MYSQL MONTHNAME() Problem

"SELECT MONTHNAME(samedate) AS aMonthName FROM somedb’

works as expected in the SQL builder and other systems I use, it returns the month name - Januray, February etc…

In SC8 grid and forms only numbers (ie 1, 2 etc) are shown.

Any ideas, or is it another SC feature I should just learn to adapt to?

PS: I switched to manual lookup.