diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index ebe1deba28..1c194ac946 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C :-)\s(CVS\s35)
-D 2000-06-02T01:36:16
+C :-)\s(CVS\s36)
+D 2000-06-02T01:51:20
 F COPYRIGHT 74a8a6531a42e124df07ab5599aad63870fa0bd4
 F Makefile.in 7ac2fef265940d93a544cb454efa836451559a71
 F README 6b5960603c7f8bf42fc022b4b6436f242f238dbb
@@ -7,22 +7,22 @@ F configure 00a5b5c82147a576fa6e82d7c1b0d55c321d6d2c x
 F configure.in 6ccfd5fc80517f7cfe605a7fc7e0f62d962a233c
 F doc/lemon.html e233a3e97a779c7a87e1bc4528c664a58e49dd47
 F src/build.c f56c47f08c2f01fd640abb920c5da6b6614fbf3f
-F src/dbbe.c a6ae5ac878b9b18ff82345b56917085cc0ab4cbd
+F src/dbbe.c a217499fb539c5b5db99f1d37c20276b6f0d60a8
 F src/dbbe.h a8a46f71238e0f09f3ec08fd9d1c8c7f4cdc49bf
 F src/delete.c e11433c14ed5cc8553cba14296b3baa3c23054bc
 F src/expr.c 91970700e3e39b2b725b028c166f588a5bb0c038
 F src/insert.c 5d713f4a05cef76a188207aa986776e02349ba70
-F src/main.c 9567f6f44102e5c8a8c5ca834727f29690ac2f79
+F src/main.c 9123ef6567b6a5255643040b0832b9d70ae2b4ed
 F src/parse.y 16322c46ec117082ef745715f7a4761f2491a0b2
-F src/select.c 25cada7cb2b0b4973b3e17c81ba1b1c887829f71
+F src/select.c ce21eb2db2c621c097f03c21ff8d18804fb9897d
 F src/shell.c 9a42923e9c8ec1654dd1ef1aa113eca26dcf30db
-F src/sqlite.h 91e551b1ec455a981fa935f19c32abc93867e382
-F src/sqliteInt.h 447a156c3b77378b34c8668d668002674db55205
+F src/sqlite.h 58da0a8590133777b741f9836beaef3d58f40268
+F src/sqliteInt.h fe26be33f20aea88378301998b2f5c308005bf4c
 F src/tclsqlite.c 10c00c460246cfba375b768c90b22bfe3c774c8f
 F src/tokenize.c 15c229fee77325334c6814652e429b0930eba6c1
 F src/update.c 1f7284e00921352c3ae699fb60f2c2fbf8098212
 F src/util.c da47fe65efa6ff4c5e663cc7c832964bd599c0d2
-F src/vdbe.c 01e8a9e274d959ce72cc8c5a43ed144e781a6352
+F src/vdbe.c a92f66fa70d1df99ff29795fe8f18e9ea51f8f4c
 F src/vdbe.h ab574c91c6328c5795f68b84074fbcf860eae70e
 F src/where.c bed9a8360cbfbf712bdc397c8e22216a5e5f9800
 F test/all.test 66a8a5b8291a472157944edcdce51a320ebd1f35
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ F www/c_interface.tcl f875864edf7974157d1c257ca08de854660882a5
 F www/changes.tcl 37f4906f0b03f2160d2b2e4ed3cedb0b91d253cb
 F www/index.tcl 001f8c8c4edbe20e25c508005a12f2f265f84c9c
 F www/sqlite.tcl 2a0056dd6d78839636176b770d9f37d12e66660e
-P 52338f4ab5990fefc61f615cd65c3a724b365199
-R 19c8832b6eed992164ced278747bfec1
+P a57ecd606c8caa67db240d1a4bc46c0a590fde0c
+R 565c3c2b5d29c5df35ef5486eca899a0
 U drh
-Z b10b3802981476d18ecff528a847002c
+Z e4f014f9c30a1cd8b033307faacb4b20
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index e1c72a16cd..4318437ebe 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a57ecd606c8caa67db240d1a4bc46c0a590fde0c
\ No newline at end of file
+d3c31defbaf25f470d0977c39325890ab8bad054
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dbbe.c b/src/dbbe.c
index 1f7765a217..86001ca4b0 100644
--- a/src/dbbe.c
+++ b/src/dbbe.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 ** relatively simple to convert to a different database such
