diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 93002a6915..810127194d 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
-C file\sformat\schange\s(CVS\s121)
-D 2000-08-02T12:37:18
+C file\sformat\schange\s(CVS\s122)
+D 2000-08-02T13:47:42
 F COPYRIGHT 74a8a6531a42e124df07ab5599aad63870fa0bd4
 F Makefile.in 670aa9413cb2cdcded23b328a9e255c845c41a1e
 F README 51f6a4e7408b34afa5bc1c0485f61b6a4efb6958
 F configure 51063d594190fa085f909cefc9427241088bec4f x
 F configure.in a04f02ba61ed09a00e862b4f78b91b06a559e0b5
 F doc/lemon.html e233a3e97a779c7a87e1bc4528c664a58e49dd47
-F src/build.c ecb8ec724914780efed01d1739e6dd398d75af46
+F src/build.c afdbf21315526902577ebeb690737a27ab73c2a1
 F src/dbbe.c 5c69d68fe8d9461e56d066f9a7f693636c02d0c7
 F src/dbbe.h 8718b718b36d37584e9bbdfccec10588fa91271f
 F src/delete.c 4d491eaf61b515516749c7ed68fa3b2ee8a09065
 F src/expr.c 2fa63f086707176d09092e71832f9bbdc6a8ac85
 F src/insert.c f146f149ad2422a1dc3bfa7a1651a25940f98958
-F src/main.c c4b6678af8326cc602f61de51d451697451fd177
+F src/main.c ba16b81890d962821bb90f0a4de9a29b0e495eb2
 F src/parse.y 5d199034de5d29ebedb42c1c51f34db4df40cbe5
 F src/select.c d382e96c2221d08367cc87976f2b574537c9de97
-F src/shell.c a5eb8ee9d5f90e735900a92e7fc364a54deb2cfb
+F src/shell.c 2fd370838742afa068cfcdd05b667ff89bab25b6
 F src/sqlite.h 82ae53028e27919250f886ff9d7c4927de81978a
-F src/sqliteInt.h cbb973ffcbbefdfb59438fa5c1df0be768cc490c
+F src/sqliteInt.h f6d1e139b3bfa4ceff2136684e19d76b53178ec0
 F src/tclsqlite.c 9f358618ae803bedf4fb96da5154fd45023bc1f7
 F src/tokenize.c 77ff8164a8751994bc9926ce282847f653ac0c16
 F src/update.c 51b9ef7434b15e31096155da920302e9db0d27fc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ F test/dbbe.test 0a8e4293cf816e590dcbb01be4cd4e8f7f95bdc8
 F test/delete.test 402ee3ccb6e544582d24c573ef70b34d09583ae7
 F test/expr.test 09b55ccf81cb8cc2f9cd83d592a2ba187ee48ba8
 F test/in.test 2c560c0f55fb777029fd9bb5378f2997582aa603
-F test/index.test e5f4e7ad41e1709ef4426a3a4ce1bafe1afe1ee4
+F test/index.test 950be6116122c6e2db7c2c345eabcdb854ced1d0
 F test/insert.test 66f4c3bd600fec8eb1e733b928cbe6fa885eff0c
 F test/insert2.test 732405e30331635af8d159fccabe835eea5cd0c6
 F test/lock.test 42a2d171eba1078cf3fd58ab64241eb8f1b08d69
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ F test/select4.test cb5374d7c87680e294ac749307459a5cc547609d
 F test/select5.test e2b9d51d88cbd6c307c2c05b0ef55fe7ba811ac2
 F test/sort.test d582086c4bb7df3fbf50aa72e69d7e235e9f8e31
 F test/subselect.test bf8b251a92fb091973c1c469ce499dc9648a41d5
-F test/table.test d3e01e4916a99ade7d8f1d534ee1b36d57c00490
+F test/table.test 620cd72a6c29da3b9153d15c9e94abbbb282373b
 F test/tester.tcl 95b286791e6256bb6db0165f9342c70fff549a62
 F test/update.test 62f6ce99ff31756aab0ca832ff6d34c5a87b6250
 F test/vacuum.test 8becf5cfeb897108b35cdd996793e7f1df2f28fd
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ F www/mingw.tcl fc5f4ba9d336b6e8c97347cc6496d6162461ef60
 F www/opcode.tcl cb3a1abf8b7b9be9f3a228d097d6bf8b742c2b6f
 F www/sqlite.tcl 69781eaffb02e17aa4af28b76a2bedb19baa8e9f
 F www/vdbe.tcl bcbfc33bcdd0ebad95eab31286adb9e1bc289520
-P 67f8af377c8a92ac155f55afc75e9957bec4e787
-R 123e192ab64d207d4ac341998bf97433
+P 4110936f112092b3bbc134f0717b899aad6502ad
+R 27068e8e66b0ad6baca5a9255d7bc1a0
 U drh
-Z 1c32c9d74ea685fb114555df3a32fc58
+Z b61a3a088aa89de6d6b88a94a54cc74a
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 02de49a406..9c02701961 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4110936f112092b3bbc134f0717b899aad6502ad
\ No newline at end of file
+b7b90237945d3577caba3a2f5595e52b25027297
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/build.c b/src/build.c
index b9ee8eee85..c2931bf0fb 100644
--- a/src/build.c
+++ b/src/build.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 **     COPY
 **     VACUUM
 **
-** $Id: build.c,v 1.21 2000/07/29 13:06:59 drh Exp $
+** $Id: build.c,v 1.22 2000/08/02 13:47:42 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -319,16 +319,20 @@ void sqliteAddDefaultValue(Parse *pParse, Token *pVal, int minusFlag){
 void sqliteEndTable(Parse *pParse, Token *pEnd){
   Table *p;
   int h;
+  int addVersion;      /* True to insert a "file format" meta record */
 
