{
@@ -52,6 +53,31 @@ use errors::{
 
 pub type QueryExecutionResult = Result<QueryResults>;
 
+pub trait IntoResult {
+    fn into_scalar_result(self) -> Result<Option<TypedValue>>;
+    fn into_coll_result(self) -> Result<Vec<TypedValue>>;
+    fn into_tuple_result(self) -> Result<Option<Vec<TypedValue>>>;
+    fn into_rel_result(self) -> Result<Vec<Vec<TypedValue>>>;
+}
+
+impl IntoResult for QueryExecutionResult {
+    fn into_scalar_result(self) -> Result<Option<TypedValue>> {
+        self?.into_scalar().map_err(|e| e.into())
+    }
+
+    fn into_coll_result(self) -> Result<Vec<TypedValue>> {
+        self?.into_coll().map_err(|e| e.into())
+    }
+
+    fn into_tuple_result(self) -> Result<Option<Vec<TypedValue>>> {
+        self?.into_tuple().map_err(|e| e.into())
+    }
+
+    fn into_rel_result(self) -> Result<Vec<Vec<TypedValue>>> {
+        self?.into_rel().map_err(|e| e.into())
+    }
+}
+
 /// Take an EDN query string, a reference to an open SQLite connection, a Mentat schema, and an
 /// optional collection of input bindings (which should be keyed by `"?varname"`), and execute the
 /// query immediately, blocking the current thread.