diff --git a/inst/@octave_sqlite/commit.m b/inst/@octave_sqlite/commit.m
index e0430d2..2769bc5 100644
--- a/inst/@octave_sqlite/commit.m
+++ b/inst/@octave_sqlite/commit.m
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {} {} commit (@var{db})
-## Commit pending transactions of sqlite connection.
+## Commit pending transactions of sqlite connection that has AutoCommit = off.
 ##
 ## @subsubheading Inputs
 ## @table @asis
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 ## @subsubheading Outputs
 ## None
 ##
+## @subsubheading Examples
+## Create a database table turn off autocommit and insert a row and commit
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## # create table
+## execute(db, 'CREATE TABLE Test (Id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, Name TEXT)');
+## # turn off auto commit
+## db.AutoCommit = "off";
+## execute(db, 'INSERT INTO Test (Name) VALUES ("Line1")');
+## # commit the insert
+## commit(db);
+## }
+## @end example
+##
 ## @seealso{sqlite, rollback}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff --git a/inst/@octave_sqlite/execute.m b/inst/@octave_sqlite/execute.m
index e369855..7042cbb 100644
--- a/inst/@octave_sqlite/execute.m
+++ b/inst/@octave_sqlite/execute.m
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@
 ## @subsubheading Inputs
 ## None
 ##
+## @subsubheading Examples
+## Create a database table and insert a row
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## # create table and then insert a row
+## execute(db, 'CREATE TABLE Test (Id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, Name TEXT)');
+## execute(db, 'INSERT INTO Test (Name) VALUES ("Line1")');
+## }
+## @end example
+##
 ## @seealso{sqlite, fetch}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff --git a/inst/@octave_sqlite/fetch.m b/inst/@octave_sqlite/fetch.m
index a5b0ac4..c93a8ad 100644
--- a/inst/@octave_sqlite/fetch.m
+++ b/inst/@octave_sqlite/fetch.m
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@
 ##  a table containing the query result.
 ## @end table
 ##
+## @subsubheading Examples
+## Select all rows of data from a database tables
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## data = fetch(db, 'SELECT * FROM TestTable');
+## }
+## @end example
+##
+## Select 5 rows of data from a database tables
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## data = fetch(db, 'SELECT * FROM TestTable', "MaxRows", 5);
+## }
+## @end example
+##
 ## @seealso{sqlite, sqlread}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff --git a/inst/@octave_sqlite/rollback.m b/inst/@octave_sqlite/rollback.m
index 340604f..79a6ae4 100644
--- a/inst/@octave_sqlite/rollback.m
+++ b/inst/@octave_sqlite/rollback.m
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
 ## @subsubheading Outputs
 ## None
 ##
+## @subsubheading Examples
+## Create a database table and insert a row, then roll back the insert
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## # create table
+## execute(db, 'CREATE TABLE Test (Id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, Name TEXT)');
+## # turn off auto commit
+## db.AutoCommit = "off";
+## execute(db, 'INSERT INTO Test (Name) VALUES ("Line1")');
+## # roll back the insert
+## rollback(db);
+## }
+## @end example
+##
 ## @seealso{sqlite, commit}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff --git a/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlread.m b/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlread.m
index 16098c1..88632ee 100644
--- a/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlread.m
+++ b/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlread.m
@@ -45,6 +45,25 @@
 ##  a table containing the query result.
 ## @end table
 ##
+## @subsubheading Examples
+## Select all rows of data from a database table
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## data = sqlread(db, 'TestTable');
+## }
+## @end example
+##
+## Select 5 rows of data from a database table
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## data = sqlread(db, 'TestTable', "MaxRows", 5);
+## }
+## @end example
+##
 ## @seealso{sqlite, fetch}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff --git a/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlwrite.m b/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlwrite.m
index eaa18e4..70be314 100644
--- a/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlwrite.m
+++ b/inst/@octave_sqlite/sqlwrite.m
@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@
 ## @subsubheading Outputs
 ## None
 ##
+## @subsubheading Examples
+## Create a database table and insert a row
+## @example
+## @code {
+## # create sql connection
+## db = sqlite("mytest.db");
+## # create table (if doesnt exist) and then insert 2 rows
+## t = dbtable([1;2],['Name1';'Name2'], 'VariableNames', @{'Id','Name'@});
+## # insert table data
+## sqlwrite(db, "Test", t, 'ColumnType', @{'numeric', 'text'@});
+## }
+## @end example
+##
 ## @seealso{sqlite, execute}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
diff --git a/inst/dbtable.m b/inst/dbtable.m
index 3b1af35..3e3c687 100644
--- a/inst/dbtable.m
+++ b/inst/dbtable.m
@@ -62,6 +62,33 @@
   ##  User data value
   ##  @end table
   ## @end table
+  ##
+  ## @subsubheading Examples
+  ## Directly create a 2 column table from input of each column
+  ## @example
+  ## @code {
+  ## t = dbtable([0;1;3], [2;4;6]);
+  ## }
+  ## @end example
+  ##
+  ## Directly create a 2 column table from input of each column, and specify variable 
+  ## names
+  ## @example
+  ## @code {
+  ## t = dbtable([0;1;3], [2;4;6], "VariableNames", @{'Variable1', 'Variable2'@});
+  ## }
+  ## @end example
+  ##
+  ## Create a 2 column table from 2 variables V1, V2
+  ## @example
+  ## @code {
+  ## V1 = [0;1;3];
+  ## V2 = [2;4;6];
+  ## t = dbtable(V1, V2);
+  ## }
+  ## @end example
+  ##
+  ## @seealso{readdbtable, struct2dbtable}
   ## @end deftypefn
 
   properties (Access = private)