SQLite

  int nExpr;
  KeyInfo *pInfo;
  struct ExprList_item *pItem;
  sqlite3 *db = pParse->db;
  int i;

  nExpr = pList->nExpr;
  pInfo = sqlite3KeyInfoAlloc(db, nExpr-iStart, nExtra+1);
  if( pInfo ){
    assert( sqlite3KeyInfoIsWriteable(pInfo) );
    for(i=iStart, pItem=pList->a+iStart; i<nExpr; i++, pItem++){
      CollSeq *pColl;
      pColl = sqlite3ExprCollSeq(pParse, pItem->pExpr);
      if( !pColl ) pColl = db->pDfltColl;
      pInfo->aColl[i-iStart] = pColl;

  ** extracted in pre-sorted order.  If that is the case, then the
  ** OP_OpenEphemeral instruction will be changed to an OP_Noop once
  ** we figure out that the sorting index is not needed.  The addrSortIndex
  ** variable is used to facilitate that change.
  */
  if( sSort.pOrderBy ){
    KeyInfo *pKeyInfo;
    pKeyInfo = keyInfoFromExprList(pParse, sSort.pOrderBy, 0, pEList->nExpr);
    sSort.iECursor = pParse->nTab++;
    sSort.addrSortIndex =
      sqlite3VdbeAddOp4(v, OP_OpenEphemeral,
          sSort.iECursor, sSort.pOrderBy->nExpr+1+pEList->nExpr, 0,
          (char*)pKeyInfo, P4_KEYINFO
      );
  }else{

      /* If there is a GROUP BY clause we might need a sorting index to
      ** implement it.  Allocate that sorting index now.  If it turns out
      ** that we do not need it after all, the OP_SorterOpen instruction
      ** will be converted into a Noop.  
      */
      sAggInfo.sortingIdx = pParse->nTab++;
      pKeyInfo = keyInfoFromExprList(pParse, pGroupBy, 0, sAggInfo.nColumn);
      addrSortingIdx = sqlite3VdbeAddOp4(v, OP_SorterOpen, 
          sAggInfo.sortingIdx, sAggInfo.nSortingColumn, 
          0, (char*)pKeyInfo, P4_KEYINFO);

      /* Initialize memory locations used by GROUP BY aggregate processing
      */
      iUseFlag = ++pParse->nMem;

  if( desiredResult>0 && rc>0 ) return 1;
  if( CORRUPT_DB ) return 1;
  if( pKeyInfo->db->mallocFailed ) return 1;
  return 0;
}
#endif

#if SQLITE_DEBUG
/*
** Count the number of fields (a.k.a. columns) in the record given by
** pKey,nKey.  The verify that this count is less than or equal to the
** limit given by pKeyInfo->nField + pKeyInfo->nXField.
**
** If this constraint is not satisfied, it means that the high-speed
** vdbeRecordCompareInt() and vdbeRecordCompareString() routines will
** not work correctly.  If this assert() ever fires, it probably means
** that the KeyInfo.nField or KeyInfo.nXField values were computed
** incorrectly.
*/
static void vdbeAssertFieldCountWithinLimits(
  int nKey, const void *pKey,   /* The record to verify */ 
  const KeyInfo *pKeyInfo       /* Compare size with this KeyInfo */
){
  int nField = 0;
  u32 szHdr;
  u32 idx;
  u32 notUsed;
  const unsigned char *aKey = (const unsigned char*)pKey;

  if( CORRUPT_DB ) return;
  idx = getVarint32(aKey, szHdr);
  assert( szHdr<=nKey );
  while( idx<szHdr ){
    idx += getVarint32(aKey+idx, notUsed);
    nField++;
  }
  assert( nField <= pKeyInfo->nField+pKeyInfo->nXField );
}
#else
# define vdbeAssertFieldCountWithinLimits(A,B,C)
#endif

/*
** Both *pMem1 and *pMem2 contain string values. Compare the two values
** using the collation sequence pColl. As usual, return a negative , zero
** or positive value if *pMem1 is less than, equal to or greater than 
** *pMem2, respectively. Similar in spirit to "rc = (*pMem1) - (*pMem2);".
*/
static int vdbeCompareMemString(

  int serial_type = ((const u8*)pKey1)[1];
  int res;
  u32 y;
  u64 x;
  i64 v = pPKey2->aMem[0].u.i;
  i64 lhs;

  vdbeAssertFieldCountWithinLimits(nKey1, pKey1, pPKey2->pKeyInfo);
  assert( (*(u8*)pKey1)<=0x3F || CORRUPT_DB );
  switch( serial_type ){
    case 1: { /* 1-byte signed integer */
      lhs = ONE_BYTE_INT(aKey);
      testcase( lhs<0 );
      break;
    }

  int nKey1, const void *pKey1, /* Left key */
  UnpackedRecord *pPKey2        /* Right key */
){
  const u8 *aKey1 = (const u8*)pKey1;
  int serial_type;
  int res;

  vdbeAssertFieldCountWithinLimits(nKey1, pKey1, pPKey2->pKeyInfo);
  getVarint32(&aKey1[1], serial_type);
  if( serial_type<12 ){
    res = pPKey2->r1;      /* (pKey1/nKey1) is a number or a null */
  }else if( !(serial_type & 0x01) ){ 
    res = pPKey2->r2;      /* (pKey1/nKey1) is a blob */
  }else{
    int nCmp;

# 2015-01-19
#
# 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 file is testing ORDER BY and LIMIT on tables with
# many columns.
#
# These tests verify that ticket [f97c4637102a3ae72b7911167e1d4da12ce60722]
# from 2015-01-19 has been fixed.
#

set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
source $testdir/tester.tcl
set ::testprefix orderby8

do_test 1.0 {
  db eval {
    CREATE TABLE t1(x);
    INSERT INTO t1(x) VALUES(1),(5),(9),(7),(3),(2),(4),(6),(8);
  }
  set ::result_set "x"
} {x}
for {set i 1} {$i<200} {incr i} {
  append ::result_set ", x+$i"
  do_test 1.$i {
    set res {}
    db eval "SELECT $::result_set FROM t1 ORDER BY x LIMIT -1" {
      lappend res $x
    }
    set res
  } {1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}
}

finish_test