diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 54e9a8bdc6..9f3b14d46d 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Avoid\sleaving\sa\ssuspect\spage\sin\sthe\spage-cache\sif\san\serror\soccurs\sduring\ssqlite3PagerAcquire().\s(CVS\s6922)
-D 2009-07-22T16:41:15
+C Simplifications\sto\sbtree.c\sin\ssupport\sof\scoverage\stesting.\s(CVS\s6923)
+D 2009-07-22T18:07:41
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc fcd5e9cd67fe88836360bb4f9ef4cb7f8e2fb5a0
 F Makefile.in df9359da7a726ccb67a45db905c5447d5c00c6ef
 F Makefile.linux-gcc d53183f4aa6a9192d249731c90dbdffbd2c68654
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ F src/auth.c 802a9439dfa0b8c208b10055cba400e82ef18025
 F src/backup.c 6f1c2d9862c8a3feb7739dfcca02c1f5352e37f3
 F src/bitvec.c cfbf6af5b0ababb4f06ed3e75c616dadaf47fcbd
 F src/btmutex.c 0f43a75bb5b8147b386e8e1c3e71ba734e3863b7
-F src/btree.c 74655dc71c61130c7328e3cdee3c86b86ce8ce0f
+F src/btree.c e3cd5ed99cdf946d9e95dd88dd09647746e472f5
 F src/btree.h 577448a890c2ab9b21e6ab74f073526184bceebe
 F src/btreeInt.h 1c86297e69380f6577e7ae67452597dd8d5c2705
 F src/build.c 867028ee9f63f7bc8eb8d4a720bb98cf9b9a12b4
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ F src/vdbeInt.h 831c254a6eef237ef4664c8381a0137586567007
 F src/vdbeapi.c 0ab8ada7260b32031ca97f338caecf0812460624
 F src/vdbeaux.c a1ed07f91a9d59d39e97b2844554a07c91c9b809
 F src/vdbeblob.c a3f3e0e877fc64ea50165eec2855f5ada4477611
-F src/vdbemem.c 50cc051619ba457d762e0f17dfe1d6c926c5c4d5
+F src/vdbemem.c bfc25f9ef4fa914b473303566459552bdb2e008a
 F src/vtab.c 00902f289521041712fb0293d0bf8688c7af8e48
 F src/walker.c 1edca756275f158b80f20eb6f104c8d3fcc96a04
 F src/where.c cf0d091748c2fa6f7df96e5b08d2db26fd2eb437
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ F tool/speedtest2.tcl ee2149167303ba8e95af97873c575c3e0fab58ff
 F tool/speedtest8.c 2902c46588c40b55661e471d7a86e4dd71a18224
 F tool/speedtest8inst1.c 293327bc76823f473684d589a8160bde1f52c14e
 F tool/vdbe-compress.tcl 672f81d693a03f80f5ae60bfefacd8a349e76746
-P 5260e8b1048af2e00d49706466d9aded90c24ed2
-R 14853fced115ae521390a355c09db2d4
-U danielk1977
-Z 0b5e9ddfa58a9d8ba46a6641e5839200
+P 2594f01c73301f9432be9d007a079a19a3d383f9
+R 03f11c535350a2a8405771e3c1db3be7
+U drh
+Z 9fd8a2f528377ba3ce110f614bfe1ae6
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 233079857b..3cf56993b2 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2594f01c73301f9432be9d007a079a19a3d383f9
\ No newline at end of file
+375fd6f9c54fa5aa8cfae30845c7bfc0ec49e8fa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/btree.c b/src/btree.c
index 86ab551cac..1cc8bc13d4 100644
--- a/src/btree.c
+++ b/src/btree.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 **    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
 **
 *************************************************************************
-** $Id: btree.c,v 1.699 2009/07/22 14:08:14 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: btree.c,v 1.700 2009/07/22 18:07:41 drh Exp $
 **
 ** This file implements a external (disk-based) database using BTrees.
 ** See the header comment on "btreeInt.h" for additional information.
@@ -3775,25 +3775,19 @@ static int accessPayload(
 ** "amt" bytes will be transfered into pBuf[].  The transfer
 ** begins at "offset".
 **
+** The caller must ensure that pCur is pointing to a valid row
+** in the table.
+**
 ** Return SQLITE_OK on success or an error code if anything goes
 ** wrong.  An error is returned if "offset+amt" is larger than
 ** the available payload.
 */
 int sqlite3BtreeKey(BtCursor *pCur, u32 offset, u32 amt, void *pBuf){
-  int rc;
-
   assert( cursorHoldsMutex(pCur) );
-  rc = restoreCursorPosition(pCur);
-  if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-    assert( pCur->eState==CURSOR_VALID );
-    assert( pCur->iPage>=0 && pCur->apPage[pCur->iPage] );
-    if( pCur->apPage[0]->intKey ){
-      return SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;
-    }
-    assert( pCur->aiIdx[pCur->iPage]<pCur->apPage[pCur->iPage]->nCell );
-    rc = accessPayload(pCur, offset, amt, (unsigned char*)pBuf, 0);
-  }
-  return rc;
+  assert( pCur->eState==CURSOR_VALID );
+  assert( pCur->iPage>=0 && pCur->apPage[pCur->iPage] );
+  assert( pCur->aiIdx[pCur->iPage]<pCur->apPage[pCur->iPage]->nCell );
+  return accessPayload(pCur, offset, amt, (unsigned char*)pBuf, 0);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -5413,7 +5407,7 @@ static int balance_quick(MemPage *pParent, MemPage *pPage, u8 *pSpace){
   assert( sqlite3PagerIswriteable(pParent->pDbPage) );
   assert( pPage->nOverflow==1 );
 
-  if( NEVER(pPage->nCell<=0) ) return SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;
+  if( pPage->nCell<=0 ) return SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;
 
   /* Allocate a new page. This page will become the right-sibling of 
   ** pPage. Make the parent page writable, so that the new divider cell
diff --git a/src/vdbemem.c b/src/vdbemem.c
index de95e96aea..f90433af32 100644
--- a/src/vdbemem.c
+++ b/src/vdbemem.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ** only within the VDBE.  Interface routines refer to a Mem using the
 ** name sqlite_value
 **
-** $Id: vdbemem.c,v 1.151 2009/07/18 14:36:24 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: vdbemem.c,v 1.152 2009/07/22 18:07:41 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "vdbeInt.h"
@@ -875,6 +875,8 @@ int sqlite3VdbeMemFromBtree(
   int available = 0;  /* Number of bytes available on the local btree page */
   int rc = SQLITE_OK; /* Return code */
 
+  assert( sqlite3BtreeCursorIsValid(pCur) );
+
   /* Note: the calls to BtreeKeyFetch() and DataFetch() below assert() 
   ** that both the BtShared and database handle mutexes are held. */
   assert( (pMem->flags & MEM_RowSet)==0 );