diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 56d0b212a6..650b73ef71 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Make\ssure\sthe\smin()\sand\smax()\soptimizer\sworks\scorrectly\swhen\sthere\nis\sa\sLIMIT\sclause.\s\sTicket\s#396.\s(CVS\s1057)
-D 2003-07-19T00:44:14
+C Fix\sthe\sLIMIT\sclause\sso\sthat\sit\sapplies\sto\sthe\sentire\squery\sin\sa\scompound\nquery.\s\sPrior\sto\sthis\schange\sLIMITs\son\scompound\squeries\sdid\snot\swork\sat\nall.\s\sTicket\s#393.\s(CVS\s1058)
+D 2003-07-20T01:16:47
 F Makefile.in 9ad23ed4ca97f9670c4496432e3fbd4b3760ebde
 F Makefile.linux-gcc b86a99c493a5bfb402d1d9178dcdc4bd4b32f906
 F README f1de682fbbd94899d50aca13d387d1b3fd3be2dd
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ F src/build.c 13b6ae48ce71a0f59368f548dba2a662375aeaf6
 F src/copy.c 9e47975ea96751c658bcf1a0c4f0bb7c6ee61e73
 F src/delete.c 0f81e6799c089487615d38e042a2de4d2d6192bc
 F src/encode.c 25ea901a9cefb3d93774afa4a06b57cb58acf544
-F src/expr.c ebdb0f3ee039c8030de25935ce2df030966540a6
+F src/expr.c 3c07e7b5374649c4921b4ff1287f57d513876c3f
 F src/func.c 6b23578d48a8be98a664db145a635c2fa9ddb57b
 F src/hash.c 058f077c1f36f266581aa16f907a3903abf64aa3
 F src/hash.h cd0433998bc1a3759d244e1637fe5a3c13b53bf8
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ F src/parse.y 16aed0e3ed05445fa7f6a4209cc054208c7083c0
 F src/pragma.c 3b4f5a800e7a2145bc1930f323232e297d4eb782
 F src/printf.c 12e45d482ac8abcc6f786fc99e5bed7dd9a51af0
 F src/random.c 19e8e00fe0df32a742f115773f57651be327cabe
-F src/select.c f1f3b2c2f4f30db30d03af2d0ec629ef32cb5a08
+F src/select.c 2fa83d6c972d3e3f379faee32e3621411490dedb
 F src/shell.c c2ba26c850874964f5ec1ebf6c43406f28e44c4a
 F src/shell.tcl 27ecbd63dd88396ad16d81ab44f73e6c0ea9d20e
 F src/sqlite.h.in 54619fa5df4c83b22def66bb3d24808fd03dcbae
-F src/sqliteInt.h fed31c3e6d21b7a8a38048f8f8a07599360f8946
+F src/sqliteInt.h e3c756e5aa7bcbf7fbcd20e6aef640c9359c23f2
 F src/table.c 4301926464d88d2c2c7cd21c3360aa75bf068b95
 F src/tclsqlite.c d6860dcd56348b9521726280b72c412d2a33ae97
 F src/test1.c b12b585bfb4763df3262975ed8d3f4f274b5eaed
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ F test/insert2.test c288375a64dad3295044714f0dfed4a193cf067f
 F test/intpkey.test 9320af48415c594afd4e15f8ef0daa272e05502e
 F test/ioerr.test 5dbaf09f96b56ee01cf3edd762b96eb4ad2c9ca4
 F test/join.test 54e770b74fc8cfc7769d5d0bb05657085641b3c4
-F test/limit.test 87ca391044ae5387cf697f5e3b21acabb03771a3
+F test/limit.test fa2a8b3fe377ebe60e0bc9a6a35af9ac4eb3d2b3
 F test/lock.test 388a3a10962d2d571c0c1821cc35bf069ee73473
 F test/main.test 6a851b5992c4881a725a3d9647e629199df8de9d
 F test/malloc.test 7ba32a9ebd3aeed52ae4aaa6d42ca37e444536fd
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ F www/faq.tcl 88d3b95d9cd8e374772daa3a646c4d107e7f3e9b
 F www/fileformat.tcl ae6ccf3ffddb180a5af173cd6ee102169629762b
 F www/formatchng.tcl ca6cc1cb1bef9bc36f0619049d3c95e749bc6983
