diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 7722412b09..34d8efeb55 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Update\ssorter-coalesce-writes\sbranch\swith\slatest\strunk\schanges.
-D 2012-08-06T18:10:09.480
+C When\sreusing\spages\sas\spart\sof\screating\sa\snew\sindex,\sallocate\sthe\sleaves\sfrom\seach\sfree-list\strunk\spage\sin\sascending\sorder,\sinstead\sof\strying\sto\smaximize\slocalization\sfor\seach\sindividual\sallocation.\sThis\sincreases\sthe\schance\sthat\spages\swill\sbe\swritten\sto\sdisk\sin\sascending\sorder\sby\sa\slarge\sCREATE\sINDEX\sstatement,\simproving\soverall\sperformance.
+D 2012-08-06T18:50:11.492
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc d6df77f1f48d690bd73162294bbba7f59507c72f
 F Makefile.in abd5c10d21d1395f140d9e50ea999df8fa4d6376
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 91d710bdc4998cb015f39edf3cb314ec4f4d7e23
@@ -117,16 +117,16 @@ F sqlite.pc.in 42b7bf0d02e08b9e77734a47798d1a55a9e0716b
 F sqlite3.1 6be1ad09113570e1fc8dcaff84c9b0b337db5ffc
 F sqlite3.pc.in ae6f59a76e862f5c561eb32a380228a02afc3cad
 F src/alter.c 149cc80d9257971b0bff34e58fb2263e01998289
-F src/analyze.c a4790912e504c8ddac273445e7aba39bbce50881
+F src/analyze.c 7553068d21e32a57fc33ab6b2393fc8c1ba41410
 F src/attach.c 577bf5675b0c50495fc28549f2fcbdb1bac71143
 F src/auth.c 523da7fb4979469955d822ff9298352d6b31de34
 F src/backup.c 5b31b24d6814b11de763debf342c8cd0a15a4910
 F src/bitvec.c 26675fe8e431dc555e6f2d0e11e651d172234aa1
 F src/btmutex.c 976f45a12e37293e32cae0281b15a21d48a8aaa7
-F src/btree.c f0b71054103cb77eb5e782088c16998ec4f06624
-F src/btree.h 48a013f8964f12d944d90e4700df47b72dd6d923
-F src/btreeInt.h 38a639c0542c29fe8331a221c4aed0cb8686249e
-F src/build.c 47c4506afe4bcb4ed1f4b5357582d1cb3402f8ad
+F src/btree.c 1d366468b6f30234d76bf1da43e038d6f3ba2c9c
+F src/btree.h 4aee02e879211bfcfd3f551769578d2e940ab6c2
+F src/btreeInt.h 4e5c2bd0f9b36b2a815a6d84f771a61a65830621
+F src/build.c 0f6b40ad6211dcaba6159d0f9a297f0704f22142
 F src/callback.c 0cb4228cdcd827dcc5def98fb099edcc9142dbcd
 F src/complete.c dc1d136c0feee03c2f7550bafc0d29075e36deac
 F src/ctime.c 500d019da966631ad957c37705642be87524463b
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ F src/select.c a365da6d7a6d7d8a10ad60ca71837ab5e9369466
 F src/shell.c 076e1c90d594644f36027c8ecff9a392cf2d3a06
 F src/sqlite.h.in 3e8035bc406b1571a5cc8ea46bcc831201676f1a
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 6904f4aadf976f95241311fbffb00823075d9477
-F src/sqliteInt.h ed41801550b0b8fb8217fcfd2e362118062b30c0
+F src/sqliteInt.h c8169801f8bbfdf5873cc6fa45cb5df720c04db4
 F src/sqliteLimit.h 164b0e6749d31e0daa1a4589a169d31c0dec7b3d
 F src/status.c 35939e7e03abf1b7577ce311f48f682c40de3208
 F src/table.c 2cd62736f845d82200acfa1287e33feb3c15d62e
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ F src/test_superlock.c 2b97936ca127d13962c3605dbc9a4ef269c424cd
 F src/test_syscall.c a992d8c80ea91fbf21fb2dd570db40e77dd7e6ae
 F src/test_tclvar.c f4dc67d5f780707210d6bb0eb6016a431c04c7fa
 F src/test_thread.c e286f2173563f2a1747c24bcda6b9d030bf4f4e4
-F src/test_vfs.c da6d0d982b11756c94c1760196355d33d03ff745
+F src/test_vfs.c c6260ef238c1142c8f8bd402db02216afd182ae3
 F src/test_vfstrace.c 6b28adb2a0e8ecd0f2e3581482e1f658b11b4067
 F src/test_wholenumber.c 3d2b9ed1505c40ad5c5ca2ad16ae7a289d6cc251
 F src/test_wsd.c 41cadfd9d97fe8e3e4e44f61a4a8ccd6f7ca8fe9
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ F src/update.c d3076782c887c10e882996550345da9c4c9f9dea
 F src/utf.c 890c67dcfcc7a74623c95baac7535aadfe265e84
 F src/util.c 0af2e515dc0dabacec931bca39525f6c3f1c5455
 F src/vacuum.c 587a52bb8833d7ac15af8916f25437e2575028bd
-F src/vdbe.c f5ad3c06dc3fe647097065829c013f3f1b9eadca
+F src/vdbe.c 75da79cdcd58481825a06f045bc2f5ea3966eeae
 F src/vdbe.h 18f581cac1f4339ec3299f3e0cc6e11aec654cdb
 F src/vdbeInt.h 986b6b11a13c517337355009e5438703ba5b0a40
 F src/vdbeapi.c 88ea823bbcb4320f5a6607f39cd7c2d3cc4c26b1
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ F test/index.test b5429732b3b983fa810e3ac867d7ca85dae35097
 F test/index2.test ee83c6b5e3173a3d7137140d945d9a5d4fdfb9d6
