Index: src/shell.c.in
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c.in
+++ src/shell.c.in
@@ -8825,11 +8825,11 @@
     }
   }else
 
   if( c=='i' && strncmp(azArg[0], "import", n)==0 ){
     char *zTable = 0;           /* Insert data into this table */
-    char *zSchema = "main";     /* within this schema */
+    char *zSchema = 0;          /* within this schema (may default to "main") */
     char *zFile = 0;            /* Name of file to extra content from */
     sqlite3_stmt *pStmt = NULL; /* A statement */
     int nCol;                   /* Number of columns in the table */
     int nByte;                  /* Number of bytes in an SQL string */
     int i, j;                   /* Loop counters */
@@ -8961,11 +8961,10 @@
       utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: cannot open \"%s\"\n", zFile);
       rc = 1;
       import_cleanup(&sCtx);
       goto meta_command_exit;
     }
-    /* Below, resources must be freed before exit. */
     if( eVerbose>=2 || (eVerbose>=1 && useOutputMode) ){
       char zSep[2];
       zSep[1] = 0;
       zSep[0] = sCtx.cColSep;
       utf8_printf(p->out, "Column separator ");
@@ -8973,24 +8972,29 @@
       utf8_printf(p->out, ", row separator ");
       zSep[0] = sCtx.cRowSep;
       output_c_string(p->out, zSep);
       utf8_printf(p->out, "\n");
     }
+    /* Below, resources must be freed before exit. */
     while( (nSkip--)>0 ){
       while( xRead(&sCtx) && sCtx.cTerm==sCtx.cColSep ){}
     }
-    zSql = sqlite3_mprintf("SELECT * FROM \"%w\".\"%w\"", zSchema, zTable);
-    if( zSql==0 ){
+    if( zSchema!=0 ){
+      zSchema = sqlite3_mprintf("\"%w\".\"%w\"", zSchema, zTable);
+    }else{
+      zSchema = sqlite3_mprintf("\"%w\"", zTable);
+    }
+    zSql = sqlite3_mprintf("SELECT * FROM %s", zSchema);
+    if( zSql==0 || zSchema==0 ){
       import_cleanup(&sCtx);
       shell_out_of_memory();
     }
     nByte = strlen30(zSql);
     rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zSql, -1, &pStmt, 0);
     import_append_char(&sCtx, 0);    /* To ensure sCtx.z is allocated */
     if( rc && sqlite3_strglob("no such table: *", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db))==0 ){
-      char *zCreate = sqlite3_mprintf("CREATE TABLE \"%w\".\"%w\"",
-                                      zSchema, zTable);
+      char *zCreate = sqlite3_mprintf("CREATE TABLE %s", zSchema);
       sqlite3 *dbCols = 0;
       char *zRenames = 0;
       char *zColDefs;
       while( xRead(&sCtx) ){
         zAutoColumn(sCtx.z, &dbCols, 0);
@@ -9003,13 +9007,16 @@
                     "%s\n", sCtx.zFile, zRenames);
         sqlite3_free(zRenames);
       }
       assert(dbCols==0);
       if( zColDefs==0 ){
+        utf8_printf(stderr,"%s: empty file\n", sCtx.zFile);
+      import_fail:
         sqlite3_free(zCreate);
+        sqlite3_free(zSql);
+        sqlite3_free(zSchema);
         import_cleanup(&sCtx);
-        utf8_printf(stderr,"%s: empty file\n", sCtx.zFile);
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }
       zCreate = sqlite3_mprintf("%z%z\n", zCreate, zColDefs);
       if( eVerbose>=1 ){
@@ -9016,37 +9023,32 @@
         utf8_printf(p->out, "%s\n", zCreate);
       }
       rc = sqlite3_exec(p->db, zCreate, 0, 0, 0);
       if( rc ){
         utf8_printf(stderr, "%s failed:\n%s\n", zCreate, sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
-        sqlite3_free(zCreate);
-        import_cleanup(&sCtx);
-        rc = 1;
-        goto meta_command_exit;
+        goto import_fail;
       }
       sqlite3_free(zCreate);
+      zCreate = 0;
       rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zSql, -1, &pStmt, 0);
     }
-    sqlite3_free(zSql);
     if( rc ){
       if (pStmt) sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
       utf8_printf(stderr,"Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
-      import_cleanup(&sCtx);
-      rc = 1;
-      goto meta_command_exit;
+      goto import_fail;
     }
+    sqlite3_free(zSql);
     nCol = sqlite3_column_count(pStmt);
     sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
     pStmt = 0;
     if( nCol==0 ) return 0; /* no columns, no error */
     zSql = sqlite3_malloc64( nByte*2 + 20 + nCol*2 );
     if( zSql==0 ){
       import_cleanup(&sCtx);
       shell_out_of_memory();
     }
-    sqlite3_snprintf(nByte+20, zSql, "INSERT INTO \"%w\".\"%w\" VALUES(?",
-                     zSchema, zTable);
+    sqlite3_snprintf(nByte+20, zSql, "INSERT INTO %s VALUES(?", zSchema);
     j = strlen30(zSql);
     for(i=1; i<nCol; i++){
       zSql[j++] = ',';
       zSql[j++] = '?';
     }
@@ -9054,18 +9056,17 @@
     zSql[j] = 0;
     if( eVerbose>=2 ){
       utf8_printf(p->out, "Insert using: %s\n", zSql);
     }
     rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db, zSql, -1, &pStmt, 0);
-    sqlite3_free(zSql);
     if( rc ){
       utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
       if (pStmt) sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
-      import_cleanup(&sCtx);
-      rc = 1;
-      goto meta_command_exit;
+      goto import_fail;
     }
+    sqlite3_free(zSql);
+    sqlite3_free(zSchema);
     needCommit = sqlite3_get_autocommit(p->db);
     if( needCommit ) sqlite3_exec(p->db, "BEGIN", 0, 0, 0);
     do{
       int startLine = sCtx.nLine;
       for(i=0; i<nCol; i++){

Index: test/shell5.test
==================================================================
--- test/shell5.test
+++ test/shell5.test
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@
   set res [catchcmd "test.db" {.mode csv
 .import shell5.csv t3
 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM t3;}]
 } [list 0 $rows]
 
-# Inport from a pipe.  (Unix only, as it requires "awk")
+# Import from a pipe.  (Unix only, as it requires "awk")
 if {$tcl_platform(platform)=="unix"} {
   do_test shell5-1.8 {
     forcedelete test.db
     catchcmd test.db {.mode csv
 .import "|awk 'END{print \"x,y\";for(i=1;i<=5;i++){print i \",this is \" i}}'" t1
@@ -473,10 +473,24 @@
 .import -skip 1 shell5.csv t8
 .nullvalue #
   }]
   db eval { SELECT * FROM t8 }
 } {1 2 3}
+
+do_test shell5-4.4 {
+  forcedelete shell5.csv
+  set fd [open shell5.csv w]
+  puts $fd "1,2,3"
+  close $fd
+  catchcmd test.db [string trim {
+.mode csv
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t8(a, b, c);
+.import shell5.csv t8
+.nullvalue #
+SELECT * FROM temp.t8
+  }]
+} {0 1,2,3}
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests for the shell automatic column rename.
 #
 db close