 F www/index.tcl 30adca2dc9aba782f9188c29165129789df521f0
-F www/lang.tcl 06b825c1e88266866da3a915d0e039249ea2e4e0
+F www/lang.tcl 5f39bbda1ba38a28f18f97bd98c81f40355393b2
 F www/mingw.tcl d96b451568c5d28545fefe0c80bee3431c73f69c
 F www/nulls.tcl 4ac1c9bbb8a20a76500d18d63b383f51bb7d8be7
 F www/omitted.tcl fe59eaa9c1459cbf08fa7daa83421bfc814331bb
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl 2f6b1155b99d39adb185f900456d1d592c4832b3
 F www/sqlite.tcl 3c83b08cf9f18aa2d69453ff441a36c40e431604
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 1db15abeb446aad0caf0b95b8b9579720e4ea331
 F www/vdbe.tcl 9b9095d4495f37697fd1935d10e14c6015e80aa1
-P 558969ee8697180c74308f3f880d3240eb575af1
-R 90dfb91d095ee0113e81156a9aa2c6cc
+P c35e50717678703763c696e3e9b265add2ca6454
+R b4eed2ab716bec174fb746f718cb9bae
 U drh
-Z 4035d7869ab09e0fd1a4cac271ac32dd
+Z 22959393424831715116c486cae1faab
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 7338626804..a4cf6a2960 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c35e50717678703763c696e3e9b265add2ca6454
\ No newline at end of file
+543479e3aed77976a0c689cf40811bf88353f706
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index d6b9b12797..7f3f96f603 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains routines used for analyzing expressions and
 ** for generating VDBE code that evaluates expressions in SQLite.
 **
-** $Id: expr.c,v 1.96 2003/05/31 16:21:12 drh Exp $
+** $Id: expr.c,v 1.97 2003/07/20 01:16:47 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ Select *sqliteSelectDup(Select *p){
   pNew->nLimit = p->nLimit;
   pNew->nOffset = p->nOffset;
   pNew->zSelect = 0;
+  pNew->iLimit = -1;
+  pNew->iOffset = -1;
   return pNew;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index b5d1727f25..e648df2daf 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains C code routines that are called by the parser
 ** to handle SELECT statements in SQLite.
 **
-** $Id: select.c,v 1.144 2003/07/19 00:44:14 drh Exp $
+** $Id: select.c,v 1.145 2003/07/20 01:16:47 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Select *sqliteSelectNew(
     pNew->op = TK_SELECT;
     pNew->nLimit = nLimit;
     pNew->nOffset = nOffset;
+    pNew->iLimit = -1;
+    pNew->iOffset = -1;
   }
   return pNew;
 }
@@ -450,13 +452,13 @@ static int selectInnerLoop(
   ** to see if this row should be output.
   */
   if( pOrderBy==0 ){
-    if( p->nOffset>0 ){
+    if( p->iOffset>=0 ){
       int addr = sqliteVdbeCurrentAddr(v);
-      sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->nOffset, addr+2);
+      sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->iOffset, addr+2);
       sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Goto, 0, iContinue);
     }
-    if( p->nLimit>=0 ){
-      sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->nLimit, iBreak);
+    if( p->iLimit>=0 ){
+      sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->iLimit, iBreak);
     }
   }
 
