diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index b73b9706cd..d5306eb2a8 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Added\smissing\serror\sstring\sto\ssqlite_error_string().\s(CVS\s1018)
-D 2003-06-12T08:59:01
+C Open\sthe\sjournal\sfile\sfor\sread-only\swhen\sdoing\sa\splayback.\s\sTicket\s#351.\s(CVS\s1019)
+D 2003-06-14T11:42:58
 F Makefile.in 98a14dc13a78ca0e12007e974c93aeb098db7f68
 F Makefile.linux-gcc b86a99c493a5bfb402d1d9178dcdc4bd4b32f906
 F README f1de682fbbd94899d50aca13d387d1b3fd3be2dd
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ F src/main.c e818e84e9eb11a0d4b594752a9a659cdf97a6b9b
 F src/md5.c fe4f9c9c6f71dfc26af8da63e4d04489b1430565
 F src/os.c 4f540b4e5208c8b59e81cdbb8267c8705288b56e
 F src/os.h 9e5bbddff123187295e3d00d49af06192cd1cd49
-F src/pager.c c4d007fc3572950d9ee20cae03c2beb4e4c12daa
+F src/pager.c 6c50e8dc861bb08f8c52b1fe9aabef6554d61c95
 F src/pager.h 5da62c83443f26b1792cfd72c96c422f91aadd31
 F src/parse.y 917250e5d86bdee752355e6617ea2e8ee12438bf
 F src/pragma.c f439a6157fe7c8d66dc2c6bfde2abaf23e770e1d
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl 296cc5632d069b56d3ef5409ca0df90f486c10fb
 F www/sqlite.tcl 4bd1729e320f5fa9125f0022b281fbe839192125
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 1db15abeb446aad0caf0b95b8b9579720e4ea331
 F www/vdbe.tcl 14fdcc7fe8a60a6ba8584903636db8dc37eef26a
-P b52f07e1c894a52bb12459d03fd0efcee05dd08c
-R 375f5c988936e58c05b781805fc9b599
-U jplyon
-Z e300729656da799f5c12bc51a4173669
+P 3afb7b3586be81202c76692afea9d2b7a63b4b93
+R 91e497d8c49cdf07678d9dc6985d9f6e
+U drh
+Z 8bb44e08ee869ed017552dfc2baeceb2
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 13b0319797..0242dd162e 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3afb7b3586be81202c76692afea9d2b7a63b4b93
\ No newline at end of file
+66ac7aea3df8533a49c8c05ba57c5a7015626828
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 51c7590110..85d6b8896f 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 1.84 2003/06/04 16:24:40 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: pager.c,v 1.85 2003/06/14 11:42:58 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "os.h"         /* Must be first to enable large file support */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ int sqlitepager_get(Pager *pPager, Pgno pgno, void **ppPage){
     /* If a journal file exists, try to play it back.
     */
     if( pPager->useJournal && sqliteOsFileExists(pPager->zJournal) ){
-       int rc, dummy;
+       int rc;
 
        /* Get a write lock on the database
        */
@@ -1235,14 +1235,15 @@ int sqlitepager_get(Pager *pPager, Pgno pgno, void **ppPage){
        }
        pPager->state = SQLITE_WRITELOCK;
 
-       /* Open the journal for exclusive access.  Return SQLITE_BUSY if
-       ** we cannot get exclusive access to the journal file. 
+       /* Open the journal for reading only.  Return SQLITE_BUSY if
+       ** we are unable to open the journal file. 
        **
-       ** Even though we will only be reading from the journal, not writing,
-       ** we have to open the journal for writing in order to obtain an
-       ** exclusive access lock.
+       ** The journal file does not need to be locked itself.  The
+       ** journal file is never open unless the main database file holds
+       ** a write lock, so there is never any chance of two or more
+       ** processes opening the journal at the same time.
        */
-       rc = sqliteOsOpenReadWrite(pPager->zJournal, &pPager->jfd, &dummy);
+       rc = sqliteOsOpenReadOnly(pPager->zJournal, &pPager->jfd);
        if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
          rc = sqliteOsUnlock(&pPager->fd);
          assert( rc==SQLITE_OK );