1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 9fa2a0fbd..362a5d897 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -115,18 +115,17 @@ int sqlite3Strlen30(const char *z){
 ** to NULL.
 */
 void sqlite3Error(sqlite3 *db, int err_code, const char *zFormat, ...){
-  if( db && (db->pErr || (db->pErr = sqlite3ValueNew(db))!=0) ){
-    db->errCode = err_code;
-    if( zFormat ){
-      char *z;
-      va_list ap;
-      va_start(ap, zFormat);
-      z = sqlite3VMPrintf(db, zFormat, ap);
-      va_end(ap);
-      sqlite3ValueSetStr(db->pErr, -1, z, SQLITE_UTF8, SQLITE_DYNAMIC);
-    }else{
-      sqlite3ValueSetStr(db->pErr, 0, 0, SQLITE_UTF8, SQLITE_STATIC);
-    }
+  assert( db!=0 );
+  db->errCode = err_code;
+  if( zFormat && (db->pErr || (db->pErr = sqlite3ValueNew(db))!=0) ){
+    char *z;
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, zFormat);
+    z = sqlite3VMPrintf(db, zFormat, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
+    sqlite3ValueSetStr(db->pErr, -1, z, SQLITE_UTF8, SQLITE_DYNAMIC);
+  }else if( db->pErr ){
+    sqlite3ValueSetNull(db->pErr);
   }
 }