** skipped for length() and all content loading can be skipped for typeof().
*/
case OP_Column: {
  i64 payloadSize64; /* Number of bytes in the record */
  int p2;            /* column number to retrieve */
  VdbeCursor *pC;    /* The VDBE cursor */
  BtCursor *pCrsr;   /* The BTree cursor */
  u32 *aType;        /* aType[i] holds the numeric type of the i-th column */
  u32 *aOffset;      /* aOffset[i] is offset to start of data for i-th column */
  int len;           /* The length of the serialized data for the column */
  int i;             /* Loop counter */
  Mem *pDest;        /* Where to write the extracted value */
  Mem sMem;          /* For storing the record being decoded */
  const u8 *zData;   /* Part of the record being decoded */
  const u8 *zHdr;    /* Next unparsed byte of the header */
  const u8 *zEndHdr; /* Pointer to first byte after the header */
  u32 offset;        /* Offset into the data */
  u32 szField;       /* Number of bytes in the content of a field */
  u32 avail;         /* Number of bytes of available data */
  u32 t;             /* A type code from the record header */

  Mem *pReg;         /* PseudoTable input register */

  p2 = pOp->p2;
  assert( pOp->p3>0 && pOp->p3<=(p->nMem-p->nCursor) );
  pDest = &aMem[pOp->p3];
  memAboutToChange(p, pDest);
  assert( pOp->p1>=0 && pOp->p1<p->nCursor );
  pC = p->apCsr[pOp->p1];
  assert( pC!=0 );
  assert( p2<pC->nField );
  aType = pC->aType;
  aOffset = aType + pC->nField;
#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE
  assert( pC->pVtabCursor==0 ); /* OP_Column never called on virtual table */
#endif
  pCrsr = pC->pCursor;
  assert( pCrsr!=0 || pC->pseudoTableReg>0 ); /* pCrsr NULL on PseudoTables */
  assert( pCrsr!=0 || pC->nullRow );          /* pC->nullRow on PseudoTables */

................................................................................
    if( offset > 98307 || offset > pC->payloadSize ){
      rc = SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;
      goto op_column_error;
    }
  }

  /* Make sure at least the first p2+1 entries of the header have been
  ** parsed and valid information is in aOffset[] and aType[].
  */
  if( pC->nHdrParsed<=p2 ){
    /* If there is more header available for parsing in the record, try
    ** to extract additional fields up through the p2+1-th field 
    */
    if( pC->iHdrOffset<aOffset[0] ){
      /* Make sure zData points to enough of the record to cover the header. */
................................................................................
          goto op_column_error;
        }
        zData = (u8*)sMem.z;
      }else{
        zData = pC->aRow;
      }
  
      /* Fill in aType[i] and aOffset[i] values through the p2-th field. */
      i = pC->nHdrParsed;
      offset = aOffset[i];
      zHdr = zData + pC->iHdrOffset;
      zEndHdr = zData + aOffset[0];
      assert( i<=p2 && zHdr<zEndHdr );
      do{
        if( zHdr[0]<0x80 ){
          t = zHdr[0];
          zHdr++;
        }else{
          zHdr += sqlite3GetVarint32(zHdr, &t);
        }
        aType[i] = t;
        szField = sqlite3VdbeSerialTypeLen(t);
        offset += szField;
        if( offset<szField ){  /* True if offset overflows */
          zHdr = &zEndHdr[1];  /* Forces SQLITE_CORRUPT return below */
          break;
        }
        i++;
................................................................................
        MemSetTypeFlag(pDest, MEM_Null);
      }
      goto op_column_out;
    }
  }

  /* Extract the content for the p2+1-th column.  Control can only
  ** reach this point if aOffset[p2], aOffset[p2+1], and aType[p2] are
  ** all valid.
  */
  assert( p2<pC->nHdrParsed );
  assert( rc==SQLITE_OK );
  assert( sqlite3VdbeCheckMemInvariants(pDest) );
  if( VdbeMemDynamic(pDest) ) sqlite3VdbeMemSetNull(pDest);

  if( pC->szRow>=aOffset[p2+1] ){
    /* This is the common case where the desired content fits on the original
    ** page - where the content is not on an overflow page */
    sqlite3VdbeSerialGet(pC->aRow+aOffset[p2], aType[p2], pDest);
  }else{
    /* This branch happens only when content is on overflow pages */
    t = aType[p2];
    if( ((pOp->p5 & (OPFLAG_LENGTHARG|OPFLAG_TYPEOFARG))!=0
          && ((t>=12 && (t&1)==0) || (pOp->p5 & OPFLAG_TYPEOFARG)!=0))
     || (len = sqlite3VdbeSerialTypeLen(t))==0
    ){
      /* Content is irrelevant for
      **    1. the typeof() function,
      **    2. the length(X) function if X is a blob, and
................................................................................

op_column_out:
  /* If the column value is an ephemeral string, go ahead and persist
  ** that string in case the cursor moves before the column value is
  ** used.  The following code does the equivalent of Deephemeralize()
  ** but does it faster. */
  if( (pDest->flags & MEM_Ephem)!=0 && pDest->z ){
    u16 f = pDest->flags & (MEM_Str|MEM_Blob);
    assert( f!=0 );
    zData = (const u8*)pDest->z;
    len = pDest->n;
    if( sqlite3VdbeMemClearAndResize(pDest, len+2) ) goto no_mem;
    memcpy(pDest->z, zData, len);
    pDest->z[len] = 0;
    pDest->z[len+1] = 0;
    pDest->flags = f|MEM_Term;
  }
op_column_error:
  UPDATE_MAX_BLOBSIZE(pDest);
  REGISTER_TRACE(pOp->p3, pDest);
  break;
}

