1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index 49d179cf2..f22527585 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains C code routines that are called by the parser
 ** to handle SELECT statements in SQLite.
 **
-** $Id: select.c,v 1.408 2008/01/23 15:44:51 danielk1977 Exp $
+** $Id: select.c,v 1.409 2008/01/23 17:13:41 danielk1977 Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 
@@ -1676,15 +1676,15 @@ static int processCompoundOrderBy(
   while( pSelect && moreToDo ){
     moreToDo = 0;
     for(i=0; i<pOrderBy->nExpr; i++){
-      int iCol;
+      int iCol = -1;
       Expr *pE, *pDup;
       if( pOrderBy->a[i].done ) continue;
       pE = pOrderBy->a[i].pExpr;
       pDup = sqlite3ExprDup(db, pE);
-      if( pDup==0 ){
-        return 1;
+      if( !db->mallocFailed ){
+        assert(pDup);
+        iCol = matchOrderByTermToExprList(pParse, pSelect, pDup, i+1, 1, 0);
       }
-      iCol = matchOrderByTermToExprList(pParse, pSelect, pDup, i+1, 1, 0);
       sqlite3ExprDelete(pDup);
       if( iCol<0 ){
         return 1;