diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index a47c417579..8b6cff4e62 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sfor\sticket\s#26:\sDocument\sthe\sfact\sthat\sCREATE\sTABLE\smight\snot\sbe\nimmediately\svisible\sto\sother\sprocesses\sthat\sare\sholding\sthe\sdatabase\sopen.\s(CVS\s544)
-D 2002-04-25T00:21:50
+C Added\sthe\s"encode.c"\ssource\sfile\sthat\scontains\stwo\sutility\ssubroutines\sthat\ncan\sbe\sused\sto\sencode\sbinary\sdata\sfor\suse\sin\sINSERT\sand\sUPDATE\sstatements.\nThis\sis\sjust\san\sinitial\schecking.\s\sThe\scode\shas\snot\syet\sbeen\sintegrated\sinto\nthe\slibrary.\s(CVS\s545)
+D 2002-04-25T11:45:42
 F Makefile.in 50f1b3351df109b5774771350d8c1b8d3640130d
 F Makefile.template 89e373b2dad0321df00400fa968dc14b61a03296
 F README a4c0ba11354ef6ba0776b400d057c59da47a4cc0
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ F src/btree.c 7dd7ddc66459982dd0cb9800958c1f8d65a32d9f
 F src/btree.h 8abeabfe6e0b1a990b64fa457592a6482f6674f3
 F src/build.c d01b81f41481e733e27ab2fa8e1bfcc64f24257d
 F src/delete.c 6a6b8192cdff5e4b083da3bc63de099f3790d01f
+F src/encode.c cf929a63c3db5d893c24c89377871cb89ede44e2
 F src/expr.c cf8d2ea17e419fc83b23e080195b2952e0be4164
 F src/func.c a31dcba85bc2ecb9b752980289cf7e6cd0cafbce
 F src/hash.c cc259475e358baaf299b00a2c7370f2b03dda892
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl da8afcc1d3ccc5696cfb388a68982bc3d9f7f00f
 F www/sqlite.tcl 8b5884354cb615049aed83039f8dfe1552a44279
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-P a06d9acdd5af0dc69b3a4d024de082631254aead
-R cfeb54c57cf6f9ec54bd35534c55c306
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+R 6048f8bfc097ad26d4d3ee4d7998e4f3
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-Z d14450a4a0ba6fe1648be69426d0ab18
+Z fcb6af942153d3111f8e4a67cbb6971e
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index ffa096e990..aa415508f9 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18b31b7ab90ab330e271e0ed5d316f63846845be
\ No newline at end of file
+57f7c59713299b03b10ba9c1a5883e2c08a8b138
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/encode.c b/src/encode.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d37d8b7401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/encode.c
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+** 2002 April 25
+**
+** The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
+** a legal notice, here is a blessing:
+**
+**    May you do good and not evil.
+**    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+**    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+**
+*************************************************************************
+** This file contains helper routines used to translate binary data into
+** a null-terminated string (suitable for use in SQLite) and back again.
+** These are convenience routines for use by people who want to store binary
+** data in an SQLite database.  The code in this file is used by any other
+** part of the SQLite library.
+**
+** $Id: encode.c,v 1.1 2002/04/25 11:45:42 drh Exp $
+*/
+#include "sqliteInt.h"
+#include "encode.h"
+
+/*
+** Encode a binary buffer "in" of size n bytes so that it contains
+** no instances of characters '\'' or '\000'.  The output is 
+** null-terminated and can be used as a string value in an INSERT
+** or UPDATE statement.
+**
+** The result is written into a preallocated output buffer "out".
+** "out" must be able to hold at least 2 + (n+255)*3/256 + n bytes.
+** In other words, the output will be expanded by as much as 3
+** bytes for every 256 bytes of input plus 2 bytes of fixed overhead.
+*/
+void sqlite_encode_binary(const unsigned char *in, int n, unsigned char *out){
+  int i, j, e, m;
+  int cnt[256];
+  memset(cnt, 0, sizeof(cnt));
+  for(i=n-1; i>=0; i--){ cnt[in[i]]++; }
+  m = n;
+  for(i=1; i<256; i++){
+    int sum;
+    if( i=='\'' ) continue;
+    sum = cnt[i] + cnt[(i+1)&0xff] + cnt[(i+'\'')&0xff];
+    if( sum<m ){
+      m = sum;
+      e = i;
+      if( m==0 ) break;
+    }
+  }
+  out[0] = e;
+  j = 1;
+  for(i=0; i<n; i++){
+    int c = (in[i] - e)&0xff;
+    if( c==0 ){
+      out[j++] = 1;
+      out[j++] = 1;
+    }else if( c==1 ){
+      out[j++] = 1;
+      out[j++] = 2;
+    }else if( c=='\'' ){
+      out[j++] = 1;
+      out[j++] = 3;
+    }else{
+      out[j++] = c;
+    }
+  }
+  out[j++] = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+** Decode the string "in" into binary data and write it into "out".
+** This routine reverses the encoded created by sqlite_encode_binary().
+** The output will always be a few bytes less than the input.  The number
+** of bytes of output is returned.  If the input is not a well-formed
+** encoding, -1 is returned.
+**
+** The "in" and "out" parameters may point to the same buffer in order
+** to decode a string in place.
+*/
+int sqlite_decode_binary(const unsigned char *in, unsigned char *out){
+  int i, c, e;
+  e = *(in++);
+  i = 0;
+  while( (c = *(in++))!=0 ){
+    if( c==1 ){
+      c = *(in++);
+      if( c==1 ){
+        c = 0;
+      }else if( c==2 ){
+        c = 1;
+      }else if( c==3 ){
+        c = '\'';
+      }else{
+        return -1;
+      }
+    }
+    out[i++] = (c + e)&0xff;
+  }
+  return i;
+}
+
+#ifdef ENCODER_TEST
+/*
+** The subroutines above are not tested by the usual test suite.  To test
+** these routines, compile just this one file with a -DENCODER_TEST=1 option
+** and run the result.
+*/
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+  int i, j, n, m;
+  unsigned char in[20000];
+  unsigned char out[30000];
+
+  for(i=0; i<10000; i++){
+    printf("Test %d: ", i+1);
+    n = rand() % sizeof(in);
+    for(j=0; j<n; j++) in[j] = rand() & 0xff;
+    sqlite_encode_binary(in, n, out);
+    printf("size %d->%d ", n, strlen(out)+1);
+    m = 2 + (n+255)*3/256 + n;
+    if( strlen(out)+1>m ){
+      printf(" ERROR output too big\n");
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    for(j=0; out[j]; j++){
+      if( out[j]=='\'' ){
+        printf(" ERROR contains (')\n");
+        exit(1);
+      }
+    }
+    j = sqlite_decode_binary(out, out);
+    if( j!=n ){
+      printf(" ERROR decode size %d\n", j);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    if( memcmp(in, out, n)!=0 ){
+      printf(" ERROR decode mismatch\n");
+      exit(1);
+    }
+    printf(" OK\n");
+  }
+}
+#endif /* ENCODER_TEST */