diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index da836ae1b6..70303e0080 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C The\sGCC\smagic\sto\swarn\sabout\sexperimental\sinterfaces\sdoes\snot\swork\non\sgcc\sversion\s4.1.0.\s\sAdd\s#ifdefs\sto\swork\saround\sthis.\s(CVS\s5552)
-D 2008-08-11T18:29:38
+C Do\snot\sallow\sindexing\sof\sany\stable\swhose\sname\sbegins\swith\s"sqlite_".\nTicket\s#3284.\s\sImprove\shandling\sof\sdatabases\swith\smalformed\sschemas\s-\njust\sin\scase\ssomebody\shas\sactually\sindexed\sa\ssystem\stable.\s(CVS\s5553)
+D 2008-08-11T18:44:58
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc fcd5e9cd67fe88836360bb4f9ef4cb7f8e2fb5a0
 F Makefile.in 2713ea64947be3b35f35d9a3158bb8299c90b019
 F Makefile.linux-gcc d53183f4aa6a9192d249731c90dbdffbd2c68654
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ F src/btmutex.c 709cad2cdca0afd013f0f612363810e53f59ec53
 F src/btree.c da7491ef06c0209da962e1520bfc5c90b5c5cc96
 F src/btree.h 03256ed7ee42b5ecacbe887070b0f8249e7d069d
 F src/btreeInt.h ab18c7b4980314e9e4b402e5dcde09f3c2545576
-F src/build.c 00aa62a843fcb7c4d47a7669af95cb6be08afd45
+F src/build.c 931ed94fd3bbd67b6ac9d5ac6a45dc01e9f01726
 F src/callback.c c9f75a4c403f166af3761df47d78a806587d63af
 F src/complete.c cb14e06dbe79dee031031f0d9e686ff306afe07c
 F src/date.c 52a54811218a76da6235420f532ece841159a96d
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ F src/pager.c b6a366f2343e7f127d7e70dbe76cd664336143cd
 F src/pager.h 588c1ac195228b2da45c4e5f7ab6c2fd253d1751
 F src/parse.y 84003422b2862f82bd187dfa2399557fd1f4ecbe
 F src/pragma.c 6e207b4f69901089758c02c02e0bf86ed12a4d8f
-F src/prepare.c d9f420808f7d2802258f0bf64103271311e2d87f
+F src/prepare.c fceb567b359daaa6c6e2a4d04a01dec01ac0c907
 F src/printf.c 2e984b2507291a7e16d89dc9bb60582904f6247d
 F src/random.c 5c754319d38abdd6acd74601ee0105504adc508a
 F src/select.c 390d1bdde0c24f0225e369896da8e60ef2aeffbe
@@ -183,10 +183,10 @@ F src/update.c 79b77a3cc8ed5f8903a7f37055fcedd69388dcae
 F src/utf.c a7004436a6ef2aee012ace93de274dd0f3c7624e
 F src/util.c afe659ccc05d1f8af9e8631dabfec3ee3a7144af
 F src/vacuum.c ef342828002debc97514617af3424aea8ef8522c
-F src/vdbe.c 96e0527ad121b1308ed4ab5d02ff5b8a5f434e7f
+F src/vdbe.c 2eff8c2206048f73e1ce23a56ed666b0591c56d5
 F src/vdbe.h 647fcf33a551ba10a974162c56846cb9aef2276b
 F src/vdbeInt.h 6f04c2bf65a0d5c2bb8318b226278a35d1f7a8f5
-F src/vdbeapi.c 803f365b77a22c1b2680a0dee9202bc75c02bf4a
+F src/vdbeapi.c f21971516880fd3a10821b2cdd0e64a5a63952c9
 F src/vdbeaux.c 21126e0d319e19125f5e42fceafb17eafe58721c
 F src/vdbeblob.c f93110888ddc246215e9ba1f831d3d375bfd8355
 F src/vdbefifo.c 20fda2a7c4c0bcee1b90eb7e545fefcdbf2e1de7
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ F test/alter.test 6353aae6839e486c9b7d8f73b1f4a1e98e57332c
 F test/alter2.test dd55146e812622c8fc51fd2216bcd8dca8880752
 F test/alter3.test 25b95a136708f22b87184fa6a4309eea03d65153
 F test/altermalloc.test 11116c58953b6275a48a87c2912b7d4b72c52840
-F test/analyze.test a881c145565de9ae1d37aaf385d9a0bbcbb98391
+F test/analyze.test ad5329098fe4de4a96852231d53e3e9e6283ad4b
 F test/async.test aecaa46ed0618a3c338f3651ca4f10fbb4021044
 F test/async2.test 8998e089b0fbb3d84cdd51c25a78833486d721af
 F test/async3.test 9ffa0977a78cc6351862a1583be2b1eecd41736d
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ F test/attach3.test 7b92dc8e40c1ebca9732ca6f2d3fefbd46f196df
