diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 7c051fab78..6f9cffcd2b 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Repair\stypo\sin\sprevious\scommit.\s(CVS\s2849)
-D 2005-12-30T16:31:54
+C Additional\stests\sfor\sdescending\sindices.\s\sComment\schanges.\s(CVS\s2850)
+D 2006-01-02T18:24:40
 F Makefile.in e3c6b3a38d734d41574c04f2fc90d18de2b87102
 F Makefile.linux-gcc aee18d8a05546dcf1888bd4547e442008a49a092
 F README 9c4e2d6706bdcc3efdd773ce752a8cdab4f90028
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ F src/vdbe.c 8b0d676bcd8d8b12606f684ea2d7934147b40101
 F src/vdbe.h 8729a4ee16ff9aeab2af9667df3cf300ff978e13
 F src/vdbeInt.h 9b78ba00cc006bff17e04a54ba3ded9fc7810a10
 F src/vdbeapi.c b270b680cbc5d20b5a1abfdb08339667985df94e
-F src/vdbeaux.c e7c116d4b14868d5fe570e361c6872839b6ab07a
+F src/vdbeaux.c 7d55232a7e8c21899bbfc9ba3bd2469eb32faaf0
 F src/vdbefifo.c 9efb94c8c3f4c979ebd0028219483f88e57584f5
 F src/vdbemem.c deba8d6e3727643924b210a8c531a496c2b8d386
 F src/where.c 0296a20c2e2a39c0cb785efe471fd1958a5259f3
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ F test/delete2.test e382b6a97787197eb8b93dd4ccd37797c3725ea3
 F test/delete3.test 555e84a00a99230b7d049d477a324a631126a6ab
 F test/descidx1.test 466a9b87f3a7682156916dcbd5b77be55fd39d75
 F test/descidx2.test f9f73c562932b81207faa525cd52acdfd2fc0482
+F test/descidx3.test 56daed47e2eb91cef15a21a656691bb82a4699ba
 F test/diskfull.test d828d72adfc9e2d1a194d25996718c1989152cf9
 F test/distinctagg.test 2b89d1c5220d966a30ba4b40430338669301188b
 F test/enc.test 7a03417a1051fe8bc6c7641cf4c8c3f7e0066d52
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl ddcf912ea48695603c8ed7efb29f0812ef8d1b49
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl a99cf5f6d8bd4d5537584a2b342f0fb9fa601d8b
 F www/whentouse.tcl 97e2b5cd296f7d8057e11f44427dea8a4c2db513
-P 2afcad990190af97d1ad0010f211a5ca8f0fd745
-R a424e10a9f0c619045afb8d75245a73e
-U danielk1977
-Z 3408bf2c5f10e96359ff6870ee5c171c
+P a4aa0911bccd0627cd6d926c5bdd2a4f4b8f6cc5
+R c2bfcb4903f64a4a18ff50a2924cea57
+U drh
+Z 1c84688d70590b66b4c8fd7b5cde6cad
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index cc1b0d6d12..10d18dcd65 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a4aa0911bccd0627cd6d926c5bdd2a4f4b8f6cc5
\ No newline at end of file
+2622c5242b0cba5bc19f190a7c209ab9ed8f57e0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vdbeaux.c b/src/vdbeaux.c
index b0d5f6f5e1..f606647d05 100644
--- a/src/vdbeaux.c
+++ b/src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -1496,6 +1496,8 @@ int sqlite3VdbeCursorMoveto(Cursor *p){
 **    N>=12 and even       (N-12)/2        BLOB
 **    N>=13 and odd        (N-13)/2        text
 **
+** The 8 and 9 types were added in 3.3.0, file format 4.  Prior versions
+** of SQLite will not understand those serial types.
 */
 
 /*
diff --git a/test/descidx3.test b/test/descidx3.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8977e1e8d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/descidx3.test
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# 2006 January 02
+#
+# The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of
+# a legal notice, here is a blessing:
+#
+#    May you do good and not evil.
+#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+#
+#*************************************************************************
+# This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
+# focus of this script is descending indices.
