Index: src/select.c
==================================================================
--- src/select.c
+++ src/select.c
@@ -1859,23 +1859,20 @@
 
 /*
 ** Get a VDBE for the given parser context.  Create a new one if necessary.
 ** If an error occurs, return NULL and leave a message in pParse.
 */
-static SQLITE_NOINLINE Vdbe *allocVdbe(Parse *pParse){
-  Vdbe *v = pParse->pVdbe = sqlite3VdbeCreate(pParse);
-  if( v ) sqlite3VdbeAddOp2(v, OP_Init, 0, 1);
+Vdbe *sqlite3GetVdbe(Parse *pParse){
+  if( pParse->pVdbe ){
+    return pParse->pVdbe;
+  }
   if( pParse->pToplevel==0
    && OptimizationEnabled(pParse->db,SQLITE_FactorOutConst)
   ){
     pParse->okConstFactor = 1;
   }
-  return v;
-}
-Vdbe *sqlite3GetVdbe(Parse *pParse){
-  Vdbe *v = pParse->pVdbe;
-  return v ? v : allocVdbe(pParse);
+  return sqlite3VdbeCreate(pParse);
 }
 
 
 /*
 ** Compute the iLimit and iOffset fields of the SELECT based on the

Index: src/vdbeaux.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbeaux.c
+++ src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@
   p->pNext = db->pVdbe;
   p->pPrev = 0;
   db->pVdbe = p;
   p->magic = VDBE_MAGIC_INIT;
   p->pParse = pParse;
+  pParse->pVdbe = p;
   assert( pParse->aLabel==0 );
   assert( pParse->nLabel==0 );
   assert( pParse->nOpAlloc==0 );
   assert( pParse->szOpAlloc==0 );
+  sqlite3VdbeAddOp2(p, OP_Init, 0, 1);
   return p;
 }
 
 /*
 ** Change the error string stored in Vdbe.zErrMsg

Index: src/vdbeblob.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbeblob.c
+++ src/vdbeblob.c
@@ -273,11 +273,12 @@
       VdbeOp *aOp;
 
       sqlite3VdbeAddOp4Int(v, OP_Transaction, iDb, wrFlag, 
                            pTab->pSchema->schema_cookie,
                            pTab->pSchema->iGeneration);
-      sqlite3VdbeChangeP5(v, 1);     
+      sqlite3VdbeChangeP5(v, 1);
+      assert( sqlite3VdbeCurrentAddr(v)==2 || db->mallocFailed );
       aOp = sqlite3VdbeAddOpList(v, ArraySize(openBlob), openBlob, iLn);
 
       /* Make sure a mutex is held on the table to be accessed */
       sqlite3VdbeUsesBtree(v, iDb); 
 
@@ -288,11 +289,11 @@
         aOp[0].opcode = OP_Noop;
 #else
         aOp[0].p1 = iDb;
         aOp[0].p2 = pTab->tnum;
         aOp[0].p3 = wrFlag;
-        sqlite3VdbeChangeP4(v, 1, pTab->zName, P4_TRANSIENT);
+        sqlite3VdbeChangeP4(v, 2, pTab->zName, P4_TRANSIENT);
       }
       if( db->mallocFailed==0 ){
 #endif
 
         /* Remove either the OP_OpenWrite or OpenRead. Set the P2