 F test/attachmalloc.test ccbde53bcb0a61020afa3e0670ca9c6c5b99af32
 F test/auth.test 9eb4b6b99eee54c95711c74c4b9694acf4d850ed
 F test/auth2.test ee3ba272e2b975e913afc9b041ee75706e190005
-F test/autoinc.test 42af2c407c4e37d0626f9cda57ed381e94522c9d
+F test/autoinc.test ab549b48b389cabd92967b86c379ec8b31fa6c16
 F test/autovacuum.test e3428031ad7a14f16a7d515cd2a0480854e66b21
 F test/autovacuum_ioerr2.test 598b0663074d3673a9c1bc9a16e80971313bafe6
 F test/avtrans.test 1e901d8102706b63534dbd2bdd4d8f16c4082650
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ F test/trigger3.test 501b8489eb6b9cb5b005f60b071583c01a3c3041
 F test/trigger4.test 8e90ee98cba940cd5f96493f82e55083806ab8a0
 F test/trigger5.test 619391a3e9fc194081d22cefd830d811e7badf83
 F test/trigger6.test 0e411654f122552da6590f0b4e6f781048a4a9b9
-F test/trigger7.test 194984b3f6f851eb905cd0a7bffac09f36cf1244
+F test/trigger7.test 72feaf8dbc52cea84de0c3e6ce7559ff19c479af
 F test/trigger8.test 3a09275aa2214fdff56f731b1e775d8dfee4408a
 F test/trigger9.test e6e8dbab673666b3c0a63f0fefcff2329fe6bba8
 F test/triggerA.test 208dbda4d2f7c918b02f8a0dfa3acd2a0fe00691
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ F tool/speedtest16.c c8a9c793df96db7e4933f0852abb7a03d48f2e81
 F tool/speedtest2.tcl ee2149167303ba8e95af97873c575c3e0fab58ff
 F tool/speedtest8.c 1dbced29de5f59ba2ebf877edcadf171540374d1
 F tool/speedtest8inst1.c 293327bc76823f473684d589a8160bde1f52c14e
-P 5f4b547aba56564cebfdd442d2171c1c8c2979ba
-R 01014453b2c93908762f879c2f841d24
+P 90cae83169de980c6548ca6b57f4c65419e8eb13
+R 679caa78525facd517eb682beb151c0a
 U drh
-Z 930f1dc51ca1ae0466ef498973eb4fb5
+Z c1abcb802b7b42f4c0a5be91ca718e3a
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 513b4400fd..28506a0123 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-90cae83169de980c6548ca6b57f4c65419e8eb13
\ No newline at end of file
+0e1d8d14a153483e65bd0246d23db2b823a122d1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/build.c b/src/build.c
index e27c68cbda..da4560a22b 100644
--- a/src/build.c
+++ b/src/build.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 **     COMMIT
 **     ROLLBACK
 **
-** $Id: build.c,v 1.494 2008/08/06 13:47:41 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: build.c,v 1.495 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ void sqlite3DropTable(Parse *pParse, SrcList *pName, int isView, int noErr){
     }
   }
 #endif
-  if( pTab->readOnly || pTab==db->aDb[iDb].pSchema->pSeqTab ){
+  if( sqlite3StrNICmp(pTab->zName, "sqlite_", 7)==0 ){
     sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "table %s may not be dropped", pTab->zName);
     goto exit_drop_table;
   }
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ void sqlite3CreateIndex(
   pDb = &db->aDb[iDb];
 
   if( pTab==0 || pParse->nErr ) goto exit_create_index;
-  if( pTab->readOnly ){
+  if( sqlite3StrNICmp(pTab->zName, "sqlite_", 7)==0 ){
     sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "table %s may not be indexed", pTab->zName);
     goto exit_create_index;
   }
diff --git a/src/prepare.c b/src/prepare.c
index ef49f0a64c..e61c6fc5cf 100644
--- a/src/prepare.c
+++ b/src/prepare.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ** interface, and routines that contribute to loading the database schema
