diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index e3ecf03fc3..ad13ee4543 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Correctly\s\sstore\slarge\sintegers.\s\sTicket\s#1212.\s(CVS\s2445)
-D 2005-04-15T12:04:34
+C Remove\ssome\svestigal\scode.\s\sAdd\sthe\sexperimental\ssqlite3_transfer_bindings()\nAPI.\s(CVS\s2446)
+D 2005-04-22T02:38:38
 F Makefile.in 5c00d0037104de2a50ac7647a5f12769795957a3
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 06be33b2a9ad4f005a5f42b22c4a19dab3cbb5c7
 F README 9c4e2d6706bdcc3efdd773ce752a8cdab4f90028
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ F src/btree.c 25770f8cf1fe778757b69cbe0b84c02615c6e1f5
 F src/btree.h 41a71ce027db9ddee72cb43df2316bbe3a1d92af
 F src/build.c 8afb06c791adcde7787f157bbc55aeef27fb27c1
 F src/date.c 2134ef4388256e8247405178df8a61bd60dc180a
-F src/delete.c bbdd1745a830e8b1b521481401f5ccc2aada5048
+F src/delete.c 75b53db21aa1879d3655bbbc208007db31d58a63
 F src/experimental.c 50c1e3b34f752f4ac10c36f287db095c2b61766d
-F src/expr.c bf7253cd2d828ec8bf321321c2598e4b8918d79b
+F src/expr.c bef1589dbd9481b88f26d7908fc70bad9576e541
 F src/func.c ff0673a25ec6216934e664bf9f480ae8b2c66936
 F src/hash.c 2b1b13f7400e179631c83a1be0c664608c8f021f
 F src/hash.h 1b0c445e1c89ff2aaad9b4605ba61375af001e84
@@ -54,34 +54,34 @@ F src/os_win.c 2bbbe6fbb010763c3fa79d5e951afca9b138c6b5
 F src/os_win.h 41a946bea10f61c158ce8645e7646b29d44f122b
 F src/pager.c 95e24c9134a00613ca87b963a84ad62d85d5b979
 F src/pager.h 94bb42704ae861036a3bf3bbbe04dd3f0c6a690d
-F src/parse.y 1770b8673c652756b2dd5bcec16f0bf741e5e879
+F src/parse.y 3e314b3a96b199b0501ed426f2cee3392ffce806
 F src/pragma.c 845c8ab0ab7d09ed2115d3dfc859ba2364b365a7
 F src/printf.c 3d20b21cfecadacecac3fb7274e746cb81d3d357
 F src/random.c eff68e3f257e05e81eae6c4d50a51eb88beb4ff3
-F src/select.c a324af36afe5f050a1e070806ad3ededf1d58f50
+F src/select.c 277cf8893db3d822905097b31dfa209198a4febe
 F src/shell.c 25b3217d7c64e6497225439d261a253a23efff26
-F src/sqlite.h.in 1ece9aafba94b8515b276b3de73cbabe0912d42a
-F src/sqliteInt.h 474c20597ee66bb3a666bed0abd76e7be579184a
+F src/sqlite.h.in 3675e3ada207e09b9d52a0463561325df4ac26b5
+F src/sqliteInt.h a2d37daf004eb039b740b0e2f99406adb4037cac
 F src/table.c 25b3ff2b39b7d87e8d4a5da0713d68dfc06cbee9
 F src/tclsqlite.c 245b242edfb587e305954698ed93c1bc3daed678
-F src/test1.c 32a158ca4aca2e9b43d911eda4552253df9a207d
+F src/test1.c adbf44d01e700895ad1e76cc90834d8dafd79152
 F src/test2.c 7f0ef466706ac01414e1136b96e5d8a65cb97545
 F src/test3.c 683e1e3819152ffd35da2f201e507228921148d0
 F src/test4.c 7c6b9fc33dd1f3f93c7f1ee6e5e6d016afa6c1df
 F src/test5.c 64f08b2a50ef371a1bd68ff206829e7b1b9997f5
 F src/tokenize.c 103cbaa932c790f540f8eceb63cd3010e117bdff
 F src/trigger.c 1a6d0c7c51b70bdc58d5068be72034071eff23ad
