Index: ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+++ ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
@@ -3227,12 +3227,14 @@
     sqlite3_stmt *pStmt = 0;
     rc = fts3SqlStmt(p, SQL_SELECT_STAT, &pStmt, 0);
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
       sqlite3_bind_int(pStmt, 1, FTS_STAT_AUTOINCRMERGE);
       rc = sqlite3_step(pStmt);
-      p->nAutoincrmerge = (rc==SQLITE_ROW && sqlite3_column_int(pStmt, 0));
-      if( p->nAutoincrmerge==1 ) p->nAutoincrmerge = 8;
+      if( rc==SQLITE_ROW ){
+        p->nAutoincrmerge = sqlite3_column_int(pStmt, 0);
+        if( p->nAutoincrmerge==1 ) p->nAutoincrmerge = 8;
+      }
       rc = sqlite3_reset(pStmt);
     }
   }
   return rc;
 }

Index: test/fts4growth2.test
==================================================================
--- test/fts4growth2.test
+++ test/fts4growth2.test
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 #
 #
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
-set testprefix fts4growth
+set testprefix fts4growth2
 
 # If SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 is defined, omit this file.
 ifcapable !fts3 {
   finish_test
   return
@@ -28,43 +28,42 @@
 do_execsql_test 1.0 { CREATE TABLE t1(docid, words); }
 fts_kjv_genesis 
 
 proc tt {val} {
   execsql {
-    BEGIN;
-      DELETE FROM x1 
-        WHERE docid IN (SELECT docid FROM t1 WHERE (rowid-1)%4==$val+0);
-      INSERT INTO x1(docid, content) 
-        SELECT docid, words FROM t1 WHERE (rowid%4)==$val+0;
-    COMMIT;
+    DELETE FROM x1 
+      WHERE docid IN (SELECT docid FROM t1 WHERE (rowid-1)%4==$val+0);
+    INSERT INTO x1(docid, content) 
+      SELECT docid, words FROM t1 WHERE (rowid%4)==$val+0;
   }
+  #puts [db eval {SELECT level, idx, end_block FROM x1_segdir}]
 }
 
 do_execsql_test 1.1 {
   CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE x1 USING fts4;
   INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('automerge=2');
 }
 
 do_test 1.2 {
-  for {set i 0} {$i < 100} {incr i} {
+  for {set i 0} {$i < 40} {incr i} {
     tt 0 ; tt 1 ; tt 2 ; tt 3
   }
   execsql { 
     SELECT max(level) FROM x1_segdir; 
-    SELECT count(*) FROM x1_segdir WHERE level=4;
+    SELECT count(*) FROM x1_segdir WHERE level=3;
   }
-} {4 1}
+} {3 1}
 
 do_test 1.3 {
-  for {set i 0} {$i < 100} {incr i} {
+  for {set i 0} {$i < 40} {incr i} {
     tt 0 ; tt 1 ; tt 2 ; tt 3
   }
   execsql { 
     SELECT max(level) FROM x1_segdir; 
-    SELECT count(*) FROM x1_segdir WHERE level=4;
+    SELECT count(*) FROM x1_segdir WHERE level=2;
   }
-} {4 1}
+} {2 1}
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 do_execsql_test 2.1 {
   DELETE FROM t1 WHERE rowid>16;

Index: test/fts4merge4.test
==================================================================
--- test/fts4merge4.test
+++ test/fts4merge4.test
@@ -51,8 +51,52 @@
 } {}
 do_execsql_test 2.2 { SELECT count(*) FROM t1_segdir; } 35
 do_execsql_test 2.3 { INSERT INTO t1(t1) VALUES('optimize') } {}
 do_execsql_test 2.4 { SELECT count(*) FROM t1_segdir; } 1
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Now test that the automerge=? option appears to work.
+#
+do_execsql_test 2.1 { CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t2 USING fts4; }
+
+set doc ""
+foreach c1 "a b c d e f g h i j" {
+  foreach c2 "a b c d e f g h i j" {
+    foreach c3 "a b c d e f g h i j" {
+      lappend doc "$c1$c2$c3"
+    }
+  }
+}
+set doc [string repeat $doc 10]
+
+foreach {tn am expected} {
+  1 {automerge=2} {1 1   2 1   4 1   6 1}
+  2 {automerge=4} {1 2   2 1   3 1}
+  3 {automerge=8} {0 4   1 3   2 1}
+  4 {automerge=1} {0 4   1 3   2 1}
+} {
+  foreach {tn2 openclose} {1 {} 2 { db close ; sqlite3 db test.db }} {
+    do_test 2.2.$tn.$tn2 {
+      execsql { DELETE FROM t2 }
+      execsql { INSERT INTO t2(t2) VALUES($am) };
+
+      eval $openclose
+  
+      for {set i 0} {$i < 100} {incr i} {
+        execsql { 
+          BEGIN;
+            INSERT INTO t2 VALUES($doc);
+            INSERT INTO t2 VALUES($doc);
+            INSERT INTO t2 VALUES($doc);
+            INSERT INTO t2 VALUES($doc);
+            INSERT INTO t2 VALUES($doc);
+          COMMIT;
+        }
+      }
+  
+      execsql { SELECT level, count(*) FROM t2_segdir GROUP BY level }
+    } [list {*}$expected]
+  }
+}
 
 sqlite3_enable_shared_cache $::enable_shared_cache
 finish_test

Index: test/permutations.test
==================================================================
--- test/permutations.test
+++ test/permutations.test
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@
   speed4p.test sqllimits1.test tkt2686.test thread001.test thread002.test
   thread003.test thread004.test thread005.test trans2.test vacuum3.test 
   incrvacuum_ioerr.test autovacuum_crash.test btree8.test shared_err.test
   vtab_err.test walslow.test walcrash.test walcrash3.test
   walthread.test rtree3.test indexfault.test securedel2.test
-  fts3growth2.test
+  fts4growth.test fts4growth2.test
 }]
 if {[info exists ::env(QUICKTEST_INCLUDE)]} {
   set allquicktests [concat $allquicktests $::env(QUICKTEST_INCLUDE)]
 }