 F test/index3.test 423a25c789fc8cc51aaf2a4370bbdde2d9e9eed7
 F test/index4.test 1e299862024012e0165531cce251572f7f084d15
+F test/index5.test edc8c64ca78bee140c21ce3836820fadf47906bb
 F test/indexedby.test be501e381b82b2f8ab406309ba7aac46e221f4ad
 F test/indexfault.test 31d4ab9a7d2f6e9616933eb079722362a883eb1d
 F test/init.test 15c823093fdabbf7b531fe22cf037134d09587a7
@@ -1008,7 +1009,7 @@ F tool/vdbe-compress.tcl d70ea6d8a19e3571d7ab8c9b75cba86d1173ff0f
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh f6aa929dc20ef1f856af04a730772f59283631d4
 F tool/warnings.sh fbc018d67fd7395f440c28f33ef0f94420226381
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix 67d8a99aceb56384a81b3f30d6c71743146d2cc9
-P f4b3fded231231ef15bde98d2a996b4e16415d4c 541e9310a7b88e0b40c6530947803527f28e51de
-R 29178e6d938c0a18dd53fdfdd0d9db73
+P 214f8cda1727e0eee51605be487d4cf4f2dfb6db
+R 3158683ecf6a85f9d8794482d2318bc6
 U dan
-Z ebf9b1cca66bb54b576393e824c02bfc
+Z 52fb98b324ddd516442d0480eabbc4d5
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 5a544c351b..c85d23ae1e 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-214f8cda1727e0eee51605be487d4cf4f2dfb6db
\ No newline at end of file
+d045f8b2d44e388d8c4549ff02d4ca7eff4e2038
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/analyze.c b/src/analyze.c
index 810ed54d85..632fdc1ac1 100644
--- a/src/analyze.c
+++ b/src/analyze.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void openStatTable(
           "CREATE TABLE %Q.%s(%s)", pDb->zName, zTab, aTable[i].zCols
       );
       aRoot[i] = pParse->regRoot;
-      aCreateTbl[i] = 1;
+      aCreateTbl[i] = OPFLAG_P2ISREG;
     }else{
       /* The table already exists. If zWhere is not NULL, delete all entries 
       ** associated with the table zWhere. If zWhere is NULL, delete the
diff --git a/src/btree.c b/src/btree.c
index c16eca5f64..7f1fd7e148 100644
--- a/src/btree.c
+++ b/src/btree.c
@@ -5926,7 +5926,8 @@ static int balance_nonroot(
   MemPage *pParent,               /* Parent page of siblings being balanced */
   int iParentIdx,                 /* Index of "the page" in pParent */
   u8 *aOvflSpace,                 /* page-size bytes of space for parent ovfl */
-  int isRoot                      /* True if pParent is a root-page */
+  int isRoot,                     /* True if pParent is a root-page */
+  int bBulk                       /* True if this call is part of a bulk load */
 ){
   BtShared *pBt;               /* The whole database */
   int nCell = 0;               /* Number of cells in apCell[] */
@@ -6257,7 +6258,7 @@ static int balance_nonroot(
       if( rc ) goto balance_cleanup;
     }else{
       assert( i>0 );
-      rc = allocateBtreePage(pBt, &pNew, &pgno, pgno, 0);
+      rc = allocateBtreePage(pBt, &pNew, &pgno, (bBulk ? 1 : pgno), 0);
       if( rc ) goto balance_cleanup;
       apNew[i] = pNew;
       nNew++;
@@ -6707,7 +6708,7 @@ static int balance(BtCursor *pCur){
           ** pSpace buffer passed to the latter call to balance_nonroot().
           */
           u8 *pSpace = sqlite3PageMalloc(pCur->pBt->pageSize);
-          rc = balance_nonroot(pParent, iIdx, pSpace, iPage==1);
+          rc = balance_nonroot(pParent, iIdx, pSpace, iPage==1, pCur->hints);
           if( pFree ){
             /* If pFree is not NULL, it points to the pSpace buffer used 
             ** by a previous call to balance_nonroot(). Its contents are
@@ -8294,3 +8295,13 @@ int sqlite3BtreeSetVersion(Btree *pBtree, int iVersion){
   pBt->btsFlags &= ~BTS_NO_WAL;
   return rc;
 }
+
+/*
+** set the mask of hint flags for cursor pCsr. Currently the only valid
+** values are 0 and BTREE_BULKLOAD.
+*/
+void sqlite3BtreeCursorHints(BtCursor *pCsr, unsigned int mask){
+  assert( mask==BTREE_BULKLOAD || mask==0 );
+  pCsr->hints = mask;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/btree.h b/src/btree.h
index 9832001b7f..95897d5662 100644
--- a/src/btree.h
+++ b/src/btree.h
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ int sqlite3BtreeUpdateMeta(Btree*, int idx, u32 value);
 #define BTREE_USER_VERSION        6
 #define BTREE_INCR_VACUUM         7
 
