diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index f061dad58a..c6701a0593 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Remove\scruft:\srestrict\sthe\snumber\sof\ssorters\sand\slists\sin\sthe\sVDBE\sto\sone\nsince\sno\smore\sthan\sone\swas\sever\sused\sanyway.\s\sThis\seliminates\sseveral\nop-codes\sand\ssimplifies\sthe\simplementation\sof\sseveral\sothers.\s(CVS\s297)
-D 2001-11-01T14:41:34
+C Added\s"const"\sto\slots\sof\s"char*"\sparameters\sin\sthe\sAPI.\s(CVS\s298)
+D 2001-11-03T23:57:09
 F Makefile.in 6801df952cb1df64aa32e4de85fed24511d28efd
 F Makefile.template 1fdb891f14083ee0b63cf7282f91529634438e7a
 F README a4c0ba11354ef6ba0776b400d057c59da47a4cc0
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ F src/expr.c 2dd0252ced345c1e64db015b94dc6b5d7a57eef3
 F src/hash.c d0110e6da70a5962e21575fccf8206f7d9d75e00
 F src/hash.h a5f5b3ce2d086a172c5879b0b06a27a82eac9fac
 F src/insert.c b65c1d4b848e45d41e9dcccd2b226ca335de67b6
-F src/main.c 47922699c75e24ffec071cdf300405436e5bb16e
+F src/main.c e2ae5e14a3f936d5fa7e3d9d9477610b5f16e7eb
 F src/md5.c 52f677bfc590e09f71d07d7e327bd59da738d07c
 F src/os.c 66b677479eae37e30bdfbe32deb0fe6a2efca983
 F src/os.h bed702c9e3b768bc3cb1b12c90b83d099c1546be
 F src/pager.c 0bd0b4b693edb43c72774e3e749d8667e2ae7094
 F src/pager.h a0d4c5ae271914aa07b62aee0707997d6932b6ca
 F src/parse.y 148e4cd134d3cbd816dcb0df50e49e498faa6ba4
-F src/printf.c 167fbfb192b4dce48154398f22dbc614e9f5d088
+F src/printf.c 300a90554345751f26e1fc0c0333b90a66110a1d
 F src/random.c 2a9cc2c9716d14815fd4c2accf89d87a1143e46b
 F src/select.c c34b02eafaa69fde6b4428df7861c3417b3079f9
 F src/shell.c 71597951753b56a97fea1c7a30908f31e635c00c
 F src/shell.tcl 27ecbd63dd88396ad16d81ab44f73e6c0ea9d20e
-F src/sqlite.h.in f2c40c869ff40ad3e60d8a3b1f72777fa28b32fc
+F src/sqlite.h.in 934de9112747ad8d8e7d5fec44876246b24ca5a3
 F src/sqliteInt.h 9a18aebf42a805ba02f55eba2239beabe35f02b3
-F src/table.c be9c7bf883c731c6719f0fcc188ea2bac8ae7122
+F src/table.c c89698bd5bb4b8d14722d6ee7e9be014c383d24a
 F src/tclsqlite.c 4896e078495bf868742f5394dcf01c5efe5bea02
 F src/test1.c e4b31f62ea71963cbae44338acf477a04fc8fc49
 F src/test2.c e9f99aa5ee73872819259d6612c11e55e1644321
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl 212a91d555384e01873160d6a189f1490c791bc2
 F www/sqlite.tcl 6a21242a272e9c0939a04419a51c3d50cae33e3e
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 13d50723f583888fc80ae1a38247c0ab415066fa
 F www/vdbe.tcl bb7d620995f0a987293e9d4fb6185a3b077e9b44
-P b2cb118fb7c6713684d32a48a7ba8ffffe596687
-R 11be61d659c8d3b7f97b8d20e188eb7e
+P e1370276c2a0d045b29c981ddcb59f737e19a91c
+R fb7f20c8fe87aa63faec6df38adee18f
 U drh
-Z 1756e792427d370fb3a08a33a148f36d
+Z a5329e1c376ad697c312a452a3c161ed
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index e0508722c4..40cd9f3ac5 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e1370276c2a0d045b29c981ddcb59f737e19a91c
\ No newline at end of file
+1c448f1fd2a2e103e7464df896174534d02152ed
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b4bf85592b..672e541776 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ** other files are for internal use by SQLite and should not be
