Index: ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c
+++ ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c
@@ -744,52 +744,65 @@
 
 /*
 ** Initialize all term iterators in the pNear object. If any term is found
 ** to match no documents at all, return immediately without initializing any
 ** further iterators.
+**
+** If an error occurs, return an SQLite error code. Otherwise, return
+** SQLITE_OK. It is not considered an error if some term matches zero
+** documents.
 */
 static int fts5ExprNearInitAll(
   Fts5Expr *pExpr,
   Fts5ExprNode *pNode
 ){
   Fts5ExprNearset *pNear = pNode->pNear;
-  int i, j;
-  int rc = SQLITE_OK;
-  int bEof = 1;
+  int i;
 
   assert( pNode->bNomatch==0 );
-  for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<pNear->nPhrase; i++){
+  for(i=0; i<pNear->nPhrase; i++){
     Fts5ExprPhrase *pPhrase = pNear->apPhrase[i];
-    for(j=0; j<pPhrase->nTerm; j++){
-      Fts5ExprTerm *pTerm = &pPhrase->aTerm[j];
-      Fts5ExprTerm *p;
-
-      for(p=pTerm; p && rc==SQLITE_OK; p=p->pSynonym){
-        if( p->pIter ){
-          sqlite3Fts5IterClose(p->pIter);
-          p->pIter = 0;
-        }
-        rc = sqlite3Fts5IndexQuery(
-            pExpr->pIndex, p->zTerm, (int)strlen(p->zTerm),
-            (pTerm->bPrefix ? FTS5INDEX_QUERY_PREFIX : 0) |
-            (pExpr->bDesc ? FTS5INDEX_QUERY_DESC : 0),
-            pNear->pColset,
-            &p->pIter
-        );
-        assert( rc==SQLITE_OK || p->pIter==0 );
-        if( p->pIter && 0==sqlite3Fts5IterEof(p->pIter) ){
-          bEof = 0;
-        }
-      }
-
-      if( bEof ) break;
-    }
-    if( bEof ) break;
-  }
-
-  pNode->bEof = bEof;
-  return rc;
+    if( pPhrase->nTerm==0 ){
+      pNode->bEof = 1;
+      return SQLITE_OK;
+    }else{
+      int j;
+      for(j=0; j<pPhrase->nTerm; j++){
+        Fts5ExprTerm *pTerm = &pPhrase->aTerm[j];
+        Fts5ExprTerm *p;
+        int bHit = 0;
+
+        for(p=pTerm; p; p=p->pSynonym){
+          int rc;
+          if( p->pIter ){
+            sqlite3Fts5IterClose(p->pIter);
+            p->pIter = 0;
+          }
+          rc = sqlite3Fts5IndexQuery(
+              pExpr->pIndex, p->zTerm, (int)strlen(p->zTerm),
+              (pTerm->bPrefix ? FTS5INDEX_QUERY_PREFIX : 0) |
+              (pExpr->bDesc ? FTS5INDEX_QUERY_DESC : 0),
+              pNear->pColset,
+              &p->pIter
+          );
+          assert( (rc==SQLITE_OK)==(p->pIter!=0) );
+          if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) return rc;
+          if( 0==sqlite3Fts5IterEof(p->pIter) ){
+            bHit = 1;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if( bHit==0 ){
+          pNode->bEof = 1;
+          return SQLITE_OK;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  pNode->bEof = 0;
+  return SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
 /*
 ** If pExpr is an ASC iterator, this function returns a value with the
 ** same sign as:

Index: ext/fts5/test/fts5prefix.test
==================================================================
--- ext/fts5/test/fts5prefix.test
+++ ext/fts5/test/fts5prefix.test
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 #    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
 #    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
 #
 #***********************************************************************
 #
-# This file containst tests focused on prefix indexes.
+# This file contains tests focused on prefix indexes.
 #
 
 source [file join [file dirname [info script]] fts5_common.tcl]
 set testprefix fts5prefix
 

Index: ext/fts5/test/fts5simple2.test
==================================================================
--- ext/fts5/test/fts5simple2.test
+++ ext/fts5/test/fts5simple2.test
@@ -329,10 +329,45 @@
     INSERT INTO t2(rowid, x) VALUES(1000, 'a b c');
   COMMIT;
   UPDATE t2 SET x=x;
   DELETE FROM t2;
 }
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+reset_db
+do_execsql_test 17.0 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t2 USING fts5(x, y);
+  BEGIN;
+    INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('a aa aaa', 'b bb bbb');
+    INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('a aa aaa', 'b bb bbb');
+    INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('a aa aaa', 'b bb bbb');
+  COMMIT;
+}
+do_execsql_test 17.1 { SELECT * FROM t2('y:a*') WHERE rowid BETWEEN 10 AND 20 }
+do_execsql_test 17.2 {
+  BEGIN;
+    INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('a aa aaa', 'b bb bbb');
+    SELECT * FROM t2('y:a*') WHERE rowid BETWEEN 10 AND 20 ;
+}
+do_execsql_test 17.3 {
+  COMMIT
+}
+
+reset_db
+do_execsql_test 17.4 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t2 USING fts5(x, y);
+  BEGIN;
+    INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('a aa aaa', 'b bb bbb');
+    INSERT INTO t2 VALUES('a aa aaa', 'b bb bbb');
+    SELECT * FROM t2('y:a*') WHERE rowid>66;
+}
+do_execsql_test 17.5 { SELECT * FROM t2('x:b* OR y:a*') }
+do_execsql_test 17.5 { COMMIT ; SELECT * FROM t2('x:b* OR y:a*') }
+do_execsql_test 17.6 { 
+  SELECT * FROM t2('x:b* OR y:a*') WHERE rowid>55
+}
 
 #db eval {SELECT rowid, fts5_decode_none(rowid, block) aS r FROM t2_data} {puts $r}
   
 finish_test