diff --git a/MongoDB/include/Poco/MongoDB/Database.h b/MongoDB/include/Poco/MongoDB/Database.h
index 64792da59..d16248b1c 100644
--- a/MongoDB/include/Poco/MongoDB/Database.h
+++ b/MongoDB/include/Poco/MongoDB/Database.h
@@ -38,26 +38,46 @@
 #define _MongoDB_Database_included
 
 #include "Poco/MongoDB/MongoDB.h"
+#include "Poco/MongoDB/Connection.h"
 #include "Poco/MongoDB/Document.h"
 #include "Poco/MongoDB/QueryRequest.h"
+#include "Poco/MongoDB/InsertRequest.h"
 
 namespace Poco {
 namespace MongoDB {
 
 
 class MongoDB_API Database
+	/// Database is a helper class for creating requests. MongoDB works with
+	/// collection names and uses the part before the first dot as the name of
+	/// the database.
 {
 public:
 	Database(const std::string& db);
+		/// Constructor
+
 
-	
 	virtual ~Database();
+		/// Destructor
 
 
-	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> createQueryRequest(const std::string& collectionName);
+	double count(Connection& connection, const std::string& collectionName) const;
+		/// Sends a count request for the given collection to MongoDB. When
+		/// the command fails, -1 is returned.
 
 
-	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> createCountRequest(const std::string& collectionName);
+	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> createQueryRequest(const std::string& collectionName) const;
+		/// Creates a QueryRequest. The collectionname must not contain the database name!
+
+
+	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> createCountRequest(const std::string& collectionName) const;
+		/// Creates a QueryRequest to count the given collection. The collectionname must not contain
+		/// the database name!
+
+
+	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::InsertRequest> createInsertRequest(const std::string& collectionName) const;
+		/// Creates an InsertRequest to insert new documents in the given collection.
+		/// The collectionname must not contain the database name!
 
 
 private:
diff --git a/MongoDB/src/Database.cpp b/MongoDB/src/Database.cpp
index afdbf0d76..6b1a7ff2b 100644
--- a/MongoDB/src/Database.cpp
+++ b/MongoDB/src/Database.cpp
@@ -51,12 +51,31 @@ Database::~Database()
 {
 }
 
-Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> Database::createQueryRequest(const std::string& collectionName)
+
+double Database::count(Connection& connection, const std::string& collectionName) const
+{
+	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> countRequest = createCountRequest(collectionName);
+
+	Poco::MongoDB::ResponseMessage response;
+	connection.sendRequest(*countRequest, response);
+
+	if ( response.documents().size() > 0 )
+	{
+		Poco::MongoDB::Document::Ptr doc = response.documents()[0];
+		return doc->get<double>("n");
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
+Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> Database::createQueryRequest(const std::string& collectionName) const
 {
 	return new Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest(_dbname + '.' + collectionName);
 }
 
-Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> Database::createCountRequest(const std::string& collectionName)
+
+Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> Database::createCountRequest(const std::string& collectionName) const
 {
 	Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> request = createQueryRequest("$cmd");
 	request->numberToReturn(1);
@@ -65,4 +84,10 @@ Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::QueryRequest> Database::createCountRequest(const
 }
 
 
+Poco::SharedPtr<Poco::MongoDB::InsertRequest> Database::createInsertRequest(const std::string& collectionName) const
+{
+	return new Poco::MongoDB::InsertRequest(_dbname + '.' + collectionName);
+}
+
+
 }} // Namespace Poco::MongoDB