-F src/update.c ddfd8afaecc6a700c6a5ec8de85b3433eb0e42d2
+F src/update.c 04ea9dd784ccfeaf38a681b3edfe3b1c4edfdda7
 F src/utf.c bda5eb85039ef16f2d17004c1e18c96e1ab0a80c
 F src/util.c 02bc2750336b021b3f10e61538f665c4b0033b5d
 F src/vacuum.c 5cf598003191bd91c17a64742bad8e46241698a8
 F src/vdbe.c d2574042c44baf6b1016c61e8072dec529ac748a
 F src/vdbe.h 7f586cb6d6b57764e5aac1f87107d6a95ddce24c
 F src/vdbeInt.h 4afaae2f4adcab54ad2a40dabb2e689fba7b1561
-F src/vdbeapi.c 467caa6e6fb9247528b1c7ab9132ae1b4748e8ac
+F src/vdbeapi.c 87f363c9c6a32a403d22dda6d594d3548775a0d5
 F src/vdbeaux.c b4d9b9a9d87254a279a88e3f91d0db048071c856
 F src/vdbemem.c 4e853ce3151eaf7906150da85a1b3ce1fe5e8da8
-F src/where.c c4b227458e8993decb515ed9a2fe2d4f5f8e3125
+F src/where.c 836906aeb19f2da270ce760ebebc4ac5aa924c8d
 F tclinstaller.tcl 046e3624671962dc50f0481d7c25b38ef803eb42
 F test/all.test 7f0988442ab811dfa41793b5b550f5828ce316f3
 F test/alter.test 9d6837a3d946b73df692b7cef2a7644d2e2f6bc6
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ F test/autovacuum_ioerr2.test 2f8a3fb31f833fd0ca86ad4ad98913c73e807572
 F test/bigfile.test d3744a8821ce9abb8697f2826a3e3d22b719e89f
 F test/bigrow.test f0aeb7573dcb8caaafea76454be3ade29b7fc747
 F test/bind.test bf1a99cb5471c8ec9958f7af0c8608d824535558
+F test/bindxfer.test 856830e9e5552b9882c9d5c6647f90e25bdae4ac
 F test/blob.test fc41fe95bdc10da51f0dee73ce86e75ce1d6eb9d
 F test/btree.test 8aa7424aeec844df990273fe36447e5d7e407261
 F test/btree2.test dbce930b549d5ac883a7d8905c976209ea241db3
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl 425be741b8ae664f55cb1ef2371aab0a75109cf9
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl a99cf5f6d8bd4d5537584a2b342f0fb9fa601d8b
 F www/whentouse.tcl 528299b8316726dbcc5548e9aa0648c8b1bd055b
-P 6cd19ddcba5fbea1be04b44699c911294618e948
-R a7a67bb0e6e2a718d4c8bea2017ab2d0
+P 00e20690bb8cc6522c9c48f36f0c3336ae007827
+R 6a430a8ca8d157615203d0413b70c426
 U drh
-Z cea3468783cfb264aa646a98028d300b
+Z 51d7570a6b49b81dfa3ff13333279222
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index b98c2ee228..5a0f9aa926 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-00e20690bb8cc6522c9c48f36f0c3336ae007827
\ No newline at end of file
+88b39436f00d645cdb6333a7413c698c42227d3f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/delete.c b/src/delete.c
index b86fc0a2a1..308509e439 100644
--- a/src/delete.c
+++ b/src/delete.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains C code routines that are called by the parser
 ** in order to generate code for DELETE FROM statements.
 **
-** $Id: delete.c,v 1.103 2005/04/08 16:07:48 kwel Exp $
+** $Id: delete.c,v 1.104 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void sqlite3DeleteFrom(
 