   if( pParse->nErr ) return;
+  p = pParse->pNewTable;
+  addVersion =  p!=0 && pParse->db->nTable==1;
 
   /* Add the table to the in-memory representation of the database
   */
-  if( (p = pParse->pNewTable)!=0 && pParse->explain==0 ){
+  if( p!=0 && pParse->explain==0 ){
     h = sqliteHashNoCase(p->zName, 0) % N_HASH;
     p->pHash = pParse->db->apTblHash[h];
     pParse->db->apTblHash[h] = p;
     pParse->pNewTable = 0;
+    pParse->db->nTable++;
   }
 
   /* If not initializing, then create the table on disk.
@@ -343,7 +347,15 @@ void sqliteEndTable(Parse *pParse, Token *pEnd){
       { OP_String,      0, 0, 0},            /* 5 */
       { OP_MakeRecord,  4, 0, 0},
       { OP_Put,         0, 0, 0},
-      { OP_Close,       0, 0, 0},
+    };
+    static VdbeOp addVersion[] = {
+      { OP_New,         0, 0, 0},
+      { OP_String,      0, 0, "meta"            },
+      { OP_String,      0, 0, ""                },
+      { OP_String,      0, 0, ""                },
+      { OP_String,      0, 0, "file format 2"   },
+      { OP_MakeRecord,  4, 0, 0},
+      { OP_Put,         0, 0, 0},
     };
     int n, base;
     Vdbe *v;
@@ -355,6 +367,10 @@ void sqliteEndTable(Parse *pParse, Token *pEnd){
     sqliteVdbeChangeP3(v, base+3, p->zName, 0);
     sqliteVdbeChangeP3(v, base+4, p->zName, 0);
     sqliteVdbeChangeP3(v, base+5, pParse->sFirstToken.z, n);
+    if( addVersion ){
+      sqliteVdbeAddOpList(v, ArraySize(addVersion), addVersion);
+    }
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Close, 0, 0, 0, 0);
   }
 }
 
@@ -440,6 +456,7 @@ void sqliteDropTable(Parse *pParse, Token *pName){
         p->pHash = pTable->pHash;
       }
     }
+    pParse->db->nTable--;
     sqliteDeleteTable(pParse->db, pTable);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7aea930a81..0aded49f2a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ** other files are for internal use by SQLite and should not be
 ** accessed by users of the library.
 **
-** $Id: main.c,v 1.15 2000/07/31 13:38:26 drh Exp $
+** $Id: main.c,v 1.16 2000/08/02 13:47:42 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -35,12 +35,24 @@
 ** database.  Each callback contains text of a CREATE TABLE or
 ** CREATE INDEX statement that must be parsed to yield the internal
 ** structures that describe the tables.
+**
+** This callback is also called with argc==2 when there is meta
+** information in the sqlite_master file.  The meta information is
+** contained in argv[1].  Typical meta information is the file format
+** version.
 */
 static int sqliteOpenCb(void *pDb, int argc, char **argv, char **azColName){
   sqlite *db = (sqlite*)pDb;
   Parse sParse;
   int nErr;
 