 ** accessed by users of the library.
 **
-** $Id: main.c,v 1.47 2001/10/22 02:58:10 drh Exp $
+** $Id: main.c,v 1.48 2001/11/03 23:57:09 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "os.h"
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ int sqlite_complete(const char *zSql){
 */
 int sqlite_exec(
   sqlite *db,                 /* The database on which the SQL executes */
-  char *zSql,                 /* The SQL to be executed */
+  const char *zSql,           /* The SQL to be executed */
   sqlite_callback xCallback,  /* Invoke this callback routine */
   void *pArg,                 /* First argument to xCallback() */
   char **pzErrMsg             /* Write error messages here */
diff --git a/src/printf.c b/src/printf.c
index 7f687fa498..3a765600e9 100644
--- a/src/printf.c
+++ b/src/printf.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ char *sqlite_vmprintf(const char *zFormat, va_list ap){
 */
 int sqlite_exec_printf(
   sqlite *db,                   /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,              /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat,        /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   sqlite_callback xCallback,    /* Callback function */
   void *pArg,                   /* 1st argument to callback function */
   char **errmsg,                /* Error msg written here */
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ int sqlite_exec_printf(
 }
 int sqlite_exec_vprintf(
   sqlite *db,                   /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,              /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat,        /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   sqlite_callback xCallback,    /* Callback function */
   void *pArg,                   /* 1st argument to callback function */
   char **errmsg,                /* Error msg written here */
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ int sqlite_exec_vprintf(
 }
 int sqlite_get_table_printf(
   sqlite *db,            /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,       /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat, /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   char ***resultp,       /* Result written to a char *[]  that this points to */
   int *nrow,             /* Number of result rows written here */
   int *ncol,             /* Number of result columns written here */
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ int sqlite_get_table_printf(
 }
 int sqlite_get_table_vprintf(
   sqlite *db,            /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,       /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat, /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   char ***resultp,       /* Result written to a char *[]  that this points to */
   int *nrow,             /* Number of result rows written here */
   int *ncolumn,          /* Number of result columns written here */
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index e2df244611..8a13902121 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This header file defines the interface that the SQLite library
 ** presents to client programs.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h.in,v 1.22 2001/10/22 02:58:10 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h.in,v 1.23 2001/11/03 23:57:09 drh Exp $
 */
 #ifndef _SQLITE_H_
 #define _SQLITE_H_
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ typedef int (*sqlite_callback)(void*,int,char**, char**);
 */
 int sqlite_exec(
   sqlite*,                      /* An open database */
-  char *sql,                    /* SQL to be executed */
+  const char *sql,              /* SQL to be executed */
   sqlite_callback,              /* Callback function */
   void *,                       /* 1st argument to callback function */
   char **errmsg                 /* Error msg written here */
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void sqlite_busy_timeout(sqlite*, int ms);
 */
 int sqlite_get_table(
   sqlite*,               /* An open database */
-  char *sql,             /* SQL to be executed */
+  const char *sql,       /* SQL to be executed */
   char ***resultp,       /* Result written to a char *[]  that this points to */
   int *nrow,             /* Number of result rows written here */
   int *ncolumn,          /* Number of result columns written here */
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void sqlite_free_table(char **result);
 */
 int sqlite_exec_printf(
   sqlite*,                      /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,              /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat,        /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   sqlite_callback,              /* Callback function */
   void *,                       /* 1st argument to callback function */
   char **errmsg,                /* Error msg written here */
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ int sqlite_exec_printf(
 );
 int sqlite_exec_vprintf(
   sqlite*,                      /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,              /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat,        /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   sqlite_callback,              /* Callback function */
   void *,                       /* 1st argument to callback function */
   char **errmsg,                /* Error msg written here */
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int sqlite_exec_vprintf(
 );
 int sqlite_get_table_printf(
   sqlite*,               /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,       /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat, /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   char ***resultp,       /* Result written to a char *[]  that this points to */
   int *nrow,             /* Number of result rows written here */
   int *ncolumn,          /* Number of result columns written here */
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ int sqlite_get_table_printf(
 );
 int sqlite_get_table_vprintf(
   sqlite*,               /* An open database */
-  char *sqlFormat,       /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
+  const char *sqlFormat, /* printf-style format string for the SQL */
   char ***resultp,       /* Result written to a char *[]  that this points to */
   int *nrow,             /* Number of result rows written here */
   int *ncolumn,          /* Number of result columns written here */
diff --git a/src/table.c b/src/table.c
index 1f2ae16f1d..e957cf3d56 100644
--- a/src/table.c
+++ b/src/table.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int sqlite_get_table_cb(void *pArg, int nCol, char **argv, char **colv){
 */
 int sqlite_get_table(
   sqlite *db,                 /* The database on which the SQL executes */
-  char *zSql,                 /* The SQL to be executed */
+  const char *zSql,           /* The SQL to be executed */
   char ***pazResult,          /* Write the result table here */
   int *pnRow,                 /* Write the number of rows in the result here */
   int *pnColumn,              /* Write the number of columns of result here */