diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d5a764..4b82dd4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-.PHONY: test
+.PHONY: test deps
 
-# runs all necessary tests
 test:
+	@echo "running all tests"
 	@sh -c 'if [ ! -z "$(go fmt ./...)" ]; then exit 1; else echo "go fmt OK"; fi'
 	@sh -c 'if [ ! -z "$(golint ./...)" ]; then exit 1; else echo "golint OK"; fi'
 	go vet ./...
 	go test ./...
 	go run cmd/godog/main.go -f progress
 
-# updates dependencies
 deps:
+	@echo "updating all dependencies"
 	go get -u github.com/cucumber/gherkin-go
 	go get -u github.com/shiena/ansicolor
+
diff --git a/examples/db/Makefile b/examples/db/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5aa00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.PHONY: test
+
+test:
+	mysql -u root -e 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `godog_test`'
+	mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `godog_test`'
+	mysql -u root godog_test < db.sql
+	godog users.feature
+
diff --git a/examples/db/README.md b/examples/db/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6fb538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# An example of API with DB
+
+The following example demonstrates steps how we describe and test our API with DB using **godog**.
+To start with, see [API example](https://github.com/DATA-DOG/godog/tree/master/examples/api) before.
+We have extended it to be used with database.
+
+The interesting point is, that we have **txdb.go** which has an implementation of custom sql.driver
+to allow execute every and each scenario within a **transaction**. After it completes, transaction
+is rolled back so the state could be clean for the next scenario.
+
+To run **users.feature** you need MySQL installed on your system with an anonymous root password.
+Then run:
+
+    make test
+
+The json comparisom function should be improved and we should also have placeholders for primary
+keys when comparing a json result.
diff --git a/examples/db/api.go b/examples/db/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba24b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+)
+
+type server struct {
+	db *sql.DB
+}
+
+type User struct {
+	ID       int64  `json:"-"`
+	Username string `json:"username"`
+	Email    string `json:"-"`
+}
+
+func (s *server) users(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if r.Method != "GET" {
+		fail(w, "Method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return
+	}
+
+	users := make([]*User, 0)
+	rows, err := s.db.Query("SELECT id, email, username FROM users")
+	defer rows.Close()
+	switch err {
+	case sql.ErrNoRows:
+	case nil:
+		for rows.Next() {
+			user := &User{}
+			if err := rows.Scan(&user.ID, &user.Email, &user.Username); err != nil {
+				fail(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to scan an user: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+			users = append(users, user)
+		}
+	default:
+		fail(w, fmt.Sprintf("failed to fetch users: %s", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	data := struct {
+		Users []*User `json:"users"`
+	}{Users: users}
+
+	ok(w, data)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", "root@/godog")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	s := &server{db: db}
+	http.HandleFunc("/users", s.users)
+	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
+}
+
+// fail writes a json response with error msg and status header
+func fail(w http.ResponseWriter, msg string, status int) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	data := struct {
+		Error string `json:"error"`
+	}{Error: msg}
+
+	resp, _ := json.Marshal(data)
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, string(resp))
+}
+
+// ok writes data to response with 200 status
+func ok(w http.ResponseWriter, data interface{}) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	if s, ok := data.(string); ok {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, s)
+		return
+	}
+
+	resp, err := json.Marshal(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fail(w, "oops something evil has happened", 500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, string(resp))
+}
diff --git a/examples/db/api_test.go b/examples/db/api_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..441af17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/api_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/DATA-DOG/godog"
+	"github.com/cucumber/gherkin-go"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// we register an sql driver txdb
+	Register("mysql", "root@/godog_test")
+}
+
+type apiFeature struct {
+	server
+	resp *httptest.ResponseRecorder
+}
+
+func (a *apiFeature) resetResponse(interface{}) {
+	a.resp = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	if a.db != nil {
+		a.db.Close()
+	}
+	db, err := sql.Open("txdb", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	a.db = db
+}
+
+func (a *apiFeature) iSendrequestTo(method, endpoint string) (err error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, endpoint, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// handle panic
+	defer func() {
+		switch t := recover().(type) {
+		case string:
+			err = fmt.Errorf(t)
+		case error:
+			err = t
+		}
+	}()
+
+	switch endpoint {
+	case "/users":
+		a.users(a.resp, req)
+	default:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("unknown endpoint: %s", endpoint)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (a *apiFeature) theResponseCodeShouldBe(code int) error {
+	if code != a.resp.Code {
+		if a.resp.Code >= 400 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("expected response code to be: %d, but actual is: %d, response message: %s", code, a.resp.Code, string(a.resp.Body.Bytes()))
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected response code to be: %d, but actual is: %d", code, a.resp.Code)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *apiFeature) theResponseShouldMatchJSON(body *gherkin.DocString) (err error) {
+	var expected, actual []byte
+	var data interface{}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(body.Content), &data); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if expected, err = json.Marshal(data); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	actual = a.resp.Body.Bytes()
+	if string(actual) != string(expected) {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("expected json %s, does not match actual: %s", string(expected), string(actual))
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (a *apiFeature) thereAreUsers(users *gherkin.DataTable) error {
+	var fields []string
+	var marks []string
+	head := users.Rows[0].Cells
+	for _, cell := range head {
+		fields = append(fields, cell.Value)
+		marks = append(marks, "?")
