Index: src/resolve.c
==================================================================
--- src/resolve.c
+++ src/resolve.c
@@ -1660,38 +1660,47 @@
   w.u.pNC = pOuterNC;
   sqlite3WalkSelect(&w, p);
 }
 
 /*
-** Resolve names in expressions that can only reference a single table:
+** Resolve names in expressions that can only reference a single table
+** or which cannot reference any tables at all.  Examples:
 **
-**    *   CHECK constraints
-**    *   WHERE clauses on partial indices
+**    (1)   CHECK constraints
+**    (2)   WHERE clauses on partial indices
+**    (3)   Expressions in indexes on expressions
+**    (4)   Expression arguments to VACUUM INTO.
 **
-** The Expr.iTable value for Expr.op==TK_COLUMN nodes of the expression
-** is set to -1 and the Expr.iColumn value is set to the column number.
+** In all cases except (4), the Expr.iTable value for Expr.op==TK_COLUMN
+** nodes of the expression is set to -1 and the Expr.iColumn value is
+** set to the column number.  In case (4), TK_COLUMN nodes cause an error.
 **
 ** Any errors cause an error message to be set in pParse.
 */
-void sqlite3ResolveSelfReference(
+int sqlite3ResolveSelfReference(
   Parse *pParse,      /* Parsing context */
-  Table *pTab,        /* The table being referenced */
-  int type,           /* NC_IsCheck or NC_PartIdx or NC_IdxExpr */
+  Table *pTab,        /* The table being referenced, or NULL */
+  int type,           /* NC_IsCheck or NC_PartIdx or NC_IdxExpr, or 0 */
   Expr *pExpr,        /* Expression to resolve.  May be NULL. */
   ExprList *pList     /* Expression list to resolve.  May be NULL. */
 ){
   SrcList sSrc;                   /* Fake SrcList for pParse->pNewTable */
   NameContext sNC;                /* Name context for pParse->pNewTable */
+  int rc;
 
-  assert( type==NC_IsCheck || type==NC_PartIdx || type==NC_IdxExpr );
+  assert( type==0 || pTab!=0 );
+  assert( type==NC_IsCheck || type==NC_PartIdx || type==NC_IdxExpr || pTab==0 );
   memset(&sNC, 0, sizeof(sNC));
   memset(&sSrc, 0, sizeof(sSrc));
-  sSrc.nSrc = 1;
-  sSrc.a[0].zName = pTab->zName;
-  sSrc.a[0].pTab = pTab;
-  sSrc.a[0].iCursor = -1;
+  if( pTab ){
+    sSrc.nSrc = 1;
+    sSrc.a[0].zName = pTab->zName;
+    sSrc.a[0].pTab = pTab;
+    sSrc.a[0].iCursor = -1;
+  }
   sNC.pParse = pParse;
   sNC.pSrcList = &sSrc;
   sNC.ncFlags = type;
-  if( sqlite3ResolveExprNames(&sNC, pExpr) ) return;
-  if( pList ) sqlite3ResolveExprListNames(&sNC, pList);
+  if( (rc = sqlite3ResolveExprNames(&sNC, pExpr))!=SQLITE_OK ) return rc;
+  if( pList ) rc = sqlite3ResolveExprListNames(&sNC, pList);
+  return rc;
 }

Index: src/sqliteInt.h
==================================================================
--- src/sqliteInt.h
+++ src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -4269,11 +4269,11 @@
 void sqlite3SelectWrongNumTermsError(Parse *pParse, Select *p);
 int sqlite3MatchSpanName(const char*, const char*, const char*, const char*);
 int sqlite3ResolveExprNames(NameContext*, Expr*);
 int sqlite3ResolveExprListNames(NameContext*, ExprList*);
 void sqlite3ResolveSelectNames(Parse*, Select*, NameContext*);
-void sqlite3ResolveSelfReference(Parse*,Table*,int,Expr*,ExprList*);
+int sqlite3ResolveSelfReference(Parse*,Table*,int,Expr*,ExprList*);
 int sqlite3ResolveOrderGroupBy(Parse*, Select*, ExprList*, const char*);
 void sqlite3ColumnDefault(Vdbe *, Table *, int, int);
 void sqlite3AlterFinishAddColumn(Parse *, Token *);
 void sqlite3AlterBeginAddColumn(Parse *, SrcList *);
 void *sqlite3RenameTokenMap(Parse*, void*, Token*);

Index: src/vacuum.c
==================================================================
--- src/vacuum.c
+++ src/vacuum.c
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
     if( iDb<0 ) iDb = 0;
 #endif
   }
   if( iDb!=1 ){
     int iIntoReg = 0;
-    if( pInto ){
+    if( pInto && sqlite3ResolveSelfReference(pParse,0,0,pInto,0)==0 ){
       iIntoReg = ++pParse->nMem;
       sqlite3ExprCode(pParse, pInto, iIntoReg);
     }
     sqlite3VdbeAddOp2(v, OP_Vacuum, iDb, iIntoReg);
     sqlite3VdbeUsesBtree(v, iDb);

Index: test/vacuum-into.test
==================================================================
--- test/vacuum-into.test
+++ test/vacuum-into.test
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
   VACUUM main INTO (SELECT name FROM t2);
 } {}
 do_catchsql_test vacuum-into-310 {
   VACUUM INTO null;
 } {1 {non-text filename}}
+do_catchsql_test vacuum-into-320 {
+  VACUUM INTO x;
+} {1 {no such column: x}}
 
 finish_test