diff --git a/core/types.rs b/core/types.rs
index 113e0ce09..9a679f35e 100644
--- a/core/types.rs
+++ b/core/types.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ impl From<String> for Text {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Text> for String {
+    fn from(value: Text) -> Self {
+        String::from_utf8(value.value).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for TextRef {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "{}", self.as_str())
@@ -956,6 +962,12 @@ impl ImmutableRecord {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn from_bin_record(payload: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            payload: Value::Blob(payload),
+        }
+    }
+
     // TODO: inline the complete record parsing code here.
     // Its probably more efficient.
     pub fn get_values(&self) -> Vec<RefValue> {
@@ -2436,6 +2448,22 @@ impl RawSlice {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum DatabaseChangeType {
+    Delete,
+    Update { bin_record: Vec<u8> },
+    Insert { bin_record: Vec<u8> },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct DatabaseChange {
+    pub change_id: i64,
+    pub change_time: u64,
+    pub change: DatabaseChangeType,
+    pub table_name: String,
+    pub id: i64,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct WalInsertInfo {
     pub page_no: usize,