 ** as NDBM, SDBM, or BerkeleyDB.
 **
-** $Id: dbbe.c,v 1.8 2000/06/02 01:36:16 drh Exp $
+** $Id: dbbe.c,v 1.9 2000/06/02 01:51:20 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <gdbm.h>
@@ -297,7 +297,13 @@ int sqliteDbbeOpenTable(
     pFile->pNext = pBe->pOpen;
     pBe->pOpen = pFile;
     if( pFile->dbf==0 ){
-      rc = SQLITE_BUSY;
+      if( !writeable && access(zFile,0) ){
+        rc = SQLITE_OK;
+      }else if( access(zFile,W_OK|R_OK) ){
+        rc = SQLITE_PERM;
+      }else{
+        rc = SQLITE_BUSY;
+      }
     }
   }else{
     sqliteFree(zFile);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 430ebdd4f7..c035302b29 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ** other files are for internal use by SQLite and should not be
 ** accessed by users of the library.
 **
-** $Id: main.c,v 1.4 2000/06/02 01:36:16 drh Exp $
+** $Id: main.c,v 1.5 2000/06/02 01:51:20 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int sqliteInit(sqlite *db, char **pzErrMsg){
   ** database scheme.
   */
   static VdbeOp initProg[] = {
-    { OP_Open,     0, 1,  MASTER_NAME},
+    { OP_Open,     0, 0,  MASTER_NAME},
     { OP_Next,     0, 8,  0},           /* 1 */
     { OP_Field,    0, 0,  0},
     { OP_String,   0, 0,  "table"},
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index 52e4d30d8d..f0a1e94b0b 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ** This file contains C code routines that are called by the parser
 ** to handle SELECT statements.
 **
-** $Id: select.c,v 1.3 2000/05/31 20:00:52 drh Exp $
+** $Id: select.c,v 1.4 2000/06/02 01:51:20 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void sqliteSelect(
   */
   if( distinct ){
     distinct = pTabList->nId*2+1;
-    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Open, distinct, 0, 0, 0);
+    sqliteVdbeAddOp(v, OP_Open, distinct, 1, 0, 0);
   }
   pWInfo = sqliteWhereBegin(pParse, pTabList, pWhere, 0);
   if( pWInfo==0 ) goto select_cleanup;
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h b/src/sqlite.h
index 164ed11e14..e8cc2ad541 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h
+++ b/src/sqlite.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ** This header file defines the interface that the sqlite library
 ** presents to client programs.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h,v 1.2 2000/06/02 01:17:38 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h,v 1.3 2000/06/02 01:51:20 drh Exp $
 */
 #ifndef _SQLITE_H_
 #define _SQLITE_H_
@@ -115,9 +115,12 @@ int sqlite_exec(
 #define SQLITE_OK        0    /* Successful result */
 #define SQLITE_INTERNAL  1    /* An internal logic error in SQLite */
 #define SQLITE_ERROR     2    /* SQL error or missing database */
-#define SQLITE_ABORT     3    /* Callback routine requested an abort */
-#define SQLITE_BUSY      4    /* One or more database files are locked */
-#define SQLITE_NOMEM     5    /* A malloc() failed */
+#define SQLITE_PERM      3    /* Access permission denied */
+#define SQLITE_ABORT     4    /* Callback routine requested an abort */
+#define SQLITE_BUSY      5    /* One or more database files are locked */
+#define SQLITE_NOMEM     6    /* A malloc() failed */
+#define SQLITE_READONLY  7    /* Attempt to write a readonly database */
+
 
 
 /* This function returns true if the given input string comprises
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index 5fa1917e4c..4bd1f46ca6 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 *************************************************************************
 ** Internal interface definitions for SQLite.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.8 2000/06/02 01:17:38 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.9 2000/06/02 01:51:20 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqlite.h"
 #include "dbbe.h"
@@ -103,13 +103,6 @@ struct sqlite {
 #define SQLITE_VdbeTrace    0x00000001
 #define SQLITE_Initialized  0x00000002
 
-/*
-** Values for SQLITE_OK, SQLITE_ERROR, etc are defined in sqlite.h.
-** The following are several new return codes that are used internally
-** only.  Take care that these values do not overlap.
-*/
-#define SQLITE_READONLY   6    /* Table already opened as read-only */
-
 /*
 ** Each table is represented in memory by
 ** an instance of the following structure
diff --git a/src/vdbe.c b/src/vdbe.c
index 132649961a..bb28801580 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/vdbe.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 ** But other routines are also provided to help in building up
 ** a program instruction by instruction.
 **
-** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.8 2000/06/02 01:36:16 drh Exp $
+** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.9 2000/06/02 01:51:20 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -1328,6 +1328,11 @@ int sqliteVdbeExec(
             sqliteSetString(pzErrMsg,"table ", pOp->p3, " is locked", 0);
             break;
           }
+          case SQLITE_PERM: {
+            sqliteSetString(pzErrMsg, pOp->p2 ? "write" : "read",
+              " permission denied for table ", pOp->p3, 0);
+            break;
+          }
           case SQLITE_READONLY: {
             sqliteSetString(pzErrMsg,"table ", pOp->p3, 
                " is already opened for reading", 0);