diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 2c7add29f1..afe199c78d 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Prevent\sdeep\srecursions\son\snested\sCOLLATE\soperators.
-D 2018-04-28T04:16:43.197
+C Add\sthe\sSQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE\scontrol\sfor\sresetting\sa\scorrupt\ndatabase\sfile\swithout\sclosing\sany\sdatabase\sconnections.\s\sAdded\sthe\n".dbconfig"\scommand\sto\sthe\sCLI.
+D 2018-04-28T13:21:00.131
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in 5ce9343cba9c189046f1afe6d2bcc1f68079439febc05267b98aec6ecc752439
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ F src/auth.c 6277d63837357549fe14e723490d6dc1a38768d71c795c5eb5c0f8a99f918f73
 F src/backup.c faf17e60b43233c214aae6a8179d24503a61e83b
 F src/bitvec.c 17ea48eff8ba979f1f5b04cc484c7bb2be632f33
 F src/btmutex.c 8acc2f464ee76324bf13310df5692a262b801808984c1b79defb2503bbafadb6
-F src/btree.c 9eb9531c65346bbfccf5325384b7db1849daf4db6601dcfe21ba5c5b20623b64
+F src/btree.c fa7da0a5584e5182b92536bc4b7622a154a468997a075d5901345efb79a05ffe
 F src/btree.h 0866c0a08255142ea0e754aabd211c843cab32045c978a592a43152405ed0c84
 F src/btreeInt.h 620ab4c7235f43572cf3ac2ac8723cbdf68073be4d29da24897c7b77dda5fd96
 F src/build.c c4227d058d52c24ffce2d33cd3a11234d8e8603901243cdb5165eddf64ee2177
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ F src/in-operator.md 10cd8f4bcd225a32518407c2fb2484089112fd71
 F src/insert.c 33a2c72b6182e8ddf697d604cc087c77ff5fc512a32b8b624641d41b390e249e
 F src/legacy.c 134ab3e3fae00a0f67a5187981d6935b24b337bcf0f4b3e5c9fa5763da95bf4e
 F src/loadext.c f6e4e416a736369f9e80eba609f0acda97148a8b0453784d670c78d3eed2f302
-F src/main.c f579a7a1e6a602cf752ee910ef541481124bac9dfa7db720e698efdf5521bfd3
+F src/main.c b56b2d62d5d11e3f5100b25fca34c13c62a0fe73941f6873454a7fa8a454170d
 F src/malloc.c 07295435093ce354c6d9063ac05a2eeae28bd251d2e63c48b3d67c12c76f7e18
 F src/mem0.c 6a55ebe57c46ca1a7d98da93aaa07f99f1059645
 F src/mem1.c c12a42539b1ba105e3707d0e628ad70e611040d8f5e38cf942cee30c867083de
@@ -487,22 +487,22 @@ F src/pcache.h 072f94d29281cffd99e46c1539849f248c4b56ae7684c1f36626797fee375170
 F src/pcache1.c 716975564c15eb6679e97f734cec1bfd6c16ac3d4010f05f1f8e509fc7d19880
 F src/pragma.c bea56df3ae0637768c0da4fbbb8f2492f780980d95000034a105ff291bf7ca69
 F src/pragma.h bb83728944b42f6d409c77f5838a8edbdb0fe83046c5496ffc9602b40340a324
-F src/prepare.c d16cb8a553c09bc0c46c33f8e0add77c8f755cfb4681ca5101aaff3a04df9625
+F src/prepare.c 1492a2bed7bc5770c5850404f09bf887a67d4580985b8cee37bdab2ea809f479
 F src/printf.c d3b7844ddeb11fbbdd38dd84d09c9c1ac171d21fb038473c3aa97981201cc660
 F src/random.c 80f5d666f23feb3e6665a6ce04c7197212a88384
 F src/resolve.c 6415381a0e9d22c0e7cba33ca4a53f81474190862f5d4838190f5eb5b0b47bc9
 F src/rowset.c 7b7e7e479212e65b723bf40128c7b36dc5afdfac
 F src/select.c daf07d8defce3311f9e69f1280a874d78bc1d16c305f6aa689640f7afa02842f
-F src/shell.c.in d63f06c870ec1761ea98bd1cae651ff0ea6beadf8be892105dabd913f94cb3da
-F src/sqlite.h.in c3b1782d1a290253b37ebc999c42e894ff8aa9f76526b2938df2f8939d20de39
+F src/shell.c.in 54b902ab7d840f60ddfabc13124c85d4980342c88aff7679f2cc25f67c21ade7
+F src/sqlite.h.in d669de545f18f2f01362de02e309cd7f15185958c71bac8f53cd5438b46d2bea
 F src/sqlite3.rc 5121c9e10c3964d5755191c80dd1180c122fc3a8
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 83a3c4ce93d650bedfd1aa558cb85a516bd6d094445ee989740827d0d944368d
-F src/sqliteInt.h c1deb023eb117b4437a69d8c5a753deb36581f1933015cd262ad32b45c4d8431
+F src/sqliteInt.h 8ac0138eae10337b745b03dad0124fd63ae911c0503e795729503e7fc6234d57
 F src/sqliteLimit.h 1513bfb7b20378aa0041e7022d04acb73525de35b80b252f1b83fedb4de6a76b
 F src/status.c 46e7aec11f79dad50965a5ca5fa9de009f7d6bde08be2156f1538a0a296d4d0e
 F src/table.c b46ad567748f24a326d9de40e5b9659f96ffff34
 F src/tclsqlite.c 916a92de77ec5cbe27818ca194d8cf0c58aa7ad5b87527098f6aa5a6068800ce
-F src/test1.c b2df6d7ed8ecb53680f7040163ba92b50c471ed8104d128c88c8e969a107887f
+F src/test1.c 51aa5f3030217ca45eb62e90944838794d4faaae7a8f60e0330ae01f30bc997b
 F src/test2.c 3efb99ab7f1fc8d154933e02ae1378bac9637da5
 F src/test3.c b8434949dfb8aff8dfa082c8b592109e77844c2135ed3c492113839b6956255b
 F src/test4.c 18ec393bb4d0ad1de729f0b94da7267270f3d8e6
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P de508e831a43f02c3b354a24ea34798da03c163bae5521c852c9ddd252723739
-R 8fd56e6836e3af3199f94071c5426607
+P 6e098ee415f1a530e17a942c9ba51d67c25a3ebff6b97377b7858d0b10bcec92 ff836cb8b0377c5970ecb2b797702e2b5d208eda443ecbd55f4c238a3094b28a
+R edbc587ec4dfbdf46b4ab916ffe47e60
 U drh
-Z 830b9867ea719a4d0d43e83e413c3907
+Z 995979318a529c573ca1f05b93ed22e0
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index e414a12482..d123b5ff6b 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6e098ee415f1a530e17a942c9ba51d67c25a3ebff6b97377b7858d0b10bcec92
\ No newline at end of file
+a200a49edeaca5a787a3036070f7ced3cb6e9495f8afe7b74d5cde02c79b20dc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/btree.c b/src/btree.c
index 402503916d..700138efca 100644
--- a/src/btree.c
+++ b/src/btree.c
@@ -2972,6 +2972,10 @@ static void setDefaultSyncFlag(BtShared *pBt, u8 safety_level){
 # define setDefaultSyncFlag(pBt,safety_level)
 #endif
 