@@ -620,13 +622,13 @@ static void generateSortTail(
   if( eDest==SRT_Sorter ) return;
   sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Sort, 0, 0);
   addr = sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_SortNext, 0, end);
-  if( p->nOffset>0 ){
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->nOffset, addr+4);
+  if( p->iOffset>=0 ){
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->iOffset, addr+4);
     sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Pop, 1, 0);
     sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Goto, 0, addr);
   }
-  if( p->nLimit>=0 ){
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->nLimit, end);
+  if( p->iLimit>=0 ){
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemIncr, p->iLimit, end);
   }
   switch( eDest ){
     case SRT_Callback: {
@@ -1244,6 +1246,52 @@ static void multiSelectSortOrder(Select *p, ExprList *pOrderBy){
   }
 }
 
+/*
+** Compute the iLimit and iOffset fields of the SELECT based on the
+** nLimit and nOffset fields.  nLimit and nOffset hold the integers
+** that appear in the original SQL statement after the LIMIT and OFFSET
+** keywords.  Or that hold -1 and 0 if those keywords are omitted.
+** iLimit and iOffset are the integer memory register numbers for
+** counters used to compute the limit and offset.  If there is no
+** limit and/or offset, then iLimit and iOffset are negative.
+**
+** This routine changes the values if iLimit and iOffset only if
+** a limit or offset is defined by nLimit and nOffset.  iLimit and
+** iOffset should have been preset to appropriate default values
+** (usually but not always -1) prior to calling this routine.
+** Only if nLimit>=0 or nOffset>0 do the limit registers get
+** redefined.  The UNION ALL operator uses this property to force
+** the reuse of the same limit and offset registers across multiple
+** SELECT statements.
+*/
+static void computeLimitRegisters(Parse *pParse, Select *p){
+  /* 
+  ** If the comparison is p->nLimit>0 then "LIMIT 0" shows
+  ** all rows.  It is the same as no limit. If the comparision is
+  ** p->nLimit>=0 then "LIMIT 0" show no rows at all.
+  ** "LIMIT -1" always shows all rows.  There is some
+  ** contraversy about what the correct behavior should be.
+  ** The current implementation interprets "LIMIT 0" to mean
+  ** no rows.
+  */
+  if( p->nLimit>=0 ){
+    int iMem = pParse->nMem++;
+    Vdbe *v = sqliteGetVdbe(pParse);
+    if( v==0 ) return;
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Integer, -p->nLimit, 0);
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemStore, iMem, 1);
+    p->iLimit = iMem;
+  }
+  if( p->nOffset>0 ){
+    int iMem = pParse->nMem++;
+    Vdbe *v = sqliteGetVdbe(pParse);
+    if( v==0 ) return;
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Integer, -p->nOffset, 0);
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemStore, iMem, 1);
+    p->iOffset = iMem;
+  }
+}
+
 /*
 ** This routine is called to process a query that is really the union
 ** or intersection of two or more separate queries.
@@ -1279,8 +1327,8 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
   Select *pPrior;     /* Another SELECT immediately to our left */
   Vdbe *v;            /* Generate code to this VDBE */
 
-  /* Make sure there is no ORDER BY clause on prior SELECTs.  Only the 
-  ** last SELECT in the series may have an ORDER BY.
+  /* Make sure there is no ORDER BY or LIMIT clause on prior SELECTs.  Only
+  ** the last SELECT in the series may have an ORDER BY or LIMIT.
   */
   if( p==0 || p->pPrior==0 ) return 1;
   pPrior = p->pPrior;
@@ -1289,6 +1337,11 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
       selectOpName(p->op));
     return 1;
   }
+  if( pPrior->nLimit>=0 || pPrior->nOffset>0 ){
+    sqliteErrorMsg(pParse,"LIMIT clause should come after %s not before",
+      selectOpName(p->op));
+    return 1;
+  }
 
