diff --git a/client/examples/second.cpp b/client/examples/second.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cf65594b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/examples/second.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// second.cpp
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "mongo/client/dbclient.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(){
+
+    DBClientConnection conn;
+    string errmsg;
+    if ( ! conn.connect( "127.0.0.1" , errmsg ) ){
+        cout << "couldn't connect : " << errmsg << endl;
+        throw -11;
+    }
+
+    const char * ns = "test.second";
+
+    conn.remove( ns , emptyObj );
+    
+    conn.insert( ns , BUILDOBJ( "name" << "eliot" << "num" << 17 ) );
+    conn.insert( ns , BUILDOBJ( "name" << "sara" << "num" << 24 ) );
+
+    auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor = conn.query( ns , emptyObj );
+    cout << "using cursor" << endl;
+    while ( cursor->more() ){    
+        BSONObj obj = cursor->next();
+        cout << "\t" << obj.jsonString() << endl;
+    }
+    
+
+}
diff --git a/db/jsobj.cpp b/db/jsobj.cpp
index 2df4357d9ce..75b32cb9ee4 100644
--- a/db/jsobj.cpp
+++ b/db/jsobj.cpp
@@ -864,3 +864,22 @@ struct BsonUnitTest : public UnitTest {
         assert( cmp < 0 );
     }
 } bson_unittest;
+
+
+
+
+BSONObjBuilderValueStream::BSONObjBuilderValueStream( const char * fieldName , BSONObjBuilder * builder ){
+    _fieldName = fieldName;
+    _builder = builder;
+}
+    
+BSONObjBuilder& BSONObjBuilderValueStream::operator<<( const char * value ){
+    _builder->append( _fieldName , value );
+    return *_builder;
+}
+
+BSONObjBuilder& BSONObjBuilderValueStream::operator<<( const int value ){
+    _builder->append( _fieldName , value );
+    return *_builder;
+}
+
diff --git a/db/jsobj.h b/db/jsobj.h
index bdcd93f5f05..c66a1b157ed 100644
--- a/db/jsobj.h
+++ b/db/jsobj.h
@@ -498,6 +498,21 @@ public:
 };
 ostream& operator<<( ostream &s, const BSONObj &o );
 
+#define BUILDOBJ(x) ( BSONObjBuilder() << x ).doneAndDecouple()
+
+class BSONObjBuilderValueStream {
+public:
+    BSONObjBuilderValueStream( const char * fieldName , BSONObjBuilder * builder );
+    
+    BSONObjBuilder& operator<<( const char * value );
+    BSONObjBuilder& operator<<( const int value );
+
+private:
+    const char * _fieldName;
+    BSONObjBuilder * _builder;
+};
+
+
 class BSONObjBuilder {
 public:
     BSONObjBuilder(int initsize=512) : b(initsize) {
@@ -670,6 +685,15 @@ public:
         o << i;
         return o.str();
     }
+
+    BSONObjBuilderValueStream operator<<(const char * name ){
+        return BSONObjBuilderValueStream( name , this );
+    }
+
+    BSONObjBuilderValueStream operator<<( string name ){
+        return BSONObjBuilderValueStream( name.c_str() , this );
+    }
+
         
 private:
     // Append the provided arr object as an array.
@@ -689,6 +713,7 @@ private:
     BufBuilder b;
 };
 
+
 /* iterator for a BSONObj
 
    Note each BSONObj ends with an EOO element: so you will get more() on an empty