diff --git a/+dj/+internal/GeneralRelvar.m b/+dj/+internal/GeneralRelvar.m
index d7d2a5bc..be241311 100644
--- a/+dj/+internal/GeneralRelvar.m
+++ b/+dj/+internal/GeneralRelvar.m
@@ -841,7 +841,13 @@ case isa(cond, 'dj.internal.GeneralRelvar')
             else
                 assert((isnumeric(value) || islogical(value)) && isscalar(value), ...
                     'Value for key.%s must be a numeric scalar', field{1});
-                value=sprintf('%1.16g', value);
+                if isa(value, 'uint64')
+                    value = sprintf('%u', value);
+                elseif isa(value, 'int64')
+                    value = sprintf('%i', value);
+                else
+                    value = sprintf('%1.16g', value);
+                end
             end
             subcond = sprintf('%s AND `%s`=%s', subcond, field{1}, value);
         end
diff --git a/+dj/ERD.m b/+dj/ERD.m
index c109c2e1..669894a0 100644
--- a/+dj/ERD.m
+++ b/+dj/ERD.m
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ case isnumeric(obj)
                         n = length(ret.nodes);
                     end
                 otherwise
-                    error 'invalid ERD difference'
+                    error 'invalid ERD addition argument'
             end
         end
         
@@ -99,11 +99,16 @@ case isnumeric(obj)
                         n = length(ret.nodes);
                     end
                 otherwise
-                    error 'invalid ERD difference'
+                    error 'invalid ERD difference argument'
             end
         end
         
         
+        function display(self)
+            self.draw
+        end
+        
+        
         function draw(self)
             % draw the diagram
             
@@ -141,7 +146,8 @@ function draw(self)
                     isPart = tiers(i)==6;
                     fs = dj.set('erdFontSize')*(1 - 0.3*isPart);
                     fc = isPart*0.3*[1 1 1];
-                    text(h.XData(i)+0.1,h.YData(i), self.conn.tableToClass(self.graph.Nodes.Name{i}), ...
+                    name = self.conn.tableToClass(self.graph.Nodes.Name{i});
+                    text(h.XData(i)+0.1, h.YData(i), name, ...
                         'fontsize', fs, 'rotation', -16, 'color', fc, ...
                         'Interpreter', 'none');
                 end
diff --git a/+dj/struct.m b/+dj/struct.m
index 22bed5e4..67c6999c 100644
--- a/+dj/struct.m
+++ b/+dj/struct.m
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
         function s = fromFields(s)
             % DJ.STRUCT.FROMFIELDS - construct a structure array from a
             % scalar structure whose fields contain same-sized arrays of values.
+            assert(isscalar(s) && isstruct(s), 'the input must be a scalar structure')
             
             fnames = fieldnames(s)';
             lst = cell(1,length(fnames)*2);
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@
                 if isempty(v)
                     lst{i*2}={};
                 else
-                    if isnumeric(v) || islogical(v)
+                    if isnumeric(v) || islogical(v) ||  isstring(v)
                         lst{i*2} = num2cell(s.(fnames{i}));
                     else
                         lst{i*2} = s.(fnames{i});
diff --git a/docs-parts/computation/01-autopopulate_lang1.rst b/docs-parts/computation/01-autopopulate_lang1.rst
index f2232ec6..6ecbf940 100644
--- a/docs-parts/computation/01-autopopulate_lang1.rst
+++ b/docs-parts/computation/01-autopopulate_lang1.rst
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@
             end
         end
     end
+
+.. note:: Currently matlab uses ``makeTuples`` rather than ``make``.  This will be fixed in an upcoming release: https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-matlab/issues/141
+
+The ``make`` method receives one argument: the struct ``key`` containing the primary key value of an element of :ref:`key source <keysource>` to be worked on.
diff --git a/docs-parts/intro/Releases_lang1.rst b/docs-parts/intro/Releases_lang1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45b878b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-parts/intro/Releases_lang1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Start of Release Notes 
diff --git a/docs-parts/intro/empty.txt b/docs-parts/intro/empty.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/docs-parts/manipulation/3-Transactions_lang1.rst b/docs-parts/manipulation/3-Transactions_lang1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..655f9741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-parts/manipulation/3-Transactions_lang1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Transactions are formed using the methods ``startTransaction``, ``cancelTransaction``, and ``commitTransaction`` of a connection object. 
+A connection object may obtained from any table object.
+
+For example, the following code inserts matching entries for the master table ``Session`` and its part table ``SessionExperimenter``.
+
+.. code-block:: matlab
+
+    % get the connection object 
+    session = Session
+    connection = session.conn
+
+    % insert Session and Session.Experimenter entries in a transaction
+    connection.startTransaction
+    try 
+        key.subject_id = animal_id; 
+        key.session_time = session_time;
+
+        session_entry = key;
+        session_entry.brain_region = region;
+        insert(Session, session_entry) 
+
+        experimenter_entry = key;
+        experimenter_entry.experimenter = username;
+        insert(SessionExperimenter, experiment_entry)
+        connection.commitTransaction
+    catch 
+        connection.cancelTransaction
+    end
+        
+      
+Here, to external observers, both inserts will take effect together only upon exiting from the ``try-catch`` block or will not have any effect at all.
+For example, if the second insert fails due to an error, the first insert will be rolled back. 
+