   /* Make sure we have a valid query engine.  If not, create a new one.
   */
@@ -1307,9 +1360,15 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
   switch( p->op ){
     case TK_ALL: {
       if( p->pOrderBy==0 ){
+        pPrior->nLimit = p->nLimit;
+        pPrior->nOffset = p->nOffset;
         rc = sqliteSelect(pParse, pPrior, eDest, iParm, 0, 0, 0);
         if( rc ) return rc;
         p->pPrior = 0;
+        p->iLimit = pPrior->iLimit;
+        p->iOffset = pPrior->iOffset;
+        p->nLimit = -1;
+        p->nOffset = 0;
         rc = sqliteSelect(pParse, p, eDest, iParm, 0, 0, 0);
         p->pPrior = pPrior;
         if( rc ) return rc;
@@ -1322,10 +1381,11 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
       int unionTab;    /* Cursor number of the temporary table holding result */
       int op;          /* One of the SRT_ operations to apply to self */
       int priorOp;     /* The SRT_ operation to apply to prior selects */
+      int nLimit, nOffset; /* Saved values of p->nLimit and p->nOffset */
       ExprList *pOrderBy;  /* The ORDER BY clause for the right SELECT */
 
       priorOp = p->op==TK_ALL ? SRT_Table : SRT_Union;
-      if( eDest==priorOp && p->pOrderBy==0 ){
+      if( eDest==priorOp && p->pOrderBy==0 && p->nLimit<0 && p->nOffset==0 ){
         /* We can reuse a temporary table generated by a SELECT to our
         ** right.
         */
@@ -1362,9 +1422,15 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
       p->pPrior = 0;
       pOrderBy = p->pOrderBy;
       p->pOrderBy = 0;
+      nLimit = p->nLimit;
+      p->nLimit = -1;
+      nOffset = p->nOffset;
+      p->nOffset = 0;
       rc = sqliteSelect(pParse, p, op, unionTab, 0, 0, 0);
       p->pPrior = pPrior;
       p->pOrderBy = pOrderBy;
+      p->nLimit = nLimit;
+      p->nOffset = nOffset;
       if( rc ) return rc;
 
       /* Convert the data in the temporary table into whatever form
@@ -1380,6 +1446,7 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
         iBreak = sqliteVdbeMakeLabel(v);
         iCont = sqliteVdbeMakeLabel(v);
         sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Rewind, unionTab, iBreak);
+        computeLimitRegisters(pParse, p);
         iStart = sqliteVdbeCurrentAddr(v);
         multiSelectSortOrder(p, p->pOrderBy);
         rc = selectInnerLoop(pParse, p, p->pEList, unionTab, p->pEList->nExpr,
@@ -1399,6 +1466,7 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
     case TK_INTERSECT: {
       int tab1, tab2;
       int iCont, iBreak, iStart;
+      int nLimit, nOffset;
 
       /* INTERSECT is different from the others since it requires
       ** two temporary tables.  Hence it has its own case.  Begin
@@ -1422,8 +1490,14 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
       sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_OpenTemp, tab2, 1);
       sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_KeyAsData, tab2, 1);
       p->pPrior = 0;
+      nLimit = p->nLimit;
+      p->nLimit = -1;
+      nOffset = p->nOffset;
+      p->nOffset = 0;
       rc = sqliteSelect(pParse, p, SRT_Union, tab2, 0, 0, 0);
       p->pPrior = pPrior;
+      p->nLimit = nLimit;
+      p->nOffset = nOffset;
       if( rc ) return rc;
 
       /* Generate code to take the intersection of the two temporary
@@ -1437,6 +1511,7 @@ static int multiSelect(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
       iBreak = sqliteVdbeMakeLabel(v);
       iCont = sqliteVdbeMakeLabel(v);
       sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Rewind, tab1, iBreak);
+      computeLimitRegisters(pParse, p);
       iStart = sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_FullKey, tab1, 0);
       sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_NotFound, tab2, iCont);
       multiSelectSortOrder(p, p->pOrderBy);
@@ -1869,6 +1944,7 @@ static int simpleMinMaxQuery(Parse *pParse, Select *p, int eDest, int iParm){
   */
   sqliteCodeVerifySchema(pParse, pTab->iDb);
   base = p->pSrc->a[0].iCursor;
+  computeLimitRegisters(pParse, p);
   sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Integer, pTab->iDb, 0);
   sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_OpenRead, base, pTab->tnum);
   sqliteVdbeChangeP3(v, -1, pTab->zName, P3_STATIC);
@@ -2132,39 +2208,6 @@ int sqliteSelect(
     generateColumnNames(pParse, pTabList, pEList);
   }
 
