diff --git a/store/driver/batch.go b/store/driver/batch.go
index 33c07ed..5a47c1b 100644
--- a/store/driver/batch.go
+++ b/store/driver/batch.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ type WriteBatch struct {
 }
 
 func (wb *WriteBatch) Put(key, value []byte) {
+	if value == nil {
+		value = []byte{}
+	}
 	wb.wb = append(wb.wb, Write{key, value})
 }
 
@@ -46,9 +49,9 @@ func (wb *WriteBatch) Data() []byte {
 	wb.d.Reset()
 	for _, w := range wb.wb {
 		if w.Value == nil {
-			wb.Delete(w.Key)
+			wb.d.Delete(w.Key)
 		} else {
-			wb.Put(w.Key, w.Value)
+			wb.d.Put(w.Key, w.Value)
 		}
 	}
 	return wb.d.Dump()
diff --git a/store/store_test.go b/store/store_test.go
index 7626d5b..edb20bb 100644
--- a/store/store_test.go
+++ b/store/store_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/siddontang/ledisdb/config"
 	"github.com/siddontang/ledisdb/store/driver"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func testStore(db *DB, t *testing.T) {
 	testBatch(db, t)
 	testIterator(db, t)
 	testSnapshot(db, t)
+	testBatchData(db, t)
 }
 
 func testClear(db *DB, t *testing.T) {
@@ -342,3 +344,52 @@ func testSnapshot(db *DB, t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func testBatchData(db *DB, t *testing.T) {
+	w := db.NewWriteBatch()
+
+	w.Put([]byte("a"), []byte("1"))
+	w.Put([]byte("b"), nil)
+	w.Delete([]byte("c"))
+
+	d, err := w.Data()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if kvs, err := d.Items(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if len(kvs) != 3 {
+		t.Fatal(len(kvs))
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[0], BatchItem{[]byte("a"), []byte("1")}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[1], BatchItem{[]byte("b"), []byte{}}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[2], BatchItem{[]byte("c"), nil}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	}
+
+	if err := d.Append(d); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if d.Len() != 6 {
+		t.Fatal(d.Len())
+	}
+
+	if kvs, err := d.Items(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if len(kvs) != 6 {
+		t.Fatal(len(kvs))
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[0], BatchItem{[]byte("a"), []byte("1")}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[1], BatchItem{[]byte("b"), []byte{}}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[2], BatchItem{[]byte("c"), nil}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[3], BatchItem{[]byte("a"), []byte("1")}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[4], BatchItem{[]byte("b"), []byte{}}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(kvs[5], BatchItem{[]byte("c"), nil}) {
+		t.Fatal("must equal")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/store/writebatch.go b/store/writebatch.go
index a7fd84a..134ad42 100644
--- a/store/writebatch.go
+++ b/store/writebatch.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package store
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"github.com/siddontang/goleveldb/leveldb"
 	"github.com/siddontang/ledisdb/store/driver"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -50,3 +52,78 @@ func (wb *WriteBatch) Rollback() error {
 
 	return wb.wb.Rollback()
 }
+
+func (wb *WriteBatch) Data() (*BatchData, error) {
+	data := wb.wb.Data()
+	return NewBatchData(data)
+}
+
+const BatchDataHeadLen = 12
+
+/*
+	see leveldb batch data format for more information
+*/
+
+type BatchData struct {
+	leveldb.Batch
+}
+
+func NewBatchData(data []byte) (*BatchData, error) {
+	b := new(BatchData)
+
+	if err := b.Load(data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func (d *BatchData) Append(do *BatchData) error {
+	d1 := d.Dump()
+	d2 := do.Dump()
+
+	n := d.Len() + do.Len()
+
+	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(d1[8:], uint32(n))
+	d1 = append(d1, d2[BatchDataHeadLen:]...)
+
+	return d.Load(d1)
+}
+
+func (d *BatchData) Data() []byte {
+	return d.Dump()
+}
+
+type BatchDataReplay interface {
+	Put(key, value []byte)
+	Delete(key []byte)
+}
+
+type BatchItem struct {
+	Key   []byte
+	Value []byte
+}
+
+type batchItems []BatchItem
+
+func (bs *batchItems) Put(key, value []byte) {
+	*bs = append(*bs, BatchItem{key, value})
+}
+
+func (bs *batchItems) Delete(key []byte) {
+	*bs = append(*bs, BatchItem{key, nil})
+}
+
+func (d *BatchData) Replay(r BatchDataReplay) error {
+	return d.Batch.Replay(r)
+}
+
+func (d *BatchData) Items() ([]BatchItem, error) {
+	is := make(batchItems, 0, d.Len())
+
+	if err := d.Replay(&is); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return []BatchItem(is), nil
+}