 ** from disk.
 **
-** $Id: prepare.c,v 1.91 2008/08/02 03:50:39 drh Exp $
+** $Id: prepare.c,v 1.92 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ static void corruptSchema(
   const char *zObj,    /* Object being parsed at the point of error */
   const char *zExtra   /* Error information */
 ){
-  if( !pData->db->mallocFailed ){
+  sqlite3 *db = pData->db;
+  if( !db->mallocFailed && (db->flags & SQLITE_RecoveryMode)==0 ){
     if( zObj==0 ) zObj = "?";
     sqlite3SetString(pData->pzErrMsg, pData->db,
        "malformed database schema (%s)", zObj);
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ int sqlite3InitCallback(void *pInit, int argc, char **argv, char **azColName){
   int iDb = pData->iDb;
 
   assert( sqlite3_mutex_held(db->mutex) );
-  pData->rc = SQLITE_OK;
   DbClearProperty(db, iDb, DB_Empty);
   if( db->mallocFailed ){
     corruptSchema(pData, argv[0], 0);
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ int sqlite3InitCallback(void *pInit, int argc, char **argv, char **azColName){
         corruptSchema(pData, argv[0], zErr);
       }
       sqlite3DbFree(db, zErr);
-      return 1;
     }
   }else if( argv[0]==0 ){
     corruptSchema(pData, 0, 0);
@@ -193,11 +192,12 @@ static int sqlite3InitOne(sqlite3 *db, int iDb, char **pzErrMsg){
   azArg[3] = 0;
   initData.db = db;
   initData.iDb = iDb;
+  initData.rc = SQLITE_OK;
   initData.pzErrMsg = pzErrMsg;
   (void)sqlite3SafetyOff(db);
-  rc = sqlite3InitCallback(&initData, 3, (char **)azArg, 0);
+  sqlite3InitCallback(&initData, 3, (char **)azArg, 0);
   (void)sqlite3SafetyOn(db);
-  if( rc ){
+  if( initData.rc ){
     rc = initData.rc;
     goto error_out;
   }
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static int sqlite3InitOne(sqlite3 *db, int iDb, char **pzErrMsg){
       db->xAuth = xAuth;
     }
 #endif
-    if( rc==SQLITE_ABORT ) rc = initData.rc;
+    if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = initData.rc;
     (void)sqlite3SafetyOn(db);
     sqlite3DbFree(db, zSql);
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_ANALYZE
diff --git a/src/vdbe.c b/src/vdbe.c
index b326c79c07..42e693921c 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/vdbe.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ** in this file for details.  If in doubt, do not deviate from existing
