SQLite

  const void *pKey,   /* Packed key if the btree is an index */
  i64 nKey,           /* Integer key for tables.  Size of pKey for indices */
  int bias,           /* Bias search to the high end */
  int *pRes           /* Write search results here */
){
  int rc;                    /* Status code */
  UnpackedRecord *pIdxKey;   /* Unpacked index key */
  char aSpace[384];          /* Temp space for pIdxKey - to avoid a malloc */
  char *pFree = 0;

  if( pKey ){
    assert( nKey==(i64)(int)nKey );
    pIdxKey = sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(
        pCur->pKeyInfo, aSpace, sizeof(aSpace), &pFree
    );
    if( pIdxKey==0 ) return SQLITE_NOMEM_BKPT;
    sqlite3VdbeRecordUnpack(pCur->pKeyInfo, (int)nKey, pKey, pIdxKey);
    if( pIdxKey->nField==0 ){
      sqlite3DbFree(pCur->pKeyInfo->db, pFree);
      return SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;

    }
  }else{
    pIdxKey = 0;
  }
  rc = sqlite3BtreeMovetoUnpacked(pCur, pIdxKey, nKey, bias, pRes);

  if( pFree ){
    sqlite3DbFree(pCur->pKeyInfo->db, pFree);
  }
  return rc;
}

/*
** Restore the cursor to the position it was in (or as close to as possible)
** when saveCursorPosition() was called. Note that this call deletes the 

case OP_NotFound:       /* jump, in3 */
case OP_Found: {        /* jump, in3 */
  int alreadyExists;
  int takeJump;
  int ii;
  VdbeCursor *pC;
  int res;
  char *pFree;
  UnpackedRecord *pIdxKey;
  UnpackedRecord r;
  char aTempRec[ROUND8(sizeof(UnpackedRecord)) + sizeof(Mem)*4 + 7];

#ifdef SQLITE_TEST
  if( pOp->opcode!=OP_NoConflict ) sqlite3_found_count++;
#endif

  assert( pOp->p1>=0 && pOp->p1<p->nCursor );
  assert( pOp->p4type==P4_INT32 );
  pC = p->apCsr[pOp->p1];
  assert( pC!=0 );
#ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
  pC->seekOp = pOp->opcode;
#endif
  pIn3 = &aMem[pOp->p3];
  assert( pC->eCurType==CURTYPE_BTREE );
  assert( pC->uc.pCursor!=0 );
  assert( pC->isTable==0 );
  pFree = 0;
  if( pOp->p4.i>0 ){
    r.pKeyInfo = pC->pKeyInfo;
    r.nField = (u16)pOp->p4.i;
    r.aMem = pIn3;
#ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
    for(ii=0; ii<r.nField; ii++){
      assert( memIsValid(&r.aMem[ii]) );
      assert( (r.aMem[ii].flags & MEM_Zero)==0 || r.aMem[ii].n==0 );
      if( ii ) REGISTER_TRACE(pOp->p3+ii, &r.aMem[ii]);
    }
#endif
    pIdxKey = &r;

  }else{
    pIdxKey = sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(
        pC->pKeyInfo, aTempRec, sizeof(aTempRec), &pFree
    );
    if( pIdxKey==0 ) goto no_mem;
    assert( pIn3->flags & MEM_Blob );
    (void)ExpandBlob(pIn3);
    sqlite3VdbeRecordUnpack(pC->pKeyInfo, pIn3->n, pIn3->z, pIdxKey);
  }
  pIdxKey->default_rc = 0;
  takeJump = 0;
  if( pOp->opcode==OP_NoConflict ){
    /* For the OP_NoConflict opcode, take the jump if any of the
    ** input fields are NULL, since any key with a NULL will not
    ** conflict */
    for(ii=0; ii<pIdxKey->nField; ii++){
      if( pIdxKey->aMem[ii].flags & MEM_Null ){
        takeJump = 1;
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  rc = sqlite3BtreeMovetoUnpacked(pC->uc.pCursor, pIdxKey, 0, 0, &res);
  sqlite3DbFree(db, pFree);
  if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
    goto abort_due_to_error;
  }
  pC->seekResult = res;
  alreadyExists = (res==0);
  pC->nullRow = 1-alreadyExists;
  pC->deferredMoveto = 0;

  char *sqlite3VdbeExpandSql(Vdbe*, const char*);
#endif
int sqlite3MemCompare(const Mem*, const Mem*, const CollSeq*);

void sqlite3VdbeRecordUnpack(KeyInfo*,int,const void*,UnpackedRecord*);
int sqlite3VdbeRecordCompare(int,const void*,UnpackedRecord*);
int sqlite3VdbeRecordCompareWithSkip(int, const void *, UnpackedRecord *, int);
UnpackedRecord *sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(KeyInfo *, char *, int, char **);

typedef int (*RecordCompare)(int,const void*,UnpackedRecord*);
RecordCompare sqlite3VdbeFindCompare(UnpackedRecord*);

