diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index afd939fe18..fbe09502d8 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C The\sVACUUM\scommand\sis\snow\sfunctioning\s(again).\s\sNeed\sto\sdo\smore\stesting.\s(CVS\s916)
-D 2003-04-18T02:31:04
+C Fix\sfor\sticket\s#297\s-\sbug\sin\ssqliteSortCompare().\s(CVS\s917)
+D 2003-04-18T17:45:14
 F Makefile.in df3a4db41a7450468b5fe934d9dd8f723b631249
 F Makefile.linux-gcc b86a99c493a5bfb402d1d9178dcdc4bd4b32f906
 F README f1de682fbbd94899d50aca13d387d1b3fd3be2dd
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ F src/threadtest.c d641a5219e718e18a1a80a50eb9bb549f451f42e
 F src/tokenize.c a88cfb6f698d047e14d5064fa6c4ecb709bf8fa4
 F src/trigger.c 45b67f6c4338245288e4662c6a5b802ae3a66e5d
 F src/update.c 7f1aa8912876a682a692676f8adb215ddffad295
-F src/util.c 13c338a7d0e1e6290ca227edb0d6d7be6a7c7127
+F src/util.c 87635cfdfffa056a8d3147719357aa442374f78c
 F src/vacuum.c e24781e38db36d1c9f578b6b3613bf0989ebd63c
 F src/vdbe.c d453e8c95c9fac5a5e067c5c58243b3ae75699fc
 F src/vdbe.h 985c24f312d10f9ef8f9a8b8ea62fcdf68e82f21
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ F test/select3.test 445a1a3dde4e2fd32541b311f55da5e2f8079d76
 F test/select4.test e7e9a32fa745246cb99fadbeb63af4843a17925b
 F test/select5.test c2a6c4a003316ee42cbbd689eebef8fdce0db2ac
 F test/select6.test efb8d0c07a440441db87db2c4ade6904e1407e85
-F test/sort.test 61a729023ae4ac3be9b225dc0be026fb43fec4e6
+F test/sort.test ba07b107c16070208e6aab3cadea66ba079d85ba
 F test/subselect.test f0fea8cf9f386d416d64d152e3c65f9116d0f50f
 F test/table.test 371a1fc1c470982b2f68f9732f903a5d96f949c4
 F test/tableapi.test 3c80421a889e1d106df16e5800fa787f0d2914a6
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl cb4c10a722614aea76d2c51f32ee43400d5951be
 F www/sqlite.tcl ae3dcfb077e53833b59d4fcc94d8a12c50a44098
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 1db15abeb446aad0caf0b95b8b9579720e4ea331
 F www/vdbe.tcl 2013852c27a02a091d39a766bc87cff329f21218
-P 1e5e00fb73c308378efd034cb291caf338c9fe84
-R 6d712256ba5bd6d3c2dab4df16be375d
+P 6e948d9aaea109c683ac4fcc4714e335b545d22b
+R d350172ce34cbf799885ede2eb5043c7
 U drh
-Z 2b3763770265c14f822420062ba64ba6
+Z a203462f3c9a0a6b91b58e9eba1fc107
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 297240c28f..73d465c469 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6e948d9aaea109c683ac4fcc4714e335b545d22b
\ No newline at end of file
+4ded1965eb83dee0f28c27ba935d615c77331571
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 879abe2457..979fd5e2fb 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ** This file contains functions for allocating memory, comparing
 ** strings, and stuff like that.
 **
-** $Id: util.c,v 1.61 2003/04/16 02:17:36 drh Exp $
+** $Id: util.c,v 1.62 2003/04/18 17:45:14 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -908,7 +908,6 @@ int sqliteCompare(const char *atext, const char *btext){
 ** 2.6.3 and earlier.
 */
 int sqliteSortCompare(const char *a, const char *b){
-  int len;
   int res = 0;
   int isNumA, isNumB;
   int dir = 0;
@@ -960,9 +959,8 @@ int sqliteSortCompare(const char *a, const char *b){
         if( res ) break;
       }
     }
-    len = strlen(&a[1]) + 2;
-    a += len;
-    b += len;
+    a += strlen(&a[1]) + 2;
+    b += strlen(&b[1]) + 2;
   }
   if( dir=='-' || dir=='D' ) res = -res;
   return res;
diff --git a/test/sort.test b/test/sort.test
index b806cdda4b..90ec06a8aa 100644
--- a/test/sort.test
+++ b/test/sort.test
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is testing the CREATE TABLE statement.
 #
-# $Id: sort.test,v 1.8 2003/01/18 20:11:07 drh Exp $
+# $Id: sort.test,v 1.9 2003/04/18 17:45:15 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
@@ -347,4 +347,15 @@ do_test sort-7.14 {
   }
 } {1 11 12 2}
 
+# Ticket #297
+#
+do_test sort-8.1 {
+  execsql {
+    CREATE TABLE t5(a real, b text);
+    INSERT INTO t5 VALUES(100,'A1');
+    INSERT INTO t5 VALUES(100.0,'A2');
+    SELECT * FROM t5 ORDER BY a, b;
+  }
+} {100 A1 100.0 A2}
+
 finish_test