diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d5345b3..ec4a8f31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Version 2.5.0 - December 31 2019
 
 - #251 Added example for getHeaderInfo()
 
-Version 3.0.0 - January 1 2020
+Version 3.0.0 - January 31 2020
 - C++11 is now required
 - CMake 3.1 minimum
 - Visual Studio 2015 minimum
@@ -165,7 +165,14 @@ Version 3.0.0 - January 1 2020
 - Add Valgrind memcheck tool to Travis CI
 - Remove Statement::isOk() deprecated in 2.2.0 when renamed to Statement::hasRow()
 - Replace Database::backup() "C" implementation by calling the Backup class
-- Run Valgrind memcheck on Travis CI #252
-- Keep inline functions for GCov code coverage #253
-- Re-enable Coverity static analysis #254
-- Fix linking with system library (libsqlite3) #256
+- #252 Run Valgrind memcheck on Travis CI
+- #253 Keep inline functions for GCov code coverage
+- #254 Re-enable Coverity static analysis
+- #256 Fix linking with system library (libsqlite3)
+- #242 Added a `getIndex` method and used it (KOLANICH)
+- #257 Improve Statement unit tests coverage (bind by name with a std::string)
+- #234 support for external sqlite3 (BioDataAnalysis/emmenlau)
+- #243 adding a pure attribute to getIndex() (KOLANICH)
+
+
+
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b3d3344..9363c0d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1) # for "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD" version
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake") # custom CMake modules like FindSQLiteCpp
-project(SQLiteCpp VERSION 2.99)
+project(SQLiteCpp VERSION 3.0.0)
 
 # SQLiteC++ 3.x requires C++11 features
 if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
diff --git a/examples/example2/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/example2/CMakeLists.txt
index ea68bfa0..207422ed 100644
--- a/examples/example2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/example2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-# Example CMake file for compiling & linking a project with the the SQLiteCpp wrapper
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2012-2020 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
-#
-# Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
-# or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1) # for "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD" version
-project(SQLiteCpp_Example VERSION 2.0)
+# Example CMake file for compiling & linking a project with the the SQLiteCpp wrapper
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012-2020 Sebastien Rombauts (sebastien.rombauts@gmail.com)
+#
+# Distributed under the MIT License (MIT) (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt
+# or copy at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) 
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1) # for "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD" version
+project(SQLiteCpp_Example VERSION 2.0)
 
 # SQLiteC++ 3.x now requires C++11 compiler
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-
-# Add SQLite3 C++ wrapper around sqlite3 library (and sqlite3 itself provided for ease of use)
-# Here you can set CMake variables to avoid building Example, as well as cpplint, cppcheck...
-# or set them in the cmake command line (see for instance provided build.bat/build.sh scripts)
-set(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-set(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-add_subdirectory(../.. SQLiteCpp) # out-of-source build requires explicit subdir name for compilation artifacts
-
-# Add main.cpp example source code to the executable
-add_executable(SQLiteCpp_Example src/main.cpp)
-
-# Link SQLiteCpp_example1 with SQLiteCpp
-target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_Example SQLiteCpp)
+
+# Add SQLite3 C++ wrapper around sqlite3 library (and sqlite3 itself provided for ease of use)
+# Here you can set CMake variables to avoid building Example, as well as cpplint, cppcheck...
+# or set them in the cmake command line (see for instance provided build.bat/build.sh scripts)
+set(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPCHECK OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+add_subdirectory(../.. SQLiteCpp) # out-of-source build requires explicit subdir name for compilation artifacts
+
+# Add main.cpp example source code to the executable
+add_executable(SQLiteCpp_Example src/main.cpp)
+
+# Link SQLiteCpp_example1 with SQLiteCpp
+target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_Example SQLiteCpp)