Index: src/sqliteInt.h
==================================================================
--- src/sqliteInt.h
+++ src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -1520,11 +1520,11 @@
   char *zDflt;     /* Original text of the default value */
   char *zType;     /* Data type for this column */
   char *zColl;     /* Collating sequence.  If NULL, use the default */
   u8 notNull;      /* An OE_ code for handling a NOT NULL constraint */
   char affinity;   /* One of the SQLITE_AFF_... values */
-  u8 szEst;        /* Estimated size of this column.  INT==1 */
+  u8 szEst;        /* Estimated size of value in this column. sizeof(INT)==1 */
   u8 colFlags;     /* Boolean properties.  See COLFLAG_ defines below */
 };
 
 /* Allowed values for Column.colFlags:
 */

Index: src/vdbe.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbe.c
+++ src/vdbe.c
@@ -1994,42 +1994,41 @@
     }
   }else{
     /* Neither operand is NULL.  Do a comparison. */
     affinity = pOp->p5 & SQLITE_AFF_MASK;
     if( affinity>=SQLITE_AFF_NUMERIC ){
-      if( (pIn1->flags & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real|MEM_Str))==MEM_Str ){
+      if( (flags1 & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real|MEM_Str))==MEM_Str ){
         applyNumericAffinity(pIn1,0);
       }
-      if( (pIn3->flags & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real|MEM_Str))==MEM_Str ){
+      if( (flags3 & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real|MEM_Str))==MEM_Str ){
         applyNumericAffinity(pIn3,0);
       }
     }else if( affinity==SQLITE_AFF_TEXT ){
-      if( (pIn1->flags & MEM_Str)==0 && (pIn1->flags & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real))!=0 ){
+      if( (flags1 & MEM_Str)==0 && (flags1 & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real))!=0 ){
         testcase( pIn1->flags & MEM_Int );
         testcase( pIn1->flags & MEM_Real );
         sqlite3VdbeMemStringify(pIn1, encoding, 1);
         testcase( (flags1&MEM_Dyn) != (pIn1->flags&MEM_Dyn) );
         flags1 = (pIn1->flags & ~MEM_TypeMask) | (flags1 & MEM_TypeMask);
       }
-      if( (pIn3->flags & MEM_Str)==0 && (pIn3->flags & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real))!=0 ){
+      if( (flags3 & MEM_Str)==0 && (flags3 & (MEM_Int|MEM_Real))!=0 ){
         testcase( pIn3->flags & MEM_Int );
         testcase( pIn3->flags & MEM_Real );
         sqlite3VdbeMemStringify(pIn3, encoding, 1);
         testcase( (flags3&MEM_Dyn) != (pIn3->flags&MEM_Dyn) );
         flags3 = (pIn3->flags & ~MEM_TypeMask) | (flags3 & MEM_TypeMask);
       }
     }
     assert( pOp->p4type==P4_COLLSEQ || pOp->p4.pColl==0 );
-    if( pIn1->flags & MEM_Zero ){
+    if( flags1 & MEM_Zero ){
       sqlite3VdbeMemExpandBlob(pIn1);
       flags1 &= ~MEM_Zero;
     }
-    if( pIn3->flags & MEM_Zero ){
+    if( flags3 & MEM_Zero ){
       sqlite3VdbeMemExpandBlob(pIn3);
       flags3 &= ~MEM_Zero;
     }
-    if( db->mallocFailed ) goto no_mem;
     res = sqlite3MemCompare(pIn3, pIn1, pOp->p4.pColl);
   }
   switch( pOp->opcode ){
     case OP_Eq:    res = res==0;     break;
     case OP_Ne:    res = res!=0;     break;

Index: src/vdbeaux.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbeaux.c
+++ src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -3746,11 +3746,11 @@
     }
     if( (f2 & MEM_Str)==0 ){
       return -1;
     }
 
-    assert( pMem1->enc==pMem2->enc );
+    assert( pMem1->enc==pMem2->enc || pMem1->db->mallocFailed );
     assert( pMem1->enc==SQLITE_UTF8 || 
             pMem1->enc==SQLITE_UTF16LE || pMem1->enc==SQLITE_UTF16BE );
 
     /* The collation sequence must be defined at this point, even if
     ** the user deletes the collation sequence after the vdbe program is