diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 0fbd32037d..d884fbe682 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C The\snew\sfunction\scode\spasses\sregression\stests.\s(CVS\s403)
-D 2002-02-28T03:04:48
+C Change\sthe\sIFNULL\sand\sNVL\sfunctions\sto\sCOALESCE.\s\sChange\sMIN\sand\sMAX\sso\sthat\nthey\srequire\sat\sleast\sone\sargument.\s(CVS\s404)
+D 2002-02-28T03:14:18
 F Makefile.in 50f1b3351df109b5774771350d8c1b8d3640130d
 F Makefile.template 89e373b2dad0321df00400fa968dc14b61a03296
 F README a4c0ba11354ef6ba0776b400d057c59da47a4cc0
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ F src/btree.h 8abeabfe6e0b1a990b64fa457592a6482f6674f3
 F src/build.c 7ada2426caba70cb1072ba268bedb694b5018065
 F src/delete.c 950d8f9097361419f1963875f9943344b469cf02
 F src/expr.c b70bedaffd27ea24c5c2a197a88b07e82dfa4967
-F src/func.c 14ac2dfa1845a9b12bf71557ae3a179d32902abe
+F src/func.c 7169103d1082c24f0e8a71c66e7ac4062f6acc15
 F src/hash.c cc259475e358baaf299b00a2c7370f2b03dda892
 F src/hash.h dca065dda89d4575f3176e75e9a3dc0f4b4fb8b9
 F src/insert.c 164d2d5e943268a8ff0594e1947599e04df0ce11
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ F test/printf.test 3cb415073754cb8ff076f26173143c3cd293a9da
 F test/quick.test 6f023c7a73fc413e6d65b7a1879c79764038dc05
 F test/quote.test 286db944717afa9a9bf829dd85e59185c65d5435
 F test/rowid.test 4c55943300cddf73dd0f88d40a268cab14c83274
-F test/select1.test 72328eb569399e2075a0ce0d84d67df93f27eef2
+F test/select1.test ec4c20514598ae9b52abbd5e17488c8dbcdc74d1
 F test/select2.test ed2c1882857106b85478f54f67000e14966be4c4
 F test/select3.test 9469c332250a75a0ef1771fb5da62dc04ec77f18
 F test/select4.test 29a2ffb187f3d8b6ca42a0a6b619e9cabe12e228
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl 83457b2bf6bb430900bd48ca3dd98264d9a916a5
 F www/sqlite.tcl 8b5884354cb615049aed83039f8dfe1552a44279
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 829b393d1ab187fd7a5e978631b3429318885c49
 F www/vdbe.tcl 2013852c27a02a091d39a766bc87cff329f21218
-P 6af10cc53acc1ffa60de3f0d5880a6b72815404c
-R a8e13733ee5e31e5e4261dfef2a4a7b4
+P b00cf110b1cc671b7200a5ce8b9e704f660763c9
+R 700a29215d4083019c40f619d0c95fb2
 U drh
-Z 2f9159adbbc07ca082acf9822ba9ab2f
+Z b9fbc42617ff7af7970f2ca4a8912d6a
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 2437053173..f5de16f054 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b00cf110b1cc671b7200a5ce8b9e704f660763c9
\ No newline at end of file
+7d86749d4a78d05930bae2b6491d9428f06fe836
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/func.c b/src/func.c
index b7464146fa..d87c6f16cc 100644
--- a/src/func.c
+++ b/src/func.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ** sqliteRegisterBuildinFunctions() found at the bottom of the file.
 ** All other code has file scope.
 **
-** $Id: func.c,v 1.9 2002/02/28 03:04:48 drh Exp $
+** $Id: func.c,v 1.10 2002/02/28 03:14:18 drh Exp $
 */
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <math.h>
@@ -168,15 +168,18 @@ static void lowerFunc(sqlite_func *context, int argc, const char **argv){
 }
 
 /*
-** Implementation of the IFNULL() and NVL() functions.  (both do the
-** same thing.  They return their first argument if it is not NULL or
-** their second argument if the first is NULL.
+** Implementation of the IFNULL(), NVL(), and COALESCE() functions.  
+** All three do the same thing.  They return the first argument
+** non-NULL argument.
 */
 static void ifnullFunc(sqlite_func *context, int argc, const char **argv){
-  const char *z;
-  assert( argc==2 );
-  z = argv[0] ? argv[0] : argv[1];
-  sqlite_set_result_string(context, z, -1);
+  int i;
+  for(i=0; i<argc; i++){
+    if( argv[i] ){
+      sqlite_set_result_string(context, argv[i], -1);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -351,17 +354,21 @@ void sqliteRegisterBuildinFunctions(sqlite *db){
      int nArg;
      void (*xFunc)(sqlite_func*,int,const char**);
   } aFuncs[] = {
-    { "min",  -1,  minFunc    },
-    { "max",  -1,  maxFunc    },
-    { "length", 1, lengthFunc },
-    { "substr", 3, substrFunc },
-    { "abs",    1, absFunc    },
-    { "round",  1, roundFunc  },
-    { "round",  2, roundFunc  },
-    { "upper",  1, upperFunc  },
-    { "lower",  1, lowerFunc  },
-    { "ifnull", 2, ifnullFunc },
-    { "nvl",    2, ifnullFunc },
+    { "min",       -1, minFunc    },
+    { "min",        0, 0          },
+    { "max",       -1, maxFunc    },
+    { "max",        0, 0          },
+    { "length",     1, lengthFunc },
+    { "substr",     3, substrFunc },
+    { "abs",        1, absFunc    },
+    { "round",      1, roundFunc  },
+    { "round",      2, roundFunc  },
+    { "upper",      1, upperFunc  },
+    { "lower",      1, lowerFunc  },
+    { "coalesce",  -1, ifnullFunc },
+    { "coalesce",   0, 0          },
+    { "coalesce",   1, 0          },
+
   };
   static struct {
     char *zName;
diff --git a/test/select1.test b/test/select1.test
index a138494e69..7fd6a360f8 100644
--- a/test/select1.test
+++ b/test/select1.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is testing the SELECT statement.
 #
-# $Id: select1.test,v 1.20 2002/02/28 03:04:48 drh Exp $
+# $Id: select1.test,v 1.21 2002/02/28 03:14:18 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ do_test select1-2.5 {
 do_test select1-2.6 {
   set v [catch {execsql {SELECT min(*) FROM test1}} msg]
   lappend v $msg
-} {0 {{} {}}}
+} {1 {wrong number of arguments to function min()}}
 do_test select1-2.7 {
   set v [catch {execsql {SELECT Min(f1) FROM test1}} msg]
   lappend v $msg
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ do_test select1-2.8 {
 do_test select1-2.9 {
   set v [catch {execsql {SELECT MAX(*) FROM test1}} msg]
   lappend v $msg
-} {0 {{} {}}}
+} {1 {wrong number of arguments to function MAX()}}
 do_test select1-2.10 {
   set v [catch {execsql {SELECT Max(f1) FROM test1}} msg]
   lappend v $msg