+  if( argc==2 ){
+    if( sscanf(argv[1],"file format %d",&db->file_format)==1 ){
+      return 0;
+    }
+    /* Unknown meta information.  Ignore it. */
+    return 0;
+  }
   if( argc!=1 ) return 0;
   memset(&sParse, 0, sizeof(sParse));
   sParse.db = db;
@@ -83,7 +95,7 @@ static int sqliteInit(sqlite *db, char **pzErrMsg){
   ** defined as follows:
   **
   **    CREATE TABLE sqlite_master (
-  **        type       text,    --  Either "table" or "index"
+  **        type       text,    --  Either "table" or "index" or "meta"
   **        name       text,    --  Name of table or index
   **        tbl_name   text,    --  Associated table 
   **        sql        text     --  The CREATE statement for this object
@@ -99,6 +111,11 @@ static int sqliteInit(sqlite *db, char **pzErrMsg){
   ** the CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX statement that originally created
   ** the table or index.
   **
+  ** If the "type" column has the value "meta", then the "sql" column
+  ** contains extra information about the database, such as the
+  ** file format version number.  All meta information must be processed
+  ** before any tables or indices are constructed.
+  **
   ** The following program invokes its callback on the SQL for each
   ** table then goes back and invokes the callback on the
   ** SQL for each index.  The callback will invoke the
@@ -107,22 +124,31 @@ static int sqliteInit(sqlite *db, char **pzErrMsg){
   */
   static VdbeOp initProg[] = {
     { OP_Open,     0, 0,  MASTER_NAME},
-    { OP_Next,     0, 8,  0},           /* 1 */
+    { OP_Next,     0, 9,  0},           /* 1 */
+    { OP_Field,    0, 0,  0},
+    { OP_String,   0, 0,  "meta"},
+    { OP_Ne,       0, 1,  0},
+    { OP_Field,    0, 0,  0},
+    { OP_Field,    0, 3,  0},
+    { OP_Callback, 2, 0,  0},
+    { OP_Goto,     0, 1,  0},
+    { OP_Rewind,   0, 0,  0},           /* 9 */
+    { OP_Next,     0, 17, 0},           /* 10 */
     { OP_Field,    0, 0,  0},
     { OP_String,   0, 0,  "table"},
-    { OP_Ne,       0, 1,  0},
+    { OP_Ne,       0, 10, 0},
     { OP_Field,    0, 3,  0},
     { OP_Callback, 1, 0,  0},
-    { OP_Goto,     0, 1,  0},
-    { OP_Rewind,   0, 0,  0},           /* 8 */
-    { OP_Next,     0, 16, 0},           /* 9 */
+    { OP_Goto,     0, 10, 0},
+    { OP_Rewind,   0, 0,  0},           /* 17 */
+    { OP_Next,     0, 25, 0},           /* 18 */
     { OP_Field,    0, 0,  0},
     { OP_String,   0, 0,  "index"},
-    { OP_Ne,       0, 9,  0},
+    { OP_Ne,       0, 18, 0},
     { OP_Field,    0, 3,  0},
     { OP_Callback, 1, 0,  0},
-    { OP_Goto,     0, 9,  0},
-    { OP_Halt,     0, 0,  0},           /* 16 */
+    { OP_Goto,     0, 18, 0},
+    { OP_Halt,     0, 0,  0},           /* 25 */
   };
 
   /* Create a virtual machine to run the initialization program.  Run
@@ -137,6 +163,10 @@ static int sqliteInit(sqlite *db, char **pzErrMsg){
   rc = sqliteVdbeExec(vdbe, sqliteOpenCb, db, pzErrMsg, 
                       db->pBusyArg, db->xBusyCallback);
   sqliteVdbeDelete(vdbe);
+  if( rc==SQLITE_OK && db->file_format<2 && db->nTable>0 ){
+    sqliteSetString(pzErrMsg, "obsolete file format", 0);
+    rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
+  }
   if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
     Table *pTab;
     char *azArg[2];
@@ -184,6 +214,9 @@ sqlite *sqlite_open(const char *zFilename, int mode, char **pzErrMsg){
     return 0;
   }
 
