diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 2cdf45b3e7..b59a340b7c 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Modifications\sto\sreduce\smemory\sconsumption.\s(CVS\s2422)
-D 2005-03-28T08:44:07
+C Changes\sto\salter3.test\sto\sallow\sit\sto\swork\swith\sa\scodec.\s(CVS\s2423)
+D 2005-03-28T16:50:22
 F Makefile.in 5c00d0037104de2a50ac7647a5f12769795957a3
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 06be33b2a9ad4f005a5f42b22c4a19dab3cbb5c7
 F README 9c4e2d6706bdcc3efdd773ce752a8cdab4f90028
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ F tclinstaller.tcl 046e3624671962dc50f0481d7c25b38ef803eb42
 F test/all.test 7f0988442ab811dfa41793b5b550f5828ce316f3
 F test/alter.test 3a20ce14c3989f7e2e75da50797065c2e56f838b
 F test/alter2.test 60ba0a7057dc71ad630a1cc7c487104346849d50
-F test/alter3.test db854cd5565a007336fbcd901c73e48c6d95bb06
+F test/alter3.test 1e88e71dde15a1c592ca2aba692bf70ff54886f6
 F test/attach.test e6bda19cc954fd84836fadbd70d80134cb17918a
 F test/attach2.test 6f3a3a3a7f5be40388dd4d805e0e0712718dca9d
 F test/attach3.test c05c70b933afbde0901dab9da3e66ee842c09f38
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ F www/tclsqlite.tcl e73f8f8e5f20e8277619433f7970060ab01088fc
 F www/vdbe.tcl 87a31ace769f20d3627a64fa1fade7fed47b90d0
 F www/version3.tcl 092a01f5ef430d2c4acc0ae558d74c4bb89638a0
 F www/whentouse.tcl 528299b8316726dbcc5548e9aa0648c8b1bd055b
-P bcb5d72ef146b1019c72220701d385c7b0b5d0bd
-R bb1ad29712ee81032569962fcc3720e5
-U danielk1977
-Z f1d40042415d09b383776e4b14cf65b8
+P 0fd5ce4eefdc429ce0493f15d0dba9e8a3a0b0e2
+R 94486eac0ff57523aeacdb75de66637f
+U drh
+Z ea0b21b68e5294a06c6ad259cf08dff2
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 5cbd01e8c7..ccbb048e34 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0fd5ce4eefdc429ce0493f15d0dba9e8a3a0b0e2
\ No newline at end of file
+9e856bab2bbb77004b049827b4a275aa6c48096b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/alter3.test b/test/alter3.test
index 8e56df400e..a2c33d13cb 100644
--- a/test/alter3.test
+++ b/test/alter3.test
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # file format change that may be used in the future to implement
 # "ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN".
 #
-# $Id: alter3.test,v 1.4 2005/03/27 01:56:31 danielk1977 Exp $
+# $Id: alter3.test,v 1.5 2005/03/28 16:50:22 drh Exp $
 #
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ ifcapable !altertable {
   return
 }
 
+# Determine if there is a codec available on this test.
+#
+if {[catch {sqlite3 -has_codec} r] || $r} {
+  set has_codec 1
+} else {
+  set has_codec 0
+}
+
+
 # Test Organisation:
 # ------------------
 #
@@ -167,9 +176,11 @@ do_test alter3-3.2 {
     SELECT * FROM t1;
   }
 } {1 100 {} 2 300 {}}
-do_test alter3-3.3 {
-  get_file_format
-} {3}
+if {!$has_codec} {
+  do_test alter3-3.3 {
+    get_file_format
+  } {3}
+}
 do_test alter3-3.4 {
   execsql {
     PRAGMA schema_version;
@@ -198,9 +209,11 @@ do_test alter3-4.2 {
     SELECT * FROM t1;
   }
 } {1 100 {hello world} 2 300 {hello world}}
-do_test alter3-4.3 {
-  get_file_format
-} {3}
+if {!$has_codec} {
+  do_test alter3-4.3 {
+    get_file_format
+  } {3}
+}
 do_test alter3-4.4 {
   execsql {
     PRAGMA schema_version;
@@ -241,9 +254,11 @@ do_test alter3-5.4 {
     PRAGMA aux.schema_version;
   }
 } {31}
-do_test alter3-5.5 {
-  list [get_file_format test2.db] [get_file_format]
-} {2 3}
+if {!$has_codec} {
+  do_test alter3-5.5 {
+    list [get_file_format test2.db] [get_file_format]
+  } {2 3}
+}
 do_test alter3-5.6 {
   execsql {
     ALTER TABLE aux.t1 ADD COLUMN d DEFAULT 1000;
@@ -302,38 +317,40 @@ ifcapable trigger {
   } {b 1 2 a 1 2 b 3 4 a 3 4}
 }
 
-ifcapable vacuum {
-  do_test alter3-7.1 {
-    execsql {
-      VACUUM;
-    }
-    get_file_format
-  } {1}
-  do_test alter3-7.2 {
-    execsql {
-      CREATE TABLE abc(a, b, c);
-      ALTER TABLE abc ADD d DEFAULT NULL;
-    }
-    get_file_format
-  } {2}
-  do_test alter3-7.3 {
-    execsql {
-      ALTER TABLE abc ADD e DEFAULT 10;
-    }
-    get_file_format
-  } {3}
-  do_test alter3-7.4 {
-    execsql {
-      ALTER TABLE abc ADD f DEFAULT NULL;
-    }
-    get_file_format
-  } {3}
-  do_test alter3-7.5 {
-    execsql {
-      VACUUM;
-    }
-    get_file_format
-  } {1}
+if {!$has_codec} {
+  ifcapable vacuum {
+    do_test alter3-7.1 {
+      execsql {
+        VACUUM;
+      }
+      get_file_format
+    } {1}
+    do_test alter3-7.2 {
+      execsql {
+        CREATE TABLE abc(a, b, c);
+        ALTER TABLE abc ADD d DEFAULT NULL;
+      }
+      get_file_format
+    } {2}
+    do_test alter3-7.3 {
+      execsql {
+        ALTER TABLE abc ADD e DEFAULT 10;
+      }
+      get_file_format
+    } {3}
+    do_test alter3-7.4 {
+      execsql {
+        ALTER TABLE abc ADD f DEFAULT NULL;
+      }
+      get_file_format
+    } {3}
+    do_test alter3-7.5 {
+      execsql {
+        VACUUM;
+      }
+      get_file_format
+    } {1}
+  }
 }
 
 # Ticket #1183 - Make sure adding columns to large tables does not cause
@@ -361,4 +378,3 @@ do_test alter3-8.2 {
 } [list $::sql]
 
 finish_test
-