 ** commenting and indentation practices when changing or adding code.
 **
-** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.772 2008/08/02 15:10:09 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.773 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -4139,9 +4139,10 @@ case OP_ParseSchema: {
   (void)sqlite3SafetyOff(db);
   assert( db->init.busy==0 );
   db->init.busy = 1;
+  initData.rc = SQLITE_OK;
   assert( !db->mallocFailed );
   rc = sqlite3_exec(db, zSql, sqlite3InitCallback, &initData, 0);
-  if( rc==SQLITE_ABORT ) rc = initData.rc;
+  if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = initData.rc;
   sqlite3DbFree(db, zSql);
   db->init.busy = 0;
   (void)sqlite3SafetyOn(db);
diff --git a/src/vdbeapi.c b/src/vdbeapi.c
index 880c4ae547..8006355d58 100644
--- a/src/vdbeapi.c
+++ b/src/vdbeapi.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ** This file contains code use to implement APIs that are part of the
 ** VDBE.
 **
-** $Id: vdbeapi.c,v 1.138 2008/08/02 03:50:39 drh Exp $
+** $Id: vdbeapi.c,v 1.139 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "vdbeInt.h"
@@ -433,7 +433,9 @@ static int sqlite3Step(Vdbe *p){
 
   /* Assert that malloc() has not failed */
   db = p->db;
-  assert( !db->mallocFailed );
+  if( db->mallocFailed ){
+    return SQLITE_NOMEM;
+  }
 
   if( p->pc<=0 && p->expired ){
     if( p->rc==SQLITE_OK ){
diff --git a/test/analyze.test b/test/analyze.test
index 12aef7550b..867cf0f6ba 100644
--- a/test/analyze.test
+++ b/test/analyze.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.
 # This file implements tests for the ANALYZE command.
 #
-# $Id: analyze.test,v 1.8 2008/08/01 18:47:02 drh Exp $
+# $Id: analyze.test,v 1.9 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ do_test analyze-1.6 {
     SELECT count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='sqlite_stat1'
   }
 } {1}
+do_test analyze-1.6.2 {
+  catchsql {
+    CREATE INDEX stat1idx ON sqlite_stat1(idx);
+  }
+} {1 {table sqlite_stat1 may not be indexed}}
+do_test analyze-1.6.3 {
+  catchsql {
+    CREATE INDEX main.stat1idx ON SQLite_stat1(idx);
+  }
+} {1 {table sqlite_stat1 may not be indexed}}
 do_test analyze-1.7 {
   execsql {
     SELECT * FROM sqlite_stat1
@@ -283,7 +293,7 @@ do_test analyze-4.3 {
 do_test analyze-99.1 {
   execsql {
     PRAGMA writable_schema=on;
-    UPDATE sqlite_master SET sql='nonsense';
+    UPDATE sqlite_master SET sql='nonsense' WHERE name='sqlite_stat1';
   }
   db close
   sqlite3 db test.db
diff --git a/test/autoinc.test b/test/autoinc.test
index 1c19fc7cf7..c49fb61ebf 100644
--- a/test/autoinc.test
+++ b/test/autoinc.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this script is testing the AUTOINCREMENT features.
 #
-# $Id: autoinc.test,v 1.12 2008/05/29 03:20:59 drh Exp $
+# $Id: autoinc.test,v 1.13 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 #
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ do_test autoinc-1.3 {
     SELECT * FROM sqlite_sequence;
   }
 } {}
+do_test autoinc-1.3.1 {
+  catchsql {
+    CREATE INDEX seqidx ON sqlite_sequence(name)
+  }
+} {1 {table sqlite_sequence may not be indexed}}
 
 # Close and reopen the database.  Verify that everything is still there.
 #
diff --git a/test/trigger7.test b/test/trigger7.test
index 2eacd040ae..2c79fa06ce 100644
--- a/test/trigger7.test
+++ b/test/trigger7.test
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 # This file implements tests to increase coverage of trigger.c.
 #
-# $Id: trigger7.test,v 1.2 2008/03/19 13:03:34 drh Exp $
+# $Id: trigger7.test,v 1.3 2008/08/11 18:44:58 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ do_test trigger7-99.1 {
   catchsql {
     DROP TRIGGER t2r5
   }
-} {1 {malformed database schema (t1) - near "nonsense": syntax error}}
+} {1 {malformed database schema (t2r12) - near "nonsense": syntax error}}
 
 finish_test