Index: ext/repair/sqlite3_checker.c.in
==================================================================
--- ext/repair/sqlite3_checker.c.in
+++ ext/repair/sqlite3_checker.c.in
@@ -16,14 +16,66 @@
 INCLUDE sqlite3.c
 INCLUDE $ROOT/src/tclsqlite.c
 INCLUDE $ROOT/ext/misc/btreeinfo.c
 INCLUDE $ROOT/ext/repair/checkindex.c
 INCLUDE $ROOT/ext/repair/checkfreelist.c
+
+/*
+** Decode a pointer to an sqlite3 object.
+*/
+int getDbPointer(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *zA, sqlite3 **ppDb){
+  struct SqliteDb *p;
+  Tcl_CmdInfo cmdInfo;
+  if( Tcl_GetCommandInfo(interp, zA, &cmdInfo) ){
+    p = (struct SqliteDb*)cmdInfo.objClientData;
+    *ppDb = p->db;
+    return TCL_OK;
+  }else{
+    *ppDb = 0;
+    return TCL_ERROR;
+  }
+  return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+**   sqlite3_imposter db main rootpage {CREATE TABLE...}  ;# setup an imposter
+**   sqlite3_imposter db main                             ;# rm all imposters
+*/
+static int sqlite3_imposter(
+  void *clientData,
+  Tcl_Interp *interp,
+  int objc,
+  Tcl_Obj *CONST objv[]
+){
+  sqlite3 *db;
+  const char *zSchema;
+  int iRoot;
+  const char *zSql;
+
+  if( objc!=3 && objc!=5 ){
+    Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "DB SCHEMA [ROOTPAGE SQL]");
+    return TCL_ERROR;
+  }
+  if( getDbPointer(interp, Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), &db) ) return TCL_ERROR;
+  zSchema = Tcl_GetString(objv[2]);
+  if( objc==3 ){
+    sqlite3_test_control(SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER, db, zSchema, 0, 1);
+  }else{
+    if( Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, objv[3], &iRoot) ) return TCL_ERROR;
+    zSql = Tcl_GetString(objv[4]);
+    sqlite3_test_control(SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER, db, zSchema, 1, iRoot);
+    sqlite3_exec(db, zSql, 0, 0, 0);
+    sqlite3_test_control(SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER, db, zSchema, 0, 0);
+  }
+  return TCL_OK;
+}
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 const char *sqlite3_checker_init_proc(Tcl_Interp *interp){
+  Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "sqlite3_imposter", 
+                       (Tcl_ObjCmdProc*)sqlite3_imposter, 0, 0);
   sqlite3_auto_extension((void(*)(void))sqlite3_btreeinfo_init);
   sqlite3_auto_extension((void(*)(void))sqlite3_checkindex_init);
   sqlite3_auto_extension((void(*)(void))sqlite3_checkfreelist_init);
   return
 BEGIN_STRING

Index: ext/repair/test/checkindex01.test
==================================================================
--- ext/repair/test/checkindex01.test
+++ ext/repair/test/checkindex01.test
@@ -69,20 +69,16 @@
   {} 'five',5
 }
 
 do_test 1.5 {
   set tblroot [db one { SELECT rootpage FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='t1' }]
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 1 $tblroot
-  db eval {CREATE TABLE xt1(a, b)}
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 0 0
-
-  execsql {
+  sqlite3_imposter db main $tblroot {CREATE TABLE xt1(a,b)}
+  db eval {
     UPDATE xt1 SET a='six' WHERE rowid=3;
     DELETE FROM xt1 WHERE rowid = 5;
   }
-
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 0 1
+  sqlite3_imposter db main
 } {}
 
 do_index_check_test 1.6 i1 {
   {row missing} 'five',5
   {} 'four',4
@@ -209,20 +205,18 @@
   {} 'AAB','EEE',4
 }
 
 do_test 4.2 {
   set tblroot [db one { SELECT rootpage FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='t4' }]
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 1 $tblroot
-  db eval {CREATE TABLE xt4(a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, c1 TEXT, c2 TEXT)}
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 0 0
+  sqlite3_imposter db main $tblroot \
+     {CREATE TABLE xt4(a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, c1 TEXT, c2 TEXT)}
 
-  execsql {
+  db eval {
     UPDATE xt4 SET c1='hello' WHERE rowid=2;
     DELETE FROM xt4 WHERE rowid = 3;
   }
-
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 0 1
+  sqlite3_imposter db main
 } {}
 
 do_index_check_test 4.3 t4cc {
   {} 'aaa','bbb',1 
   {row data mismatch} 'AAA','CCC',2 
@@ -261,18 +255,17 @@
   {} {'{"x":5, "y":5}',5}
 }
 
 do_test 5.2 {
   set tblroot [db one { SELECT rootpage FROM sqlite_master WHERE name='t5' }]
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 1 $tblroot
-  db eval {CREATE TABLE xt5(a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, c1 TEXT);}
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 0 0
-  execsql {
+  sqlite3_imposter db main $tblroot \
+      {CREATE TABLE xt5(a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, c1 TEXT);}
+  db eval {
     UPDATE xt5 SET c1='{"x":22, "y":11}' WHERE rowid=1;
     DELETE FROM xt5 WHERE rowid = 4;
   }
-  sqlite3_test_control SQLITE_TESTCTRL_IMPOSTER db main 0 1
+  sqlite3_imposter db main
 } {}
 
 do_index_check_test 5.3.1 t5x {
   {row missing} NULL,4 
   {row data mismatch} 1,1