+/* Forward declaration */
+static int newDatabase(BtShared*);
+
+
 /*
 ** Get a reference to pPage1 of the database file.  This will
 ** also acquire a readlock on that file.
@@ -3003,6 +3007,9 @@ static int lockBtree(BtShared *pBt){
   if( nPage==0 || memcmp(24+(u8*)pPage1->aData, 92+(u8*)pPage1->aData,4)!=0 ){
     nPage = nPageFile;
   }
+  if( (pBt->db->flags & SQLITE_ResetDatabase)!=0 ){
+    nPage = 0;
+  }
   if( nPage>0 ){
     u32 pageSize;
     u32 usableSize;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 442067a14e..d23f9afcfa 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ int sqlite3_db_config(sqlite3 *db, int op, ...){
         { SQLITE_DBCONFIG_NO_CKPT_ON_CLOSE,      SQLITE_NoCkptOnClose  },
         { SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_QPSG,           SQLITE_EnableQPSG     },
         { SQLITE_DBCONFIG_TRIGGER_EQP,           SQLITE_TriggerEQP     },
+        { SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE,        SQLITE_ResetDatabase  },
       };
       unsigned int i;
       rc = SQLITE_ERROR; /* IMP: R-42790-23372 */
diff --git a/src/prepare.c b/src/prepare.c
index c13f88d28b..971b8024e8 100644
--- a/src/prepare.c
+++ b/src/prepare.c
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ static int sqlite3InitOne(sqlite3 *db, int iDb, char **pzErrMsg){
   for(i=0; i<ArraySize(meta); i++){
     sqlite3BtreeGetMeta(pDb->pBt, i+1, (u32 *)&meta[i]);
   }
+  if( (db->flags & SQLITE_ResetDatabase)!=0 ){
+    memset(meta, 0, sizeof(meta));
+  }
   pDb->pSchema->schema_cookie = meta[BTREE_SCHEMA_VERSION-1];
 
   /* If opening a non-empty database, check the text encoding. For the
diff --git a/src/shell.c.in b/src/shell.c.in
index c0e5c7a75c..e759921ab6 100644
--- a/src/shell.c.in
+++ b/src/shell.c.in
@@ -3340,6 +3340,7 @@ static char zHelp[] =
   ".check GLOB            Fail if output since .testcase does not match\n"
   ".clone NEWDB           Clone data into NEWDB from the existing database\n"
   ".databases             List names and files of attached databases\n"
+  ".dbconfig ?op? ?val?   List or change sqlite3_db_config() options\n"
   ".dbinfo ?DB?           Show status information about the database\n"
   ".dump ?TABLE? ...      Dump the database in an SQL text format\n"
   "                         If TABLE specified, only dump tables matching\n"
@@ -5782,7 +5783,35 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     }
   }else
 