+#
+# $Id: descidx3.test,v 1.1 2006/01/02 18:24:40 drh Exp $
+#
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+
+# This procedure sets the value of the file-format in file 'test.db'
+# to $newval. Also, the schema cookie is incremented.
+# 
+proc set_file_format {newval} {
+  set bt [btree_open test.db 10 0]
+  btree_begin_transaction $bt
+  set meta [btree_get_meta $bt]
+  lset meta 2 $newval                    ;# File format
+  lset meta 1 [expr [lindex $meta 1]+1]  ;# Schema cookie
+  eval "btree_update_meta $bt $meta"
+  btree_commit $bt
+  btree_close $bt
+}
+
+# This procedure returns the value of the file-format in file 'test.db'.
+# 
+proc get_file_format {{fname test.db}} {
+  set bt [btree_open $fname 10 0]
+  set meta [btree_get_meta $bt]
+  btree_close $bt
+  lindex $meta 2
+}
+
+# Verify that the file format starts as 4.
+#
+do_test descidx3-1.1 {
+  execsql {
+    CREATE TABLE t1(i INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,a,b,c,d);
+    CREATE INDEX t1i1 ON t1(a DESC, b ASC, c DESC);
+    CREATE INDEX t1i2 ON t1(b DESC, c ASC, d DESC);
+  }
+  get_file_format
+} {4}
+
+# Put some information in the table and verify that the descending
+# index actually works.
+#
+do_test descidx3-2.1 {
+  execsql {
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(2, 2, 2, 2, 2);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(3, 3, 3, 3, 3);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(4, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5, 2.5);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(5, -5, -5, -5, -5);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(6, 'six', 'six', 'six', 'six');
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(7, x'77', x'77', x'77', x'77');
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(8, 'eight', 'eight', 'eight', 'eight');
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(9, x'7979', x'7979', x'7979', x'7979');
+    SELECT count(*) FROM t1;
+  }
+} 9
+do_test descidx3-2.2 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 ORDER BY a;
+  }
+} {1 5 2 4 3 8 6 7 9}
+do_test descidx3-2.3 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 ORDER BY a DESC;
+  }
+} {9 7 6 8 3 4 2 5 1}
+
+# The "natural" order for the index is decreasing
+do_test descidx3-2.4 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a<=x'7979';
+  }
+} {9 7 6 8 3 4 2 5}
+do_test descidx3-2.5 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a>-99;
+  }
+} {9 7 6 8 3 4 2 5}
+
+# Even when all values of t1.a are the same, sorting by A returns
+# the rows in reverse order because this the natural order of the
+# index.
+#
+do_test descidx3-3.1 {
+  execsql {
+    UPDATE t1 SET a=1;
+    SELECT i FROM t1 ORDER BY a;
+  }
+} {9 7 6 8 3 4 2 5 1}
+do_test descidx3-3.2 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a=1 AND b>0 AND b<'zzz'
+  }
+} {2 4 3 8 6}
+do_test descidx3-3.3 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE b>0 AND b<'zzz'
+  }
+} {6 8 3 4 2}
+do_test descidx3-3.4 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a=1 AND b>-9999 AND b<x'ffffffff'
+  }
+} {5 2 4 3 8 6 7 9}
+do_test descidx3-3.5 {
+  execsql {
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE b>-9999 AND b<x'ffffffff'
+  }
+} {9 7 6 8 3 4 2 5}
+
+do_test descidx3-4.1 {
+  execsql {
+    UPDATE t1 SET a=2 WHERE i<6;
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a IN (1,2) AND b>0 AND b<'zzz';
+  }
+} {8 6 2 4 3}
+do_test descidx3-4.2 {
+  execsql {
+    UPDATE t1 SET a=1;
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a IN (1,2) AND b>0 AND b<'zzz';
+  }
+} {2 4 3 8 6}
+do_test descidx3-4.3 {
+  execsql {
+    UPDATE t1 SET b=2;
+    SELECT i FROM t1 WHERE a IN (1,2) AND b>0 AND b<'zzz';
+  }
+} {9 7 6 8 3 4 2 5 1}
+
+finish_test