** skipped for length() and all content loading can be skipped for typeof().
*/
case OP_Column: {
  i64 payloadSize64; /* Number of bytes in the record */
  int p2;            /* column number to retrieve */
  VdbeCursor *pC;    /* The VDBE cursor */
  BtCursor *pCrsr;   /* The BTree cursor */

  u32 *aOffset;      /* aOffset[i] is offset to start of data for i-th column */
  int len;           /* The length of the serialized data for the column */
  int i;             /* Loop counter */
  Mem *pDest;        /* Where to write the extracted value */
  Mem sMem;          /* For storing the record being decoded */
  const u8 *zData;   /* Part of the record being decoded */
  const u8 *zHdr;    /* Next unparsed byte of the header */
  const u8 *zEndHdr; /* Pointer to first byte after the header */
  u32 offset;        /* Offset into the data */
  u32 szField;       /* Number of bytes in the content of a field */
  u32 avail;         /* Number of bytes of available data */
  u32 t;             /* A type code from the record header */
  u16 fx;            /* pDest->flags value */
  Mem *pReg;         /* PseudoTable input register */

  p2 = pOp->p2;
  assert( pOp->p3>0 && pOp->p3<=(p->nMem-p->nCursor) );
  pDest = &aMem[pOp->p3];
  memAboutToChange(p, pDest);
  assert( pOp->p1>=0 && pOp->p1<p->nCursor );
  pC = p->apCsr[pOp->p1];
  assert( pC!=0 );
  assert( p2<pC->nField );

  aOffset = pC->aType + pC->nField;
#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE
  assert( pC->pVtabCursor==0 ); /* OP_Column never called on virtual table */
#endif
  pCrsr = pC->pCursor;
  assert( pCrsr!=0 || pC->pseudoTableReg>0 ); /* pCrsr NULL on PseudoTables */
  assert( pCrsr!=0 || pC->nullRow );          /* pC->nullRow on PseudoTables */

................................................................................
    if( offset > 98307 || offset > pC->payloadSize ){
      rc = SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;
      goto op_column_error;
    }
  }

  /* Make sure at least the first p2+1 entries of the header have been
  ** parsed and valid information is in aOffset[] and pC->aType[].
  */
  if( pC->nHdrParsed<=p2 ){
    /* If there is more header available for parsing in the record, try
    ** to extract additional fields up through the p2+1-th field 
    */
    if( pC->iHdrOffset<aOffset[0] ){
      /* Make sure zData points to enough of the record to cover the header. */
................................................................................
          goto op_column_error;
        }
        zData = (u8*)sMem.z;
      }else{
        zData = pC->aRow;
      }
  
      /* Fill in pC->aType[i] and aOffset[i] values through the p2-th field. */
      i = pC->nHdrParsed;
      offset = aOffset[i];
      zHdr = zData + pC->iHdrOffset;
      zEndHdr = zData + aOffset[0];
      assert( i<=p2 && zHdr<zEndHdr );
      do{
        if( zHdr[0]<0x80 ){
          t = zHdr[0];
          zHdr++;
        }else{
          zHdr += sqlite3GetVarint32(zHdr, &t);
        }
        pC->aType[i] = t;
        szField = sqlite3VdbeSerialTypeLen(t);
        offset += szField;
        if( offset<szField ){  /* True if offset overflows */
          zHdr = &zEndHdr[1];  /* Forces SQLITE_CORRUPT return below */
          break;
        }
        i++;
................................................................................
        MemSetTypeFlag(pDest, MEM_Null);
      }
      goto op_column_out;
    }
  }

  /* Extract the content for the p2+1-th column.  Control can only
  ** reach this point if aOffset[p2], aOffset[p2+1], and pC->aType[p2] are
  ** all valid.
  */
  assert( p2<pC->nHdrParsed );
  assert( rc==SQLITE_OK );
  assert( sqlite3VdbeCheckMemInvariants(pDest) );
  if( VdbeMemDynamic(pDest) ) sqlite3VdbeMemSetNull(pDest);
  t = pC->aType[p2];
  if( pC->szRow>=aOffset[p2+1] ){
    /* This is the common case where the desired content fits on the original
    ** page - where the content is not on an overflow page */
    sqlite3VdbeSerialGet(pC->aRow+aOffset[p2], t, pDest);
  }else{
    /* This branch happens only when content is on overflow pages */

    if( ((pOp->p5 & (OPFLAG_LENGTHARG|OPFLAG_TYPEOFARG))!=0
          && ((t>=12 && (t&1)==0) || (pOp->p5 & OPFLAG_TYPEOFARG)!=0))
     || (len = sqlite3VdbeSerialTypeLen(t))==0
    ){
      /* Content is irrelevant for
      **    1. the typeof() function,
      **    2. the length(X) function if X is a blob, and
................................................................................

op_column_out:
  /* If the column value is an ephemeral string, go ahead and persist
  ** that string in case the cursor moves before the column value is
  ** used.  The following code does the equivalent of Deephemeralize()
  ** but does it faster. */
  if( (pDest->flags & MEM_Ephem)!=0 && pDest->z ){
    fx = pDest->flags & (MEM_Str|MEM_Blob);
    assert( fx!=0 );
    zData = (const u8*)pDest->z;
    len = pDest->n;
    if( sqlite3VdbeMemClearAndResize(pDest, len+2) ) goto no_mem;
    memcpy(pDest->z, zData, len);
    pDest->z[len] = 0;
    pDest->z[len+1] = 0;
    pDest->flags = fx|MEM_Term;
  }
op_column_error:
  UPDATE_MAX_BLOBSIZE(pDest);
  REGISTER_TRACE(pOp->p3, pDest);
  break;
}