diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index c484e547a3..7f1d47fc88 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Replace\sthe\satoi()\slibrary\sroutine\swith\sa\sfaster\shome-grown\sversion\sin\sthe\nVDBE.\s\sThis\sgives\sa\sdramatic\sspeed\simprovement\sfor\ssome\skinds\sof\squeries.\s(CVS\s784)
-D 2002-11-11T00:05:43
+C Back\sout\sthe\schanges\sin\sthe\spager\sthat\ssorted\spages\sprior\sto\swriting\sthem\nto\sthe\sdatabase.\s\sAdditional\smeasurements\sshowed\sno\sperformance\sgains.\s(CVS\s785)
+D 2002-11-11T01:04:48
 F Makefile.in d6c9a85c2a5e696843201d090dcf8bf2f8716f2a
 F Makefile.linux-gcc b86a99c493a5bfb402d1d9178dcdc4bd4b32f906
 F README f1de682fbbd94899d50aca13d387d1b3fd3be2dd
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ F src/main.c f04f93b8928d6d85976e5137fea146a46de1fd6e
 F src/md5.c fe4f9c9c6f71dfc26af8da63e4d04489b1430565
 F src/os.c caf5a34b35a2d99a58457517261c879ac29b0a05
 F src/os.h 1caaea972d1c0401cfe6300aba51fb0f6fe435c9
-F src/pager.c 27d9b94641e968bafabfd2119d9ba4304ccb69a4
+F src/pager.c 691571c468e36212677ed0b1db475dba4dba46bf
 F src/pager.h 6991c9c2dc5e4c7f2df4d4ba47d1c6458f763a32
 F src/parse.y 469c9636ff713e63c00234662209f11668671ae9
 F src/printf.c 5c50fc1da75c8f5bf432b1ad17d91d6653acd167
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl a20a792738475b68756ea7a19321600f23d1d803
 F www/sqlite.tcl ae3dcfb077e53833b59d4fcc94d8a12c50a44098
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 1db15abeb446aad0caf0b95b8b9579720e4ea331
 F www/vdbe.tcl 2013852c27a02a091d39a766bc87cff329f21218
-P a6ef6657a4377684dc2fce7be2bbf009fd2d2f37
-R 185b0bc33f10b4a768e6cfb7280605c4
+P 263a8ca40f7ff66fbdcb43bf9032391d5b1e68bd
+R 0010d81229c7872c45b3b325790678da
 U drh
-Z f3f9009eb197efb6353cb5684648e29d
+Z a3b8e3b4a8a73490705deeac8230e339
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index b12c1575b0..75f82f630d 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-263a8ca40f7ff66fbdcb43bf9032391d5b1e68bd
\ No newline at end of file
+745d66395daf5cb8463305bbc9e4219534d2b7cf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 04c7f25a37..113373377b 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ** file simultaneously, or one process from reading the database while
 ** another is writing.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.57 2002/11/10 23:32:57 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.58 2002/11/11 01:04:48 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "os.h"         /* Must be first to enable large file support */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ struct PgHdr {
   PgHdr *pNextFree, *pPrevFree;  /* Freelist of pages where nRef==0 */
   PgHdr *pNextAll, *pPrevAll;    /* A list of all pages */
   PgHdr *pNextCkpt, *pPrevCkpt;  /* List of pages in the checkpoint journal */
-  PgHdr *pSort;                  /* Next in list of pages to be written */
   u8 inJournal;                  /* TRUE if has been written to journal */
   u8 inCkpt;                     /* TRUE if written to the checkpoint journal */
   u8 dirty;                      /* TRUE if we need to write back changes */
@@ -794,41 +793,6 @@ int sqlitepager_ref(void *pData){
   return SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
-/*
-** The parameters are pointers to the head of two sorted lists
-** of page headers.  Merge these two lists together and return
-** a single sorted list.  This routine forms the core of the 
-** merge-sort algorithm that sorts dirty pages into accending
-** order prior to writing them back to the disk.
-**
-** In the case of a tie, left sorts in front of right.
-**
-** Headers are sorted in order of ascending page number.