     /* Begin the database scan
     */
-    pWInfo = sqlite3WhereBegin(pParse, pTabList, pWhere, 0, 0);
+    pWInfo = sqlite3WhereBegin(pParse, pTabList, pWhere, 0);
     if( pWInfo==0 ) goto delete_from_cleanup;
 
     /* Remember the rowid of every item to be deleted.
diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index 2971c02a9c..79c7b59e2a 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains routines used for analyzing expressions and
 ** for generating VDBE code that evaluates expressions in SQLite.
 **
-** $Id: expr.c,v 1.197 2005/03/21 03:53:38 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: expr.c,v 1.198 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ Select *sqlite3SelectDup(Select *p){
   pNew->iLimit = -1;
   pNew->iOffset = -1;
   pNew->ppOpenTemp = 0;
-  pNew->pFetch = 0;
   pNew->isResolved = p->isResolved;
   pNew->isAgg = p->isAgg;
   return pNew;
diff --git a/src/parse.y b/src/parse.y
index e60fe1a43e..2b8d052d10 100644
--- a/src/parse.y
+++ b/src/parse.y
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ** the parser.  Lemon will also generate a header file containing
 ** numeric codes for all of the tokens.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: parse.y,v 1.170 2005/03/29 03:10:59 danielk1977 Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: parse.y,v 1.171 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 %token_prefix TK_
 %token_type {Token}
@@ -543,14 +543,14 @@ cmd ::= DELETE FROM fullname(X) where_opt(Y). {sqlite3DeleteFrom(pParse,X,Y);}
 where_opt(A) ::= .                    {A = 0;}
 where_opt(A) ::= WHERE expr(X).       {A = X;}
 
-%type setlist {ExprList*}
-%destructor setlist {sqlite3ExprListDelete($$);}
-
 ////////////////////////// The UPDATE command ////////////////////////////////
 //
 cmd ::= UPDATE orconf(R) fullname(X) SET setlist(Y) where_opt(Z).
     {sqlite3Update(pParse,X,Y,Z,R);}
 
+%type setlist {ExprList*}
+%destructor setlist {sqlite3ExprListDelete($$);}
+
 setlist(A) ::= setlist(Z) COMMA nm(X) EQ expr(Y).
     {A = sqlite3ExprListAppend(Z,Y,&X);}
 setlist(A) ::= nm(X) EQ expr(Y).   {A = sqlite3ExprListAppend(0,Y,&X);}
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index aa2d296e2e..ee15c72168 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains C code routines that are called by the parser
 ** to handle SELECT statements in SQLite.
 **
-** $Id: select.c,v 1.243 2005/03/28 03:39:56 drh Exp $
+** $Id: select.c,v 1.244 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ int sqlite3Select(
   /* Begin the database scan
   */
   pWInfo = sqlite3WhereBegin(pParse, pTabList, pWhere,
-                             pGroupBy ? 0 : &pOrderBy, p->pFetch);
+                             pGroupBy ? 0 : &pOrderBy);
   if( pWInfo==0 ) goto select_end;
 
   /* Use the standard inner loop if we are not dealing with
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index fc4dfd6822..5e494e028c 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This header file defines the interface that the SQLite library
 ** presents to client programs.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h.in,v 1.132 2005/03/31 22:26:20 drh Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqlite.h.in,v 1.133 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #ifndef _SQLITE3_H_
 #define _SQLITE3_H_
@@ -1208,6 +1208,17 @@ int sqlite3_sleep(int);
 */
 int sqlite3_expired(sqlite3_stmt*);
 
+/*
+** Move all bindings from the first prepared statement over to the second.
+** This routine is useful, for example, if the first prepared statement
+** fails with an SQLITE_SCHEMA error.  The same SQL can be prepared into
+** the second prepared statement then all of the bindings transfered over
+** to the second statement before the first statement is finalized.
+**
+******* THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE ******
+*/
+int sqlite3_transfer_bindings(sqlite3_stmt*, sqlite3_stmt*);
+
 /*
 ** If the following global variable is made to point to a
 ** string which is the name of a directory, then all temporary files
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index 2cd0e95950..8a30b7f360 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 *************************************************************************
 ** Internal interface definitions for SQLite.
 **
-** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.375 2005/03/29 03:10:59 danielk1977 Exp $
+** @(#) $Id: sqliteInt.h,v 1.376 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #ifndef _SQLITEINT_H_
 #define _SQLITEINT_H_
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ extern int sqlite3_iMallocReset; /* Set iMallocFail to this when it reaches 0 */
 typedef struct Column Column;
 typedef struct Table Table;
 typedef struct Index Index;
-typedef struct Instruction Instruction;
 typedef struct Expr Expr;
 typedef struct ExprList ExprList;
 typedef struct Parse Parse;
@@ -339,7 +338,6 @@ typedef struct KeyClass KeyClass;
 typedef struct CollSeq CollSeq;
 typedef struct KeyInfo KeyInfo;
 typedef struct NameContext NameContext;
-typedef struct Fetch Fetch;
 