+	}
+
+	stmt, err := a.db.Prepare("INSERT INTO users (" + strings.Join(fields, ", ") + ") VALUES(" + strings.Join(marks, ", ") + ")")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for i := 1; i < len(users.Rows); i++ {
+		var vals []interface{}
+		for n, cell := range users.Rows[i].Cells {
+			switch head[n].Value {
+			case "username":
+				vals = append(vals, cell.Value)
+			case "email":
+				vals = append(vals, cell.Value)
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected column name: %s", head[n].Value)
+			}
+		}
+		if _, err = stmt.Exec(vals...); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func featureContext(s godog.Suite) {
+	api := &apiFeature{}
+
+	s.BeforeScenario(api.resetResponse)
+
+	s.Step(`^I send "(GET|POST|PUT|DELETE)" request to "([^"]*)"$`, api.iSendrequestTo)
+	s.Step(`^the response code should be (\d+)$`, api.theResponseCodeShouldBe)
+	s.Step(`^the response should match json:$`, api.theResponseShouldMatchJSON)
+	s.Step(`^there are users:$`, api.thereAreUsers)
+}
diff --git a/examples/db/db.sql b/examples/db/db.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae3f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/db.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE TABLE users (
+  `id` BIGINT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL,
+  `username` VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL,
+  `email` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
+  UNIQUE INDEX `uniq_email` (`email`)
+) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB;
diff --git a/examples/db/txdb.go b/examples/db/txdb.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b01234c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/txdb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"database/sql/driver"
+	"io"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Register a txdb sql driver which can be used to open
+// a single transaction based database connection pool
+func Register(drv, dsn string) {
+	sql.Register("txdb", &txDriver{dsn: dsn, drv: drv})
+}
+
+// txDriver is an sql driver which runs on single transaction
+// when the Close is called, transaction is rolled back
+type txDriver struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+	tx *sql.Tx
+
+	drv string
+	dsn string
+	db  *sql.DB
+}
+
+func (d *txDriver) Open(dsn string) (driver.Conn, error) {
+	// first open a real database connection
+	var err error
+	if d.db == nil {
+		db, err := sql.Open(d.drv, d.dsn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return d, err
+		}
+		d.db = db
+	}
+	if d.tx == nil {
+		d.tx, err = d.db.Begin()
+	}
+	return d, err
+}
+
+func (d *txDriver) Close() error {
+	err := d.tx.Rollback()
+	d.tx = nil
+	return err
+}
+
+func (d *txDriver) Begin() (driver.Tx, error) {
+	return d, nil
+}
+
+func (d *txDriver) Commit() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *txDriver) Rollback() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *txDriver) Prepare(query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
+	return &stmt{drv: d, query: query}, nil
+}
+
+type stmt struct {
+	query string
+	drv   *txDriver
+}
+
+func (s *stmt) Exec(args []driver.Value) (driver.Result, error) {
+	s.drv.Lock()
+	defer s.drv.Unlock()
+
+	st, err := s.drv.tx.Prepare(s.query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer st.Close()
+	var iargs []interface{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		iargs = append(iargs, arg)
+	}
+	return st.Exec(iargs...)
+}
+
+func (s *stmt) NumInput() int {
+	return -1
+}
+
+func (s *stmt) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *stmt) Query(args []driver.Value) (driver.Rows, error) {
+	s.drv.Lock()
+	defer s.drv.Unlock()
+
+	st, err := s.drv.tx.Prepare(s.query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// do not close the statement here, Rows need it
+	var iargs []interface{}
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		iargs = append(iargs, arg)
+	}
+	rs, err := st.Query(iargs...)
+	return &rows{rs: rs}, err
+}
+
+type rows struct {
+	err error
+	rs  *sql.Rows
+}
+
+func (r *rows) Columns() (cols []string) {
+	cols, r.err = r.rs.Columns()
+	return
+}
+
+func (r *rows) Next(dest []driver.Value) error {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return r.err
+	}
+	if r.rs.Err() != nil {
+		return r.rs.Err()
+	}
+	if !r.rs.Next() {
+		return io.EOF
+	}
+	values := make([]interface{}, len(dest))
+	for i := range values {
+		values[i] = new(interface{})
+	}
+	if err := r.rs.Scan(values...); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for i, val := range values {
+		dest[i] = *(val.(*interface{}))
+	}
+	return r.rs.Err()
+}
+
+func (r *rows) Close() error {
+	return r.rs.Close()
+}
diff --git a/examples/db/users.feature b/examples/db/users.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71ec12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/db/users.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Feature: users
+  In order to use users api
+  As an API user
+  I need to be able to manage users
+
+  Scenario: should get empty users
+    When I send "GET" request to "/users"
+    Then the response code should be 200
+    And the response should match json:
+      """
+      {
+        "users": []
+      }
+      """
+
+  Scenario: should get users
+    Given there are users:
+      | username | email             |
+      | john     | john.doe@mail.com |
+      | jane     | jane.doe@mail.com |
+    When I send "GET" request to "/users"
+    Then the response code should be 200
+    And the response should match json:
+      """
+      {
+        "users": [
+          {
+            "username": "john"
+          },
+          {
+            "username": "jane"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+      """
+
+  Scenario: should get users when there is only one
+    Given there are users:
+      | username | email           |
+      | gopher   | gopher@mail.com |
+    When I send "GET" request to "/users"
+    Then the response code should be 200
+    And the response should match json:
+      """
+      {
+        "users": [
+          {
+            "username": "gopher"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+      """