diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index d5de334f4e..612313c31f 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Additional\stest\scases\swith\slocking\sfixes.\s\sAlso,\smake\sthe\scode\sthread-safe.\s(CVS\s262)
-D 2001-09-23T19:46:52
+C RowIDs\sare\snow\salways\sexpressed\sin\snative\sbyte\sorder.\s(CVS\s263)
+D 2001-09-23T20:17:55
 F Makefile.in 18eea9a3486939fced70aa95b691be766c2c995d
 F README 51f6a4e7408b34afa5bc1c0485f61b6a4efb6958
 F VERSION 6942aa44940d2972bd72f671a631060106e77f7e
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ F src/expr.c 343a515a4abaf60e9e26c7412aa8c43fd3eae97d
 F src/hash.c bf36fb4cba114015123b0050f137d2c4553778a1
 F src/hash.h 5f6e7c04c46ed015ab4e01797c2049b4af5b006d
 F src/insert.c 061e531d19869e26ba9202c6d069385237b4c102
-F src/main.c 49af06b7327c8b23b9331ce80b7e4bc9536ed2e1
+F src/main.c 00ff61d82189ad23fe2f2e6c355951f514cb1b5c
 F src/md5.c 52f677bfc590e09f71d07d7e327bd59da738d07c
 F src/os.c 45376582c41dc8829330816d56b8e9e6cd1b7972
 F src/os.h 0f478e2fef5ec1612f94b59b163d4807d4c77d6d
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ F src/test3.c 4a0d7b882fdae731dbb759f512ad867122452f96
 F src/tokenize.c 2ab07b85fde38d8fa2b4e73417b93e94f9cf8f5f
 F src/update.c 8de22957017e17c5e751ba71c4ea76c60f93aa2f
 F src/util.c 9c888445c1fd7896dab38fa62efc532f2364010a
-F src/vdbe.c b36ba796eca369d3dbd9272b277d520af03b9ae4
+F src/vdbe.c c5cd3a5340871a44236aba41d4265a23b5353859
 F src/vdbe.h dc1d441494ba560a1ff464e1c56beb8ca03844fc
 F src/where.c cce952b6a2459ac2296e3432876a4252d2fe3b87
 F test/all.test a2320eb40b462f25bd3e33115b1cabf3791450dd
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ F www/opcode.tcl 60222aeb57a7855b2582c374b8753cb5bb53c4ab
 F www/sqlite.tcl cb0d23d8f061a80543928755ec7775da6e4f362f
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 13d50723f583888fc80ae1a38247c0ab415066fa
 F www/vdbe.tcl 0c8aaa529dd216ccbf7daaabd80985e413d5f9ad
-P 337b3d3b2a903328d9744c111979909a284b8348
-R e078b3cf3fce42ca9d1080ff6c3cabcb
+P bd7d6a64afa03cc64f6537f828d6c94975bf5f02
+R b2b493528f723aceed9a16e2be55169a
 U drh
-Z f237ccfe6f0011261f7c6612613f9d4f
+Z 2820f142fe995c5556d69539be23c55f
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index f025e2d0c4..82b4fea2fd 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bd7d6a64afa03cc64f6537f828d6c94975bf5f02
\ No newline at end of file
+bb4313a94bc079d072078f353e54f3804971060d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 9087907723..bfdbaf9ee9 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 1.40 2001/09/22 18:12:10 drh Exp $
+** $Id: main.c,v 1.41 2001/09/23 20:17:55 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "os.h"
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ sqlite *sqlite_open(const char *zFilename, int mode, char **pzErrMsg){
   if( db==0 ) goto no_mem_on_open;
   sqliteHashInit(&db->tblHash, SQLITE_HASH_STRING, 0);
   sqliteHashInit(&db->idxHash, SQLITE_HASH_STRING, 0);
+  db->nextRowid = sqliteRandomInteger(db);
   
   /* Open the backend database driver */
   rc = sqliteBtreeOpen(zFilename, mode, MAX_PAGES, &db->pBe);
diff --git a/src/vdbe.c b/src/vdbe.c
index 9730971e57..e0312e7815 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/vdbe.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 ** But other routines are also provided to help in building up
 ** a program instruction by instruction.
 **
-** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.75 2001/09/23 19:46:52 drh Exp $
+** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.76 2001/09/23 20:17:55 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -905,6 +905,22 @@ static Sorter *Merge(Sorter *pLeft, Sorter *pRight){
   return sHead.pNext;
 }
 