 /*
 ** Each database file to be accessed by the system is an instance
@@ -1049,7 +1047,6 @@ struct Select {
   Expr *pOffset;         /* OFFSET expression. NULL means not used. */
   int iLimit, iOffset;   /* Memory registers holding LIMIT & OFFSET counters */
   IdList **ppOpenTemp;   /* OP_OpenTemp addresses used by multi-selects */
-  Fetch *pFetch;         /* If this stmt is part of a FETCH command */
   u8 isResolved;         /* True once sqlite3SelectResolve() has run. */
   u8 isAgg;              /* True if this is an aggregate query */
 };
@@ -1419,7 +1416,7 @@ void sqlite3OpenTableForReading(Vdbe*, int iCur, Table*);
 void sqlite3OpenTable(Vdbe*, int iCur, Table*, int);
 void sqlite3DeleteFrom(Parse*, SrcList*, Expr*);
 void sqlite3Update(Parse*, SrcList*, ExprList*, Expr*, int);
-WhereInfo *sqlite3WhereBegin(Parse*, SrcList*, Expr*, ExprList**, Fetch*);
+WhereInfo *sqlite3WhereBegin(Parse*, SrcList*, Expr*, ExprList**);
 void sqlite3WhereEnd(WhereInfo*);
 void sqlite3ExprCode(Parse*, Expr*);
 void sqlite3ExprCodeAndCache(Parse*, Expr*);
diff --git a/src/test1.c b/src/test1.c
index 2acfe7530f..0a774a9227 100644
--- a/src/test1.c
+++ b/src/test1.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ** is not included in the SQLite library.  It is used for automated
 ** testing of the SQLite library.
 **
-** $Id: test1.c,v 1.136 2005/03/29 03:11:00 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: test1.c,v 1.137 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "tcl.h"
@@ -971,6 +971,30 @@ static int test_expired(
   return TCL_OK;
 }
 
+/*
+** Usage:  sqlite3_transfer_bindings FROMSTMT TOSTMT
+**
+** Transfer all bindings from FROMSTMT over to TOSTMT
+*/
+static int test_transfer_bind(
+  void * clientData,
+  Tcl_Interp *interp,
+  int objc,
+  Tcl_Obj *CONST objv[]
+){
+  sqlite3_stmt *pStmt1, *pStmt2;
+  if( objc!=3 ){
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args: should be \"",
+        Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objv[0], 0), " FROM-STMT TO-STMT", 0);
+    return TCL_ERROR;
+  }
+  if( getStmtPointer(interp, Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), &pStmt1)) return TCL_ERROR;
+  if( getStmtPointer(interp, Tcl_GetString(objv[2]), &pStmt2)) return TCL_ERROR;
+  Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, 
+     Tcl_NewIntObj(sqlite3_transfer_bindings(pStmt1,pStmt2)));
+  return TCL_OK;
+}
+
 /*
 ** Usage:  sqlite3_changes DB
 **
@@ -2961,6 +2985,7 @@ int Sqlitetest1_Init(Tcl_Interp *interp){
      { "sqlite3_finalize",              test_finalize      ,0 },
      { "sqlite3_reset",                 test_reset         ,0 },
      { "sqlite3_expired",               test_expired       ,0 },
+     { "sqlite3_transfer_bindings",     test_transfer_bind ,0 },
      { "sqlite3_changes",               test_changes       ,0 },
      { "sqlite3_step",                  test_step          ,0 },
 
diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index 489fe3ff30..b70f6393f4 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains C code routines that are called by the parser
 ** to handle UPDATE statements.
 **
-** $Id: update.c,v 1.106 2005/04/08 16:08:36 kwel Exp $
+** $Id: update.c,v 1.107 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void sqlite3Update(
 
   /* Begin the database scan
   */
-  pWInfo = sqlite3WhereBegin(pParse, pTabList, pWhere, 0, 0);
+  pWInfo = sqlite3WhereBegin(pParse, pTabList, pWhere, 0);
   if( pWInfo==0 ) goto update_cleanup;
 