-  if( c=='d' && strncmp(azArg[0], "dbinfo", n)==0 ){
+  if( c=='d' && n>=3 && strncmp(azArg[0], "dbconfig", n)==0 ){
+    static const struct DbConfigChoices {const char *zName; int op;} aDbConfig[] = {
+        { "enable_fkey",      SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FKEY            },
+        { "enable_trigger",   SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_TRIGGER         },
+        { "fts3_tokenizer",   SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER  },
+        { "load_extension",   SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_LOAD_EXTENSION  },
+        { "no_ckpt_on_close", SQLITE_DBCONFIG_NO_CKPT_ON_CLOSE       },
+        { "enable_qpsg",      SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_QPSG            },
+        { "trigger_eqp",      SQLITE_DBCONFIG_TRIGGER_EQP            },
+        { "reset_database",   SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE         },
+    };
+    int ii, v;
+    open_db(p, 0);
+    for(ii=0; ii<ArraySize(aDbConfig); ii++){
+      if( nArg>1 && strcmp(azArg[1], aDbConfig[ii].zName)!=0 ) continue;
+      if( nArg>=3 ){
+        sqlite3_db_config(p->db, aDbConfig[ii].op, booleanValue(azArg[2]), 0);
+      }
+      sqlite3_db_config(p->db, aDbConfig[ii].op, -1, &v);
+      utf8_printf(p->out, "%18s %s\n", aDbConfig[ii].zName, v ? "on" : "off");
+      if( nArg>1 ) break;
+    }
+    if( nArg>1 && ii==ArraySize(aDbConfig) ){
+      utf8_printf(stderr, "Error: unknown dbconfig \"%s\"\n", azArg[1]);
+      utf8_printf(stderr, "Enter \".dbconfig\" with no arguments for a list\n");
+    }   
+  }else
+
+  if( c=='d' && n>=3 && strncmp(azArg[0], "dbinfo", n)==0 ){
     rc = shell_dbinfo_command(p, nArg, azArg);
   }else
 
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index 877528c686..696b3cb2db 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -2112,6 +2112,21 @@ struct sqlite3_mem_methods {
 ** 0 or 1 to indicate whether output-for-triggers has been disabled - 0 if 
 ** it is not disabled, 1 if it is.  
 ** </dd>
+**
+** <dt>SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE</dt>
+** <dd> Set the SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE flag and then run
+** [VACUUM] in order to reset a database back to an empty database
+** with no schema and no content. The following process works even for
+** a badly corrupted database file:
+** <ol>
+** <li> sqlite3_db_config(db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE, 1, 0);
+** <li> [sqlite3_exec](db, "[VACUUM]", 0, 0, 0);
+** <li> sqlite3_db_config(db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE, 0, 0);
+** </ol>
+** Because resetting a database is destructive and irreversible, the
+** process requires the use of this obscure API and multiple steps to help
+** ensure that it does not happen by accident.
+** </dd>
 ** </dl>
 */
 #define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_MAINDBNAME            1000 /* const char* */
@@ -2123,7 +2138,8 @@ struct sqlite3_mem_methods {
 #define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_NO_CKPT_ON_CLOSE      1006 /* int int* */
 #define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_QPSG           1007 /* int int* */
 #define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_TRIGGER_EQP           1008 /* int int* */
-#define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_MAX                   1008 /* Largest DBCONFIG */
+#define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE        1009 /* int int* */
+#define SQLITE_DBCONFIG_MAX                   1009 /* Largest DBCONFIG */
 
 /*
 ** CAPI3REF: Enable Or Disable Extended Result Codes
diff --git a/src/sqliteInt.h b/src/sqliteInt.h
index 8ad15109a8..c700c261b8 100644
--- a/src/sqliteInt.h
+++ b/src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -1506,6 +1506,7 @@ struct sqlite3 {
 #define SQLITE_Fts3Tokenizer  0x00400000  /* Enable fts3_tokenizer(2) */
 #define SQLITE_EnableQPSG     0x00800000  /* Query Planner Stability Guarantee*/
 #define SQLITE_TriggerEQP     0x01000000  /* Show trigger EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN */
+#define SQLITE_ResetDatabase  0x02000000  /* Reset the database */
 
 /* Flags used only if debugging */
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
diff --git a/src/test1.c b/src/test1.c
index 0f139ceba5..f2511d259a 100644
--- a/src/test1.c
+++ b/src/test1.c
@@ -7418,6 +7418,8 @@ static int SQLITE_TCLAPI test_sqlite3_db_config(
     { "LOAD_EXTENSION",  SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_LOAD_EXTENSION },
     { "NO_CKPT_ON_CLOSE",SQLITE_DBCONFIG_NO_CKPT_ON_CLOSE },
     { "QPSG",            SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_QPSG },
+    { "TRIGGER_EQP",     SQLITE_DBCONFIG_TRIGGER_EQP },
+    { "RESET_DB",        SQLITE_DBCONFIG_RESET_DATABASE },
   };
   int i;
   int v;