+/*
+** Convert an integer into a big-endian integer.  In other words,
+** make sure the most significant byte comes first.
+*/
+static int bigEndian(int x){
+  union {
+     char zBuf[sizeof(int)];
+     int i;
+  } ux;
+  ux.zBuf[3] = x&0xff;
+  ux.zBuf[2] = (x>>8)&0xff;
+  ux.zBuf[1] = (x>>16)&0xff;
+  ux.zBuf[0] = (x>>24)&0xff;
+  return ux.i;
+}
+
 /*
 ** Code contained within the VERIFY() macro is not needed for correct
 ** execution.  It is there only to catch errors.  So when we compile
@@ -1834,6 +1850,7 @@ case OP_MakeIdxKey: {
   int nByte;
   int nField;
   int i, j;
+  u32 iKey;
 
   nField = pOp->p1;
   VERIFY( if( p->tos+1<nField ) goto not_enough_stack; )
@@ -1862,7 +1879,8 @@ case OP_MakeIdxKey: {
     }
   }
   Integerify(p, p->tos-nField);
-  memcpy(&zNewKey[j], &aStack[p->tos-nField].i, sizeof(u32));
+  iKey = bigEndian(aStack[p->tos-nField].i);
+  memcpy(&zNewKey[j], &iKey, sizeof(u32));
   PopStack(p, nField+1);
   VERIFY( NeedStack(p, p->tos+1); )
   p->tos++;
@@ -2156,8 +2174,9 @@ case OP_MoveTo: {
   if( i>=0 && i<p->nCursor && p->aCsr[i].pCursor ){
     int res;
     if( aStack[tos].flags & STK_Int ){
+      int iKey = bigEndian(aStack[tos].i);
       sqliteBtreeMoveto(p->aCsr[i].pCursor, 
-          (char*)&aStack[tos].i, sizeof(int), &res);
+          (char*)&iKey, sizeof(int), &res);
       p->aCsr[i].lastRecno = aStack[tos].i;
       p->aCsr[i].recnoIsValid = 1;
     }else{
@@ -2231,8 +2250,9 @@ case OP_Found: {
   if( VERIFY( i>=0 && i<p->nCursor && ) p->aCsr[i].pCursor ){
     int res, rx;
     if( aStack[tos].flags & STK_Int ){
+      int iKey = bigEndian(aStack[tos].i);
       rx = sqliteBtreeMoveto(p->aCsr[i].pCursor, 
-           (char*)&aStack[tos].i, sizeof(int), &res);
+           (char*)&iKey, sizeof(int), &res);
     }else{
       if( Stringify(p, tos) ) goto no_mem;
       rx = sqliteBtreeMoveto(p->aCsr[i].pCursor,
@@ -2280,30 +2300,25 @@ case OP_NewRecno: {
     ** larger than the previous rowid.  This has been shown experimentally
     ** to double the speed of the COPY operation.
     */
-    int res, rx, cnt;
-    int x;
+    int res, rx, cnt, x;
     union {
        char zBuf[sizeof(int)];
        int i;
     } ux;
     cnt = 0;
-    x = db->nextRowid;
+    v = db->nextRowid;
     do{
       if( cnt>5 ){
-        x = sqliteRandomInteger(db);
+        v = sqliteRandomInteger(db);
       }else{
-        x += sqliteRandomByte(db) + 1;
+        v += sqliteRandomByte(db) + 1;
       }
-      if( x==0 ) continue;
-      ux.zBuf[3] = x&0xff;
-      ux.zBuf[2] = (x>>8)&0xff;
-      ux.zBuf[1] = (x>>16)&0xff;
-      ux.zBuf[0] = (x>>24)&0xff;
-      v = ux.i;
-      rx = sqliteBtreeMoveto(p->aCsr[i].pCursor, &v, sizeof(v), &res);
+      if( v==0 ) continue;
+      x = bigEndian(v);
+      rx = sqliteBtreeMoveto(p->aCsr[i].pCursor, &x, sizeof(int), &res);
       cnt++;
     }while( cnt<1000 && rx==SQLITE_OK && res==0 );
-    db->nextRowid = x;
+    db->nextRowid = v;
     if( rx==SQLITE_OK && res==0 ){
       rc = SQLITE_FULL;
       goto abort_due_to_error;
@@ -2331,14 +2346,15 @@ case OP_Put: {
   VERIFY( if( nos<0 ) goto not_enough_stack; )
   if( VERIFY( i>=0 && i<p->nCursor && ) p->aCsr[i].pCursor!=0 ){
     char *zKey;
-    int nKey;
+    int nKey, iKey;
     if( (aStack[nos].flags & STK_Int)==0 ){
       if( Stringify(p, nos) ) goto no_mem;
       nKey = aStack[nos].n;
       zKey = zStack[nos];
     }else{
       nKey = sizeof(int);
-      zKey = (char*)&aStack[nos].i;
+      iKey = bigEndian(aStack[nos].i);
+      zKey = (char*)&iKey;
     }
     rc = sqliteBtreeInsert(p->aCsr[i].pCursor, zKey, nKey,
                         zStack[tos], aStack[tos].n);
@@ -2496,6 +2512,7 @@ case OP_Recno: {
       v = p->aCsr[i].lastRecno;
     }else{
       sqliteBtreeKey(pCrsr, 0, sizeof(u32), (char*)&v);
+      v = bigEndian(v);
     }
     aStack[tos].i = v;
     aStack[tos].flags = STK_Int;
@@ -2657,6 +2674,7 @@ case OP_NextIdx: {
     }else{
       int recno;
       sqliteBtreeKey(pCur, pCrsr->nKey, sizeof(u32), (char*)&recno);
+      recno = bigEndian(recno);
       p->aCsr[i].lastRecno = aStack[tos].i = recno;
       p->aCsr[i].recnoIsValid = 1;
       aStack[tos].flags = STK_Int;