--- a/couchdb/settee/examples/db.ops.php
+++ b/couchdb/settee/examples/db.ops.php
@@ -1,1 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
 
+<?php
+
+require (realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../src/settee.php'));
+
+$server = new SetteeServer('http://127.0.0.1:5984');
+
+
+$dbs = array (
+  1 => "settee_test_perf_01",
+  2 => "settee_test_perf_02",
+  3 => "settee_test_perf_03",
+);
+
+print ("creating databases: \n");
+
+foreach ($dbs as $db) {
+  $start = microtime(true);
+  try {
+    $ret = $server->create_db($db);
+  } catch (Exception $e) {
+    //-- re-throw. this is just for demo
+    throw $e;
+  }
+  $elapsed = microtime(true) - $start;
+  print("Time elapsed: $elapsed \n");
+}
+
+$ret = $server->list_dbs();
+print_r($ret);
+print ("\n");
+
+print ("dropping databases: \n");
+
+foreach ($dbs as $db) {
+  $start = microtime(true);
+  try {
+    $ret = $server->drop_db($db);
+  } catch (Exception $e) {
+    //-- re-throw. this is just for demo
+    throw $e;
+  }
+  $elapsed = microtime(true) - $start;
+  print("Time elapsed: $elapsed \n");
+}
+
+$ret = $server->list_dbs();
+print_r($ret);
+