+  /* Assume file format 1 unless the database says otherwise */
+  db->file_format = 1;
+
   /* Attempt to read the schema */
   rc = sqliteInit(db, pzErrMsg);
   if( rc!=SQLITE_OK && rc!=SQLITE_BUSY ){
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index b8888342c7..27e5d05b82 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ** This file contains code to implement the "sqlite" command line
 ** utility for accessing SQLite databases.
 **
-** $Id: shell.c,v 1.18 2000/07/31 11:57:37 drh Exp $
+** $Id: shell.c,v 1.19 2000/08/02 13:47:42 drh Exp $
 */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -439,13 +439,14 @@ static void do_meta_command(char *zLine, sqlite *db, struct callback_data *p){
     char zSql[1000];
     if( nArg==1 ){
       sprintf(zSql, "SELECT name, type, sql FROM sqlite_master "
+                    "WHERE type!='meta' "
                     "ORDER BY tbl_name, type DESC, name");
       sqlite_exec(db, zSql, dump_callback, p, &zErrMsg);
     }else{
       int i;
       for(i=1; i<nArg && zErrMsg==0; i++){
         sprintf(zSql, "SELECT name, type, sql FROM sqlite_master "
-                      "WHERE tbl_name LIKE '%.800s'"
+                      "WHERE tbl_name LIKE '%.800s' AND type!='meta' "
                       "ORDER BY type DESC, name", azArg[i]);
         sqlite_exec(db, zSql, dump_callback, p, &zErrMsg);
         
@@ -551,11 +552,12 @@ static void do_meta_command(char *zLine, sqlite *db, struct callback_data *p){
     data.mode = MODE_List;
     if( nArg>1 ){
       sprintf(zSql, "SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master "
-                    "WHERE tbl_name LIKE '%.800s'"
+                    "WHERE tbl_name LIKE '%.800s' AND type!='meta'"
                     "ORDER BY type DESC, name",
          azArg[1]);
     }else{
       sprintf(zSql, "SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master "
+         "WHERE type!='meta' "
          "ORDER BY tbl_name, type DESC, name");
     }
     sqlite_exec(db, zSql, callback, &data, &zErrMsg);
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index ae67ac479c..3e497f3b4f 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 *************************************************************************
 ** Internal interface definitions for SQLite.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.28 2000/08/02 12:26:29 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.29 2000/08/02 13:47:42 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqlite.h"
 #include "dbbe.h"
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ typedef struct AggExpr AggExpr;
 struct sqlite {
   Dbbe *pBe;                 /* The backend driver */
   int flags;                 /* Miscellanous flags */
+  int file_format;           /* What file format version is this database? */
+  int nTable;                /* Number of tables in the database */
   void *pBusyArg;            /* 1st Argument to the busy callback */
   int (*xBusyCallback)(void *,const char*,int);  /* The busy callback */
   Table *apTblHash[N_HASH];  /* All tables of the database */
@@ -134,6 +136,11 @@ struct sqlite {
 #define SQLITE_VdbeTrace    0x00000001
 #define SQLITE_Initialized  0x00000002
 
+/*
+** Current file format version
+*/
+#define SQLITE_FileFormat 2
+
 /*
 ** information about each column of an SQL table is held in an instance
 ** of this structure.
diff --git a/test/index.test b/test/index.test
index b72c556432..0f8b495fc8 100644
--- a/test/index.test
+++ b/test/index.test
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is testing the CREATE INDEX statement.
 #
-# $Id: index.test,v 1.6 2000/08/02 12:26:30 drh Exp $
+# $Id: index.test,v 1.7 2000/08/02 13:47:42 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ source $testdir/tester.tcl
 do_test index-1.1 {
   execsql {CREATE TABLE test1(f1 int, f2 int, f3 int)}
   execsql {CREATE INDEX index1 ON test1(f1)}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {index1 test1}
 do_test index-1.1b {
   execsql {SELECT name, sql, tbl_name, type FROM sqlite_master 
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ do_test index-1.1c {
 do_test index-1.1d {
   db close
   sqlite db testdb
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {index1 test1}
 
 # Verify that the index dies with the table
 #
 do_test index-1.2 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE test1}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {}
 
 # Try adding an index to a table that does not exist
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ do_test index-4.1 {
   }
   execsql {CREATE INDEX index9 ON test1(cnt)}
   execsql {CREATE INDEX indext ON test1(power)}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {index9 indext test1}
 do_test index-4.2 {
   execsql {SELECT cnt FROM test1 WHERE power=4}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ do_test index-4.12 {
 } {10}
 do_test index-4.13 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE test1}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {}
 
