diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index e46d27773d..8a051f8faa 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sa\stypo\sin\sa\scomment.\s\sNo\scode\schanges.
-D 2020-01-17T23:27:41.622
+C Fix\sthe\sVDBE\sso\sthat\sit\scorrectly\shandles\sthe\ssequence\sof\soperations\nOP_OpenEphemeral,\sOP_OpenDup,\sOP_OpenEphemeral,\sand\sOP_OpenDup\sin\sthat\norder\son\sthe\ssame\scursor.
+D 2020-01-18T13:53:46.126
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ F src/upsert.c 2920de71b20f04fe25eb00b655d086f0ba60ea133c59d7fa3325c49838818e78
 F src/utf.c 736ff76753236ffbc8b5b939f5e0607f28aeaa7c780b3a56b419228f0a81c87b
 F src/util.c d035b09df9cecbc0e8f07c34b815acbf0d43c8adc8d2c540e3dc92eecb27855a
 F src/vacuum.c 82dcec9e7b1afa980288718ad11bc499651c722d7b9f32933c4d694d91cb6ebf
-F src/vdbe.c 35dcc7d43c2635853773d994b052061283a4e5b0e60e799cef83e410d90f3145
+F src/vdbe.c 562acbbe042b8ebff4a676870c242eaa3d3c3bf1967ed76e88f56adebd88aac5
 F src/vdbe.h defd693289c7bb8d325f109be9490c77138061211a116827da7244b6015a4934
 F src/vdbeInt.h 30d3e8b991547cdf39025e416a0a737b0416d46747af70ae058f60e2e0466fe7
 F src/vdbeapi.c 1252d80c548711e47a6d84dae88ed4e95d3fbb4e7bd0eaa1347299af7efddf02
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ F test/windowerr.test a8b752402109c15aa1c5efe1b93ccb0ce1ef84fa964ae1cd6684dd0b3c
 F test/windowfault.test 8e3b69abe0eea9595ba3940afd9c63644e11966ed8815734b67f1479a8e9891a
 F test/with1.test 386d1c1763a9d369fd08ea03145869b6313ba263e1a102df5a275007000d1b47
 F test/with2.test e0030e2f0267a910d6c0e4f46f2dfe941c1cc0d4f659ba69b3597728e7e8f1ab
-F test/with3.test 7de8dff2891aca0f9453463e4a2d6eb995baf137827d5596116fee53e22a4e29
+F test/with3.test 13b3336739da648a9e4dfa11bb04e73a920c97620041007c5f75d5d14084c346
 F test/with4.test 257be66c0c67fee1defbbac0f685c3465e2cad037f21ce65f23f86084f198205
 F test/withM.test 693b61765f2b387b5e3e24a4536e2e82de15ff64
 F test/without_rowid1.test 9cfb83705c506e3849fa7efc88a3c9a15f9a50bf9b1516b41757a7cef9bba8c3
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 84f314902c48336849081c7e9fe2a52caf171b8215a1c6e80cded0700c447eb1
-R 2fb32354b475f2376d5f16975a73a479
+P 4363f69c3ad5a9859471547cab713f1acabd5fce13872cc1ddaa972d6c1dfb35
+R d839bc11e031796b84492fdd1d8db21c
 U drh
-Z fdbc0760a597e5c298156985f89293eb
+Z 98479fb559bee0ab85da5c957cd37687
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index aeee56f7e4..4e4a0be977 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4363f69c3ad5a9859471547cab713f1acabd5fce13872cc1ddaa972d6c1dfb35
\ No newline at end of file
+a1be6ee0188911448c064e2c25fb0ca1daad50f3d50fb49a34430bd09736b4a9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vdbe.c b/src/vdbe.c
index 14c83bd1f8..b885f14a5b 100644
--- a/src/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/vdbe.c
@@ -3917,15 +3917,13 @@ case OP_OpenEphemeral: {
   assert( pOp->p1>=0 );
   assert( pOp->p2>=0 );
   pCx = p->apCsr[pOp->p1];
-  if( pCx ){
+  if( pCx && pCx->pBtx ){
     /* If the ephermeral table is already open, erase all existing content
     ** so that the table is empty again, rather than creating a new table. */
     assert( pCx->isEphemeral );
     pCx->seqCount = 0;
     pCx->cacheStatus = CACHE_STALE;
-    if( pCx->pBtx ){
-      rc = sqlite3BtreeClearTable(pCx->pBtx, pCx->pgnoRoot, 0);
-    }
+    rc = sqlite3BtreeClearTable(pCx->pBtx, pCx->pgnoRoot, 0);
   }else{
     pCx = allocateCursor(p, pOp->p1, pOp->p2, -1, CURTYPE_BTREE);
     if( pCx==0 ) goto no_mem;
diff --git a/test/with3.test b/test/with3.test
index eebb9d6546..2a67727a38 100644
--- a/test/with3.test
+++ b/test/with3.test
@@ -173,5 +173,29 @@ do_execsql_test 4.1 {
     ); 
 } {1}
 
+# 2020-01-18 chrome ticket 1043236
+# Correct handling of the sequence:
+#    OP_OpenEphem
+#    OP_OpenDup
+#    Op_OpenEphem
+#    OP_OpenDup
+#
+do_execsql_test 4.2 {
+  SELECT (
+    WITH t1(a) AS (VALUES(1))
+    SELECT (
+      WITH t2(b) AS (
+        WITH t3(c) AS (
+          WITH t4(d) AS (VALUES('elvis'))
+          SELECT t4a.d FROM t4 AS t4a JOIN t4 AS t4b LEFT JOIN t4 AS t4c
+        )
+        SELECT c FROM t3 WHERE a = 1
+      )
+      SELECT t2a.b FROM t2 AS t2a JOIN t2 AS t2x
+    )
+    FROM t1 GROUP BY 1
+  )
+  GROUP BY 1;
+} {elvis}
 
 finish_test