Index: src/func.c ================================================================== --- src/func.c +++ src/func.c @@ -841,12 +841,10 @@ #endif sqlite3_result_int(context, 0); return; } #endif - zB = sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]); - zA = sqlite3_value_text(argv[1]); /* Limit the length of the LIKE or GLOB pattern to avoid problems ** of deep recursion and N*N behavior in patternCompare(). */ nPat = sqlite3_value_bytes(argv[0]); @@ -854,12 +852,10 @@ testcase( nPat==db->aLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_LIKE_PATTERN_LENGTH]+1 ); if( nPat > db->aLimit[SQLITE_LIMIT_LIKE_PATTERN_LENGTH] ){ sqlite3_result_error(context, "LIKE or GLOB pattern too complex", -1); return; } - assert( zB==sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]) ); /* Encoding did not change */ - if( argc==3 ){ /* The escape character string must consist of a single UTF-8 character. ** Otherwise, return an error. */ const unsigned char *zEsc = sqlite3_value_text(argv[2]); @@ -871,10 +867,12 @@ } escape = sqlite3Utf8Read(&zEsc); }else{ escape = pInfo->matchSet; } + zB = sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]); + zA = sqlite3_value_text(argv[1]); if( zA && zB ){ #ifdef SQLITE_TEST sqlite3_like_count++; #endif sqlite3_result_int(context,