+/*
+** Values that may be OR'd together to form the second argument of an
+** sqlite3BtreeCursorHints() call.
+*/
+#define BTREE_BULKLOAD 0x00000001
+
 int sqlite3BtreeCursor(
   Btree*,                              /* BTree containing table to open */
   int iTable,                          /* Index of root page */
@@ -178,8 +184,8 @@ struct Pager *sqlite3BtreePager(Btree*);
 int sqlite3BtreePutData(BtCursor*, u32 offset, u32 amt, void*);
 void sqlite3BtreeCacheOverflow(BtCursor *);
 void sqlite3BtreeClearCursor(BtCursor *);
-
 int sqlite3BtreeSetVersion(Btree *pBt, int iVersion);
+void sqlite3BtreeCursorHints(BtCursor *, unsigned int mask);
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 int sqlite3BtreeCursorIsValid(BtCursor*);
diff --git a/src/btreeInt.h b/src/btreeInt.h
index 0d21497966..b157decec7 100644
--- a/src/btreeInt.h
+++ b/src/btreeInt.h
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ struct BtCursor {
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_INCRBLOB
   u8 isIncrblobHandle;      /* True if this cursor is an incr. io handle */
 #endif
+  u8 hints;                             /* As configured by CursorSetHints() */
   i16 iPage;                            /* Index of current page in apPage */
   u16 aiIdx[BTCURSOR_MAX_DEPTH];        /* Current index in apPage[i] */
   MemPage *apPage[BTCURSOR_MAX_DEPTH];  /* Pages from root to current page */
diff --git a/src/build.c b/src/build.c
index 9f13b7b11c..776ffa4db3 100644
--- a/src/build.c
+++ b/src/build.c
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ void sqlite3EndTable(
 