-  /* Set the limiter.
-  **
-  ** The phrase "LIMIT 0" means all rows are shown, not zero rows.
-  ** If the comparison is p->nLimit<=0 then "LIMIT 0" shows
-  ** all rows.  It is the same as no limit. If the comparision is
-  ** p->nLimit<0 then "LIMIT 0" show no rows at all.
-  ** "LIMIT -1" always shows all rows.  There is some
-  ** contraversy about what the correct behavior should be.
-  **
-  ** Note that up until this point, the nLimit and nOffset hold
-  ** the numeric values of the limit and offset that appeared in
-  ** the original SQL.  After this code, the nLimit and nOffset hold
-  ** the register number of counters used to track the limit and
-  ** offset.
-  */
-  if( p->nLimit<0 ){
-    p->nLimit = -1;
-  }else{
-    int iMem = pParse->nMem++;
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Integer, -p->nLimit, 0);
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemStore, iMem, 1);
-    p->nLimit = iMem;
-  }
-  if( p->nOffset<=0 ){
-    p->nOffset = 0;
-  }else{
-    int iMem = pParse->nMem++;
-    if( iMem==0 ) iMem = pParse->nMem++;
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Integer, -p->nOffset, 0);
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_MemStore, iMem, 1);
-    p->nOffset = iMem;
-  }
-
   /* Check for the special case of a min() or max() function by itself
   ** in the result set.
   */
@@ -2211,6 +2254,10 @@ int sqliteSelect(
     return rc;
   }
 
+  /* Set the limiter.
+  */
+  computeLimitRegisters(pParse, p);
+
   /* Identify column types if we will be using a callback.  This
   ** step is skipped if the output is going to a destination other
   ** than a callback.
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index ceb54c727a..465f6af48c 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 *************************************************************************
 ** Internal interface definitions for SQLite.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.193 2003/06/23 11:06:02 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.194 2003/07/20 01:16:47 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "config.h"
 #include "sqlite.h"
@@ -778,16 +778,17 @@ struct WhereInfo {
 ** in the VDBE that record the limit and offset counters.
 */
 struct Select {
-  int isDistinct;        /* True if the DISTINCT keyword is present */
   ExprList *pEList;      /* The fields of the result */
+  u8 op;                 /* One of: TK_UNION TK_ALL TK_INTERSECT TK_EXCEPT */
+  u8 isDistinct;         /* True if the DISTINCT keyword is present */
   SrcList *pSrc;         /* The FROM clause */
   Expr *pWhere;          /* The WHERE clause */
   ExprList *pGroupBy;    /* The GROUP BY clause */
   Expr *pHaving;         /* The HAVING clause */
   ExprList *pOrderBy;    /* The ORDER BY clause */
-  int op;                /* One of: TK_UNION TK_ALL TK_INTERSECT TK_EXCEPT */
   Select *pPrior;        /* Prior select in a compound select statement */
   int nLimit, nOffset;   /* LIMIT and OFFSET values.  -1 means not used */
+  int iLimit, iOffset;   /* Memory registers holding LIMIT & OFFSET counters */
   char *zSelect;         /* Complete text of the SELECT command */
 };
 
diff --git a/test/limit.test b/test/limit.test
index aabab4fce6..66d6d51155 100644
--- a/test/limit.test
+++ b/test/limit.test
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # focus of this file is testing the LIMIT ... OFFSET ... clause
 #  of SELECT statements.
 #
-# $Id: limit.test,v 1.9 2003/07/16 11:51:36 drh Exp $
+# $Id: limit.test,v 1.10 2003/07/20 01:16:48 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -213,4 +213,84 @@ do_test limit-6.8 {
   }
 } {}
 
