diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e0c060..9396b6a 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ add_executable(minimal minimal.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(minimal
     PRIVATE couchbase_cxx_client::couchbase_cxx_client taocpp::json)
 
+add_executable(minimal_query minimal_query.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(minimal_query
+    PRIVATE couchbase_cxx_client::couchbase_cxx_client taocpp::json)
+
 add_executable(transactions_transfer_basic transactions_transfer_basic.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(transactions_transfer_basic
     PRIVATE couchbase_cxx_client::couchbase_cxx_client taocpp::json)
diff --git a/examples/minimal_query.cpp b/examples/minimal_query.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63aec58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/minimal_query.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+#include <couchbase/cluster.hxx>
+#include <couchbase/logger.hxx>
+
+#include <tao/json.hpp>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+struct program_config {
+  std::string connection_string{ "couchbase://127.0.0.1" };
+  std::string user_name{ "Administrator" };
+  std::string password{ "password" };
+  std::string bucket_name{ "travel-sample" };
+  std::string scope_name{ "inventory" };
+  std::optional<std::string> profile{};
+  bool verbose{ false };
+
+  static auto from_env() -> program_config;
+  static auto quote(std::string val) -> std::string;
+  void dump();
+};
+
+struct airline {
+  std::uint32_t id{ 0 };
+  std::string name;
+  std::string iata;
+  std::string icao;
+  std::string callsign;
+  std::string country;
+};
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const airline& a)
+{
+  os << "airline(id: " << a.id << ", name: \"" << a.name << "\", iata: \"" << a.iata
+     << "\", icao: \"" << a.icao << "\", callsign: \"" << a.callsign << "\", country: \""
+     << a.country << "\")";
+  return os;
+}
+
+template<>
+struct tao::json::traits<airline> {
+  template<template<typename...> class Traits>
+  static airline as(const tao::json::basic_value<Traits>& v)
+  {
+    if (!v.is_object()) {
+      return {};
+    }
+    if (const auto* airline_json = v.find("airline");
+        airline_json != nullptr && airline_json->is_object()) {
+      airline result{};
+      const auto& object = airline_json->get_object();
+      result.id = object.at("id").template optional<std::uint32_t>().value_or(0);
+      result.name = object.at("name").template optional<std::string>().value_or("");
+      result.iata = object.at("iata").template optional<std::string>().value_or("");
+      result.icao = object.at("icao").template optional<std::string>().value_or("");
+      result.callsign = object.at("callsign").template optional<std::string>().value_or("");
+      result.country = object.at("country").template optional<std::string>().value_or("");
+      return result;
+    }
+    return {};
+  }
+};
+
+int
+main()
+{
+  auto config = program_config::from_env();
+  config.dump();
+
+  if (config.verbose) {
+    couchbase::logger::initialize_console_logger();
+    couchbase::logger::set_level(couchbase::logger::log_level::trace);
+  }
+
+  auto options = couchbase::cluster_options(config.user_name, config.password);
+  if (config.profile) {
+    options.apply_profile(config.profile.value());
+  }
+
+  auto [connect_err, cluster] =
+    couchbase::cluster::connect(config.connection_string, options).get();
+  if (connect_err) {
+    std::cout << "Unable to connect to the cluster. ec: " << connect_err.message() << "\n";
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  auto scope = cluster.bucket(config.bucket_name).scope(config.scope_name);
+
+  auto [err, resp] = scope.query("SELECT * FROM airline LIMIT 10").get();
+
+  std::cout << "--- Iterating as Binary data:\n";
+  for (auto row : resp.rows_as_binary()) {
+    std::cout << std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(row.data()), row.size()) << "\n";
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "--- Iterating as C++ types:\n";
+  for (auto row : resp.rows_as<couchbase::codec::tao_json_serializer, airline>()) {
+    std::cout << row << "\n";
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "--- Iterating as JSON objects:\n";
+  for (auto row : resp.rows_as_json()) {
+    std::cout << "Airline(id: " << row["airline"]["id"] << ", name: \"" << row["airline"]["name"]
+              << "\")\n";
+  }
+
+  cluster.close().get();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+auto
+program_config::from_env() -> program_config
+{
+  program_config config{};
+
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("CONNECTION_STRING"); val != nullptr) {
+    config.connection_string = val;
+  }
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("USER_NAME"); val != nullptr) {
+    config.user_name = val;
+  }
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("PASSWORD"); val != nullptr) {
+    config.password = val;
+  }
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("BUCKET_NAME"); val != nullptr) {
+    config.bucket_name = val;
+  }
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("SCOPE_NAME"); val != nullptr) {
+    config.scope_name = val;
+  }
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("PROFILE"); val != nullptr) {
+    config.profile = val; // e.g. "wan_development"
+  }
+  if (const auto* val = getenv("VERBOSE"); val != nullptr) {
+    const std::array<std::string, 5> truthy_values = {
+      "yes", "y", "on", "true", "1",
+    };
+    for (const auto& truth : truthy_values) {
+      if (val == truth) {
+        config.verbose = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return config;
+}
+
+auto
+program_config::quote(std::string val) -> std::string
+{
+  return "\"" + val + "\"";
+}
+
+void
+program_config::dump()
+{
+  std::cout << "  CONNECTION_STRING: " << quote(connection_string) << "\n";
+  std::cout << "          USER_NAME: " << quote(user_name) << "\n";
+  std::cout << "           PASSWORD: [HIDDEN]\n";
+  std::cout << "        BUCKET_NAME: " << quote(bucket_name) << "\n";
+  std::cout << "         SCOPE_NAME: " << quote(scope_name) << "\n";
+  std::cout << "            VERBOSE: " << std::boolalpha << verbose << "\n";
+  std::cout << "            PROFILE: " << (profile ? quote(*profile) : "[NONE]") << "\n\n";
+}