Index: src/vdbe.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbe.c
+++ src/vdbe.c
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 ** documentation, headers files, or other derived files.  The formatting
 ** of the code in this file is, therefore, important.  See other comments
 ** in this file for details.  If in doubt, do not deviate from existing
 ** commenting and indentation practices when changing or adding code.
 **
-** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.496 2005/11/14 22:29:05 drh Exp $
+** $Id: vdbe.c,v 1.497 2005/11/15 02:14:01 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include "os.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "vdbeInt.h"
@@ -206,12 +206,14 @@
       ** Attempt a conversion if pRec has a string representation and
       ** it looks like a number.
       */
       int realnum;
       sqlite3VdbeMemNulTerminate(pRec);
-      if( (pRec->flags&MEM_Str) && sqlite3IsNumber(pRec->z, &realnum, enc) ){
+      if( (pRec->flags&MEM_Str)
+           && sqlite3IsNumber(pRec->z, &realnum, pRec->enc) ){
         i64 value;
+        sqlite3VdbeChangeEncoding(pRec, SQLITE_UTF8);
         if( !realnum && sqlite3atoi64(pRec->z, &value) ){
           sqlite3VdbeMemRelease(pRec);
           pRec->i = value;
           pRec->flags = MEM_Int;
         }else{