+# Make sure LIMIT works well with compound SELECT statements.
+# Ticket #393
+#
+do_test limit-7.1.1 {
+  catchsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 5 UNION ALL SELECT a FROM t6;
+  }
+} {1 {LIMIT clause should come after UNION ALL not before}}
+do_test limit-7.1.2 {
+  catchsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 5 UNION SELECT a FROM t6;
+  }
+} {1 {LIMIT clause should come after UNION not before}}
+do_test limit-7.1.3 {
+  catchsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 5 EXCEPT SELECT a FROM t6 LIMIT 3;
+  }
+} {1 {LIMIT clause should come after EXCEPT not before}}
+do_test limit-7.1.4 {
+  catchsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 0,5 INTERSECT SELECT a FROM t6;
+  }
+} {1 {LIMIT clause should come after INTERSECT not before}}
+do_test limit-7.2 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 UNION ALL SELECT a FROM t6 LIMIT 5;
+  }
+} {31 30 1 2 3}
+do_test limit-7.3 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 UNION ALL SELECT a FROM t6 LIMIT 3 OFFSET 1;
+  }
+} {30 1 2}
+do_test limit-7.4 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 UNION ALL SELECT a FROM t6 ORDER BY 1 LIMIT 3 OFFSET 1;
+  }
+} {2 3 4}
+do_test limit-7.5 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 UNION SELECT x+2 FROM t2 LIMIT 2 OFFSET 1;
+  }
+} {31 32}
+do_test limit-7.6 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT x FROM t2 UNION SELECT x+2 FROM t2 ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 2 OFFSET 1;
+  }
+} {32 31}
+do_test limit-7.7 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT a+9 FROM t6 EXCEPT SELECT y FROM t2 LIMIT 2;
+  }
+} {11 12}
+do_test limit-7.8 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT a+9 FROM t6 EXCEPT SELECT y FROM t2 ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 2;
+  }
+} {13 12}
+do_test limit-7.9 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT a+26 FROM t6 INTERSECT SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 1;
+  }
+} {30}
+do_test limit-7.10 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT a+27 FROM t6 INTERSECT SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 1;
+  }
+} {30}
+do_test limit-7.11 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT a+27 FROM t6 INTERSECT SELECT x FROM t2 LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1;
+  }
+} {31}
+do_test limit-7.12 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT a+27 FROM t6 INTERSECT SELECT x FROM t2 
+       ORDER BY 1 DESC LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1;
+  }
+} {30}
+
 finish_test
diff --git a/www/lang.tcl b/www/lang.tcl
index f7b0f32ce2..7321db114e 100644
--- a/www/lang.tcl
+++ b/www/lang.tcl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Run this Tcl script to generate the sqlite.html file.
 #
-set rcsid {$Id: lang.tcl,v 1.64 2003/07/16 11:51:36 drh Exp $}
+set rcsid {$Id: lang.tcl,v 1.65 2003/07/20 01:16:48 drh Exp $}
 
 puts {<html>
 <head>
@@ -1552,7 +1552,12 @@ the sort order.</p>
 <p>The LIMIT clause places an upper bound on the number of rows
 returned in the result.  A negative LIMIT indicates no upper bound.
 The optional OFFSET following LIMIT specifies how many
-rows to skip at the beginning of the result set.</p>
+rows to skip at the beginning of the result set.
+In a compound query, the LIMIT clause may only appear on the
+final SELECT statement.
+The limit is applied to the entire query not
+to the individual SELECT statement to which it is attached.
+</p>
 
 <p>A compound SELECT is formed from two or more simple SELECTs connected
 by one of the operators UNION, UNION ALL, INTERSECT, or EXCEPT.  In