       assert(pParse->nTab==1);
       sqlite3VdbeAddOp3(v, OP_OpenWrite, 1, pParse->regRoot, iDb);
-      sqlite3VdbeChangeP5(v, 1);
+      sqlite3VdbeChangeP5(v, OPFLAG_P2ISREG);
       pParse->nTab = 2;
       sqlite3SelectDestInit(&dest, SRT_Table, 1);
       sqlite3Select(pParse, pSelect, &dest);
@@ -2397,9 +2397,7 @@ static void sqlite3RefillIndex(Parse *pParse, Index *pIndex, int memRootPage){
   pKey = sqlite3IndexKeyinfo(pParse, pIndex);
   sqlite3VdbeAddOp4(v, OP_OpenWrite, iIdx, tnum, iDb, 
                     (char *)pKey, P4_KEYINFO_HANDOFF);
-  if( memRootPage>=0 ){
-    sqlite3VdbeChangeP5(v, 1);
-  }
+  sqlite3VdbeChangeP5(v, OPFLAG_BULKCSR|((memRootPage>=0)?OPFLAG_P2ISREG:0));
 
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_MERGE_SORT
   /* Open the sorter cursor if we are to use one. */
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index c525ebd16f..b3cdb2363c 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -2317,6 +2317,8 @@ struct AuthContext {
 #define OPFLAG_CLEARCACHE    0x20    /* Clear pseudo-table cache in OP_Column */
 #define OPFLAG_LENGTHARG     0x40    /* OP_Column only used for length() */
 #define OPFLAG_TYPEOFARG     0x80    /* OP_Column only used for typeof() */
+#define OPFLAG_BULKCSR       0x01    /* OP_Open** used to open bulk cursor */
+#define OPFLAG_P2ISREG       0x02    /* P2 to OP_Open** is a register number */
 
 /*
  * Each trigger present in the database schema is stored as an instance of
diff --git a/src/test_vfs.c b/src/test_vfs.c
index fd2aa9fb07..93c556b56e 100644
--- a/src/test_vfs.c
+++ b/src/test_vfs.c
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ static int tvfsWrite(
 
   if( p->pScript && p->mask&TESTVFS_WRITE_MASK ){
     tvfsExecTcl(p, "xWrite", 
-        Tcl_NewStringObj(pFd->zFilename, -1), pFd->pShmId, 0
+        Tcl_NewStringObj(pFd->zFilename, -1), pFd->pShmId, 
+        Tcl_NewWideIntObj(iOfst)
     );
     tvfsResultCode(p, &rc);
   }
diff --git a/src/vdbe.c b/src/vdbe.c
index 19c0255b8f..12e7325143 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/vdbe.c
@@ -3120,6 +3120,9 @@ case OP_OpenWrite: {
   VdbeCursor *pCur;
   Db *pDb;
 
+  assert( (pOp->p5&(OPFLAG_P2ISREG|OPFLAG_BULKCSR))==pOp->p5 );
+  assert( pOp->opcode==OP_OpenWrite || pOp->p5==0 );
+
   if( p->expired ){
     rc = SQLITE_ABORT;
     break;
@@ -3143,7 +3146,7 @@ case OP_OpenWrite: {
   }else{
     wrFlag = 0;
   }
-  if( pOp->p5 ){
+  if( pOp->p5 & OPFLAG_P2ISREG ){
     assert( p2>0 );
     assert( p2<=p->nMem );
     pIn2 = &aMem[p2];
@@ -3174,6 +3177,8 @@ case OP_OpenWrite: {
   pCur->isOrdered = 1;
   rc = sqlite3BtreeCursor(pX, p2, wrFlag, pKeyInfo, pCur->pCursor);
   pCur->pKeyInfo = pKeyInfo;
+  assert( OPFLAG_BULKCSR==BTREE_BULKLOAD );
+  sqlite3BtreeCursorHints(pCur->pCursor, (pOp->p5 & OPFLAG_BULKCSR));
 
   /* Since it performs no memory allocation or IO, the only value that
   ** sqlite3BtreeCursor() may return is SQLITE_OK. */
diff --git a/test/index5.test b/test/index5.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8e94b3985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/index5.test
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# 2012 August 6
+#
+# The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
+# a legal notice, here is a blessing:
+#
+#    May you do good and not evil.
+#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+#
+#***********************************************************************
+#
+
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+set ::testprefix index5
+
+do_test 1.1 {
+  execsql {
+    PRAGMA page_size = 1024;
+    CREATE TABLE t1(x);
+    BEGIN;
+  }
+  for {set i 0} {$i < 100000} {incr i} {
+    execsql { INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(randstr(100,100)) }
+  }
+  execsql COMMIT
+  execsql { 
+    CREATE INDEX i1 ON t1(x);
+    DROP INDEX I1;
+    PRAGMA main.page_size;
+  }
+} {1024}
+
+db close
+testvfs tvfs
+tvfs filter xWrite
+tvfs script write_cb
+proc write_cb {xCall file handle iOfst} {
+  if {[file tail $file]=="test.db"} {
+    lappend ::write_list [expr $iOfst/1024]
+  }
+  puts "$xCall $file $args"
+}
+
+do_test 1.2 {
+  sqlite3 db test.db -vfs tvfs
+  set ::write_list [list]
+  execsql { CREATE INDEX i1 ON t1(x) }
+} {}
+
+do_test 1.3 {
+  set nForward 0
+  set nBackward 0
+  set nNoncont 0
+  set iPrev [lindex $::write_list 0]
+  for {set i 1} {$i < [llength $::write_list]} {incr i} {
+    set iNext [lindex $::write_list $i]
+    if {$iNext==($iPrev+1)} {
+      incr nForward
+    } elseif {$iNext==($iPrev-1)} { 
+      incr nBackward 
+    } else {
+      incr nNoncont
+    }
+    set iPrev $iNext
+  }
+
+  expr {$nForward > $nBackward}
+} {1}
+db close
+tvfs delete
+
+finish_test
+