 # Do not allow indices to be added to sqlite_master
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ do_test index-5.1 {
   lappend v $msg
 } {1 {table sqlite_master may not have new indices added}}
 do_test index-5.2 {
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Do not allow indices with duplicate names to be added
@@ -201,19 +201,19 @@ do_test index-6.1 {
   lappend v $msg
 } {1 {index index1 already exists}}
 do_test index-6.1b {
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {index1 test1 test2}
 do_test index-6.2 {
   set v [catch {execsql {CREATE INDEX test1 ON test2(g1)}} msg]
   lappend v $msg
 } {1 {there is already a table named test1}}
 do_test index-6.2b {
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {index1 test1 test2}
 do_test index-6.3 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE test1}
   execsql {DROP TABLE test2}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {}
 
 # Create a primary key
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ do_test index-7.3 {
 } {1}
 do_test index-7.4 {
   execsql {DROP table test1}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Make sure we cannot drop a non-existant index.
diff --git a/test/table.test b/test/table.test
index 8e9f98218c..fbfd15acbc 100644
--- a/test/table.test
+++ b/test/table.test
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is testing the CREATE TABLE statement.
 #
-# $Id: table.test,v 1.5 2000/06/08 15:10:48 drh Exp $
+# $Id: table.test,v 1.6 2000/08/02 13:47:43 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ do_test table-1.1 {
     )
   }
   execsql {
-    SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master
+    SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'
   }
 } {{CREATE TABLE test1 (
       one varchar(10),
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ do_test table-1.2 {
 # Verify the other fields of the sqlite_master file.
 #
 do_test table-1.3 {
-  execsql {SELECT name, tbl_name, type FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name, tbl_name, type FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {test1 test1 table}
 
 # Close and reopen the database.  Verify that everything is
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ do_test table-1.3 {
 do_test table-1.4 {
   db close
   sqlite db testdb
-  execsql {SELECT name, tbl_name, type from sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name, tbl_name, type from sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {test1 test1 table}
 
 # Drop the database and make sure it disappears.
 #
 do_test table-1.5 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE test1}
-  execsql {SELECT * FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT * FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Verify that the file associated with the database is gone.
@@ -86,26 +86,26 @@ do_test table-1.5 {
 do_test table-1.6 {
   db close
   sqlite db testdb
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Repeat the above steps, but this time quote the table name.
 #
 do_test table-1.10 {
   execsql {CREATE TABLE "create" (f1 int)}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {create}
 do_test table-1.11 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE "create"}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM "sqlite_master"}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM "sqlite_master" WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 do_test table-1.12 {
   execsql {CREATE TABLE test1("f1 ho" int)}
-  execsql {SELECT name as "X" FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name as "X" FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {test1}
 do_test table-1.13 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE "TEST1"}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM "sqlite_master"}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM "sqlite_master" WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ do_test table-2.1c {
   lappend v $msg
 } {1 {table sqlite_master already exists}}
 do_test table-2.1d {
-  execsql {DROP TABLE test2; SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {DROP TABLE test2; SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Verify that we cannot make a table with the same name as an index
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ do_test table-2.2c {
   lappend v $msg
 } {0 {}}
 do_test table-2.2d {
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {test2 test3}
 do_test table-2.2e {
   execsql {DROP TABLE test2; DROP TABLE test3}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {}
 
 # Create a table with many field names
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ set big_table \
 )}
 do_test table-3.1 {
   execsql $big_table
-  execsql {SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } \{$big_table\}
 do_test table-3.2 {
   set v [catch {execsql {CREATE TABLE BIG(xyz foo)}} msg]
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ do_test table-3.5 {
 } {1 {table Big already exists}}
 do_test table-3.6 {
   execsql {DROP TABLE big}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Try creating large numbers of tables
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ do_test table-4.1 {
     append sql "last_field text)"
     execsql $sql
   }
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } $r
 do_test table-4.1b {
   db close
   sqlite db testdb
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } $r
 
 # Drop the even number tables
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ do_test table-4.2 {
     set sql "DROP TABLE TEST$i"
     execsql $sql
   }
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } $r
 
 # Drop the odd number tables
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ do_test table-4.3 {
     set sql "DROP TABLE test$i"
     execsql $sql
   }
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY name}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta' ORDER BY name}
 } {}
 
 # Try to drop a table that does not exist
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ do_test table-5.2 {
 #
 do_test table-5.3 {
   execsql {EXPLAIN CREATE TABLE test1(f1 int)}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {}
 
 # Make sure an EXPLAIN does not really drop an existing table
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ do_test table-5.3 {
 do_test table-5.4 {
   execsql {CREATE TABLE test1(f1 int)}
   execsql {EXPLAIN DROP TABLE test1}
-  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master}
+  execsql {SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type!='meta'}
 } {test1}
 
 # Create a table with a goofy name