   /* Remember the index of every item to be updated.
diff --git a/src/vdbeapi.c b/src/vdbeapi.c
index ca1612875a..247c1e0d0f 100644
--- a/src/vdbeapi.c
+++ b/src/vdbeapi.c
@@ -622,3 +622,26 @@ int sqlite3_bind_parameter_index(sqlite3_stmt *pStmt, const char *zName){
   }
   return 0;
 }
+
+/* EXPERIMENTAL
+** 
+** Transfer all bindings from the first statement over to the second.
+** If the two statements contain a different number of bindings, then
+** an SQLITE_ERROR is returned.
+*/
+int sqlite3_transfer_bindings(sqlite3_stmt *pFromStmt, sqlite3_stmt *pToStmt){
+  Vdbe *pFrom = (Vdbe*)pFromStmt;
+  Vdbe *pTo = (Vdbe*)pToStmt;
+  int i, rc = SQLITE_OK;
+  if( (pFrom->magic!=VDBE_MAGIC_RUN && pFrom->magic!=VDBE_MAGIC_HALT)
+    || (pTo->magic!=VDBE_MAGIC_RUN && pTo->magic!=VDBE_MAGIC_HALT) ){
+    return SQLITE_MISUSE;
+  }
+  if( pFrom->nVar!=pTo->nVar ){
+    return SQLITE_ERROR;
+  }
+  for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<pFrom->nVar; i++){
+    rc = sqlite3VdbeMemMove(&pTo->aVar[i], &pFrom->aVar[i]);
+  }
+  return rc;
+}
diff --git a/src/where.c b/src/where.c
index 587d2c7f13..48ad161a7c 100644
--- a/src/where.c
+++ b/src/where.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ** so is applicable.  Because this module is responsible for selecting
 ** indices, you might also think of this module as the "query optimizer".
 **
-** $Id: where.c,v 1.136 2005/03/16 12:15:21 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: where.c,v 1.137 2005/04/22 02:38:38 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -599,8 +599,7 @@ WhereInfo *sqlite3WhereBegin(
   Parse *pParse,        /* The parser context */
   SrcList *pTabList,    /* A list of all tables to be scanned */
   Expr *pWhere,         /* The WHERE clause */
-  ExprList **ppOrderBy, /* An ORDER BY clause, or NULL */
-  Fetch *pFetch         /* Initial location of cursors.  NULL otherwise */
+  ExprList **ppOrderBy  /* An ORDER BY clause, or NULL */
 ){
   int i;                     /* Loop counter */
   WhereInfo *pWInfo;         /* Will become the return value of this function */
diff --git a/test/bindxfer.test b/test/bindxfer.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d0bea0de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bindxfer.test
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# 2005 April 21
+#
+# 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 implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
+# focus of this script testing the sqlite_transfer_bindings() API.
+#
+# $Id: bindxfer.test,v 1.1 2005/04/22 02:38:39 drh Exp $
+#
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+
+proc sqlite_step {stmt VALS COLS} {
+  upvar #0 $VALS vals
+  upvar #0 $COLS cols
+  set vals [list]
+  set cols [list]
+
+  set rc [sqlite3_step $stmt]
+  for {set i 0} {$i < [sqlite3_column_count $stmt]} {incr i} {
+    lappend cols [sqlite3_column_name $stmt $i]
+  }
+  for {set i 0} {$i < [sqlite3_data_count $stmt]} {incr i} {
+    lappend vals [sqlite3_column_text $stmt $i]
+  }
+
+  return $rc
+}
+
+do_test bindxfer-1.1 {
+  db close
+  set DB [sqlite3 db test.db]
+  execsql {CREATE TABLE t1(a,b,c);}
+  set VM1 [sqlite3_prepare $DB {SELECT ?, ?, ?} -1 TAIL]
+  set TAIL
+} {}
+do_test bindxfer-1.2 {
+  sqlite3_bind_parameter_count $VM1
+} 3
+do_test bindxfer-1.3 {
+  set VM2 [sqlite3_prepare $DB {SELECT ?, ?, ?} -1 TAIL]
+  set TAIL
+} {}
+do_test bindxfer-1.4 {
+  sqlite3_bind_parameter_count $VM2
+} 3
+do_test bindxfer-1.5 {
+  sqlite_bind $VM1 1 one normal
+  set sqlite_static_bind_value two
+  sqlite_bind $VM1 2 {} static
+  sqlite_bind $VM1 3 {} null
+  sqlite3_transfer_bindings $VM1 $VM2
+  sqlite_step $VM1 VALUES COLNAMES
+} SQLITE_ROW
+do_test bindxfer-1.6 {
+  set VALUES
+} {{} {} {}}
+do_test bindxfer-1.7 {
+  sqlite_step $VM2 VALUES COLNAMES
+} SQLITE_ROW
+do_test bindxfer-1.8 {
+  set VALUES
+} {one two {}}
+catch {sqlite3_finalize $VM1}
+catch {sqlite3_finalize $VM2}
+
+finish_test