#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_TRIGGER
void sqlite3VdbeLinkSubProgram(Vdbe *, SubProgram *);
#endif

** if successful, or a NULL pointer if an OOM error is encountered.
*/
static UnpackedRecord *vdbeUnpackRecord(
  KeyInfo *pKeyInfo, 
  int nKey, 
  const void *pKey
){
  char *dummy;                    /* Dummy argument for AllocUnpackedRecord() */
  UnpackedRecord *pRet;           /* Return value */

  pRet = sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(pKeyInfo, 0, 0, &dummy);
  if( pRet ){
    memset(pRet->aMem, 0, sizeof(Mem)*(pKeyInfo->nField+1));
    sqlite3VdbeRecordUnpack(pKeyInfo, nKey, pKey, pRet);
  }
  return pRet;
}

** be eventually freed by the caller using sqlite3DbFree(). Or, if the 
** allocation comes from the pSpace/szSpace buffer, *ppFree is set to NULL
** before returning.
**
** If an OOM error occurs, NULL is returned.
*/
UnpackedRecord *sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(
  KeyInfo *pKeyInfo,              /* Description of the record */
  char *pSpace,                   /* Unaligned space available */
  int szSpace,                    /* Size of pSpace[] in bytes */
  char **ppFree                   /* OUT: Caller should free this pointer */
){
  UnpackedRecord *p;              /* Unpacked record to return */
  int nOff;                       /* Increment pSpace by nOff to align it */
  int nByte;                      /* Number of bytes required for *p */

  /* We want to shift the pointer pSpace up such that it is 8-byte aligned.
  ** Thus, we need to calculate a value, nOff, between 0 and 7, to shift 
  ** it by.  If pSpace is already 8-byte aligned, nOff should be zero.
  */
  nOff = (8 - (SQLITE_PTR_TO_INT(pSpace) & 7)) & 7;
  nByte = ROUND8(sizeof(UnpackedRecord)) + sizeof(Mem)*(pKeyInfo->nField+1);
  if( nByte>szSpace+nOff ){
    p = (UnpackedRecord *)sqlite3DbMallocRaw(pKeyInfo->db, nByte);
    *ppFree = (char *)p;
    if( !p ) return 0;
  }else{
    p = (UnpackedRecord*)&pSpace[nOff];
    *ppFree = 0;
  }

  p->aMem = (Mem*)&((char*)p)[ROUND8(sizeof(UnpackedRecord))];
  assert( pKeyInfo->aSortOrder!=0 );
  p->pKeyInfo = pKeyInfo;
  p->nField = pKeyInfo->nField + 1;
  return p;
}

/*
** If it has not already been allocated, allocate the UnpackedRecord 
** structure at pTask->pUnpacked. Return SQLITE_OK if successful (or 
** if no allocation was required), or SQLITE_NOMEM otherwise.
*/
static int vdbeSortAllocUnpacked(SortSubtask *pTask){
  if( pTask->pUnpacked==0 ){
    char *pFree;
    pTask->pUnpacked = sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(
        pTask->pSorter->pKeyInfo, 0, 0, &pFree
    );
    assert( pTask->pUnpacked==(UnpackedRecord*)pFree );
    if( pFree==0 ) return SQLITE_NOMEM_BKPT;
    pTask->pUnpacked->nField = pTask->pSorter->pKeyInfo->nField;
    pTask->pUnpacked->errCode = 0;
  }
  return SQLITE_OK;
}

  void *pKey; int nKey;           /* Sorter key to compare pVal with */

  assert( pCsr->eCurType==CURTYPE_SORTER );
  pSorter = pCsr->uc.pSorter;
  r2 = pSorter->pUnpacked;
  pKeyInfo = pCsr->pKeyInfo;
  if( r2==0 ){
    char *p;
    r2 = pSorter->pUnpacked = sqlite3VdbeAllocUnpackedRecord(pKeyInfo,0,0,&p);
    assert( pSorter->pUnpacked==(UnpackedRecord*)p );
    if( r2==0 ) return SQLITE_NOMEM_BKPT;
    r2->nField = nKeyCol;
  }
  assert( r2->nField==nKeyCol );

  pKey = vdbeSorterRowkey(pSorter, &nKey);
  sqlite3VdbeRecordUnpack(pKeyInfo, nKey, pKey, r2);