-*/
-static PgHdr *page_merge(PgHdr *pLeft, PgHdr *pRight){
-  PgHdr sHead;
-  PgHdr *pTail;
-  pTail = &sHead;
-  pTail->pSort = 0;
-  while( pLeft && pRight ){
-    if( pLeft->pgno<=pRight->pgno ){
-      pTail->pSort = pLeft;
-      pLeft = pLeft->pSort;
-    }else{
-      pTail->pSort = pRight;
-      pRight = pRight->pSort;
-    }
-    pTail = pTail->pSort;
-  }
-  if( pLeft ){
-    pTail->pSort = pLeft;
-  }else if( pRight ){
-    pTail->pSort = pRight;
-  }
-  return sHead.pSort;
-}
-
-
 /*
 ** Sync the journal and then write all free dirty pages to the database
 ** file.
@@ -845,19 +809,10 @@ static PgHdr *page_merge(PgHdr *pLeft, PgHdr *pRight){
 ** If we are writing to temporary database, there is no need to preserve
 ** the integrity of the journal file, so we can save time and skip the
 ** fsync().
-**
-** This routine goes to the extra trouble of sorting all the dirty
-** pages by their page number prior to writing them.  Tests show that
-** writing pages in order by page number gives a modest speed improvement
-** under Linux.  
 */
 static int syncAllPages(Pager *pPager){
   PgHdr *pPg;
-  PgHdr *pToWrite;
-# define NSORT 28
   Pgno lastPgno;
-  int i;
-  PgHdr *apSorter[NSORT];
   int rc = SQLITE_OK;
 
   /* Sync the journal before modifying the main database
@@ -871,56 +826,21 @@ static int syncAllPages(Pager *pPager){
     pPager->needSync = 0;
   }
 
-  /* Create a list of all dirty pages
+  /* Write all dirty free pages to the disk in the order that they
+  ** appear on the disk.  We have experimented with sorting the pages
+  ** by page numbers so that they are written in order, but that does
+  ** not appear to improve performance.
   */
-  pToWrite = 0;
   for(pPg=pPager->pFirst; pPg; pPg=pPg->pNextFree){
     if( pPg->dirty ){
-      pPg->pSort = pToWrite;
-      pToWrite = pPg;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /* Sort the list of dirty pages into accending order by
-  ** page number
-  */
-  for(i=0; i<NSORT; i++){
-    apSorter[i] = 0;
-  }
-  while( pToWrite ){
-    pPg = pToWrite;
-    pToWrite = pPg->pSort;
-    pPg->pSort = 0;
-    for(i=0; i<NSORT-1; i++){
-      if( apSorter[i]==0 ){
-        apSorter[i] = pPg;
-        break;
-      }else{
-        pPg = page_merge(apSorter[i], pPg);
-        apSorter[i] = 0;
+      if( lastPgno==0 || pPg->pgno!=lastPgno+1 ){
+        sqliteOsSeek(&pPager->fd, (pPg->pgno-1)*SQLITE_PAGE_SIZE);
       }
+      rc = sqliteOsWrite(&pPager->fd, PGHDR_TO_DATA(pPg), SQLITE_PAGE_SIZE);
+      if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) break;
+      pPg->dirty = 0;
+      lastPgno = pPg->pgno;
     }
-    if( i>=NSORT-1 ){
-      apSorter[NSORT-1] = page_merge(apSorter[NSORT-1],pPg);
-    }
-  }
-  pToWrite = 0;
-  for(i=0; i<NSORT; i++){
-    pToWrite = page_merge(apSorter[i], pToWrite);
-  }
-
-  /* Write all dirty pages back to the database and mark
-  ** them all clean.
-  */
-  lastPgno = 0;
-  for(pPg=pToWrite; pPg; pPg=pPg->pSort){
-    if( lastPgno==0 || pPg->pgno!=lastPgno-1 ){
-      sqliteOsSeek(&pPager->fd, (pPg->pgno-1)*SQLITE_PAGE_SIZE);
-    }
-    rc = sqliteOsWrite(&pPager->fd, PGHDR_TO_DATA(pPg), SQLITE_PAGE_SIZE);
-    if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) break;
-    pPg->dirty = 0;
-    lastPgno = pPg->pgno;
   }
   return rc;
 }