Index: ext/fts3/fts3.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts3/fts3.c
+++ ext/fts3/fts3.c
@@ -3560,22 +3560,20 @@
   sqlite3_context *pContext,      /* SQL function call context */
   const char *zFunc,              /* Function name */
   sqlite3_value *pVal,            /* argv[0] passed to function */
   Fts3Cursor **ppCsr              /* OUT: Store cursor handle here */
 ){
-  Fts3Cursor *pRet;
-  if( sqlite3_value_type(pVal)!=SQLITE_BLOB 
-   || sqlite3_value_bytes(pVal)!=sizeof(Fts3Cursor *)
-  ){
+  int rc = SQLITE_OK;
+  if( sqlite3_value_subtype(pVal)==SQLITE_BLOB ){
+    *ppCsr = *(Fts3Cursor**)sqlite3_value_blob(pVal);
+  }else{
     char *zErr = sqlite3_mprintf("illegal first argument to %s", zFunc);
     sqlite3_result_error(pContext, zErr, -1);
     sqlite3_free(zErr);
-    return SQLITE_ERROR;
+    rc = SQLITE_ERROR;
   }
-  memcpy(&pRet, sqlite3_value_blob(pVal), sizeof(Fts3Cursor *));
-  *ppCsr = pRet;
-  return SQLITE_OK;
+  return rc;
 }
 
 /*
 ** Implementation of the snippet() function for FTS3
 */
@@ -5289,55 +5287,51 @@
   ** left-hand child may be either a phrase or a NEAR node. There are
   ** no exceptions to this - it's the way the parser in fts3_expr.c works.
   */
   if( *pRc==SQLITE_OK 
    && pExpr->eType==FTSQUERY_NEAR 
-   && pExpr->bEof==0
    && (pExpr->pParent==0 || pExpr->pParent->eType!=FTSQUERY_NEAR)
   ){
     Fts3Expr *p; 
     int nTmp = 0;                 /* Bytes of temp space */
     char *aTmp;                   /* Temp space for PoslistNearMerge() */
 
     /* Allocate temporary working space. */
     for(p=pExpr; p->pLeft; p=p->pLeft){
+      assert( p->pRight->pPhrase->doclist.nList>0 );
       nTmp += p->pRight->pPhrase->doclist.nList;
     }
     nTmp += p->pPhrase->doclist.nList;
-    if( nTmp==0 ){
+    aTmp = sqlite3_malloc(nTmp*2);
+    if( !aTmp ){
+      *pRc = SQLITE_NOMEM;
       res = 0;
     }else{
-      aTmp = sqlite3_malloc(nTmp*2);
-      if( !aTmp ){
-        *pRc = SQLITE_NOMEM;
-        res = 0;
-      }else{
-        char *aPoslist = p->pPhrase->doclist.pList;
-        int nToken = p->pPhrase->nToken;
-
-        for(p=p->pParent;res && p && p->eType==FTSQUERY_NEAR; p=p->pParent){
-          Fts3Phrase *pPhrase = p->pRight->pPhrase;
-          int nNear = p->nNear;
-          res = fts3EvalNearTrim(nNear, aTmp, &aPoslist, &nToken, pPhrase);
-        }
-
-        aPoslist = pExpr->pRight->pPhrase->doclist.pList;
-        nToken = pExpr->pRight->pPhrase->nToken;
-        for(p=pExpr->pLeft; p && res; p=p->pLeft){
-          int nNear;
-          Fts3Phrase *pPhrase;
-          assert( p->pParent && p->pParent->pLeft==p );
-          nNear = p->pParent->nNear;
-          pPhrase = (
-              p->eType==FTSQUERY_NEAR ? p->pRight->pPhrase : p->pPhrase
-              );
-          res = fts3EvalNearTrim(nNear, aTmp, &aPoslist, &nToken, pPhrase);
-        }
+      char *aPoslist = p->pPhrase->doclist.pList;
+      int nToken = p->pPhrase->nToken;
+
+      for(p=p->pParent;res && p && p->eType==FTSQUERY_NEAR; p=p->pParent){
+        Fts3Phrase *pPhrase = p->pRight->pPhrase;
+        int nNear = p->nNear;
+        res = fts3EvalNearTrim(nNear, aTmp, &aPoslist, &nToken, pPhrase);
+      }
+
+      aPoslist = pExpr->pRight->pPhrase->doclist.pList;
+      nToken = pExpr->pRight->pPhrase->nToken;
+      for(p=pExpr->pLeft; p && res; p=p->pLeft){
+        int nNear;
+        Fts3Phrase *pPhrase;
+        assert( p->pParent && p->pParent->pLeft==p );
+        nNear = p->pParent->nNear;
+        pPhrase = (
+            p->eType==FTSQUERY_NEAR ? p->pRight->pPhrase : p->pPhrase
+        );
+        res = fts3EvalNearTrim(nNear, aTmp, &aPoslist, &nToken, pPhrase);
       }
+    }
 
-      sqlite3_free(aTmp);
-    }
+    sqlite3_free(aTmp);
   }
 
   return res;
 }
 

Index: test/fts3misc.test
==================================================================
--- test/fts3misc.test
+++ test/fts3misc.test
@@ -169,8 +169,60 @@
   UPDATE t4_stat SET value = X'00C03EC0B204C0A608' WHERE id=0;
 }
 do_catchsql_test 4.6 {
   SELECT count(*) FROM t4 WHERE t4 MATCH '"a b c" OR "c a b"'
 } {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+reset_db
+do_execsql_test 5.0 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t5 USING fts4;
+  INSERT INTO t5 VALUES('a x x x x b x x x x c');
+  INSERT INTO t5 VALUES('a x x x x b x x x x c');
+  INSERT INTO t5 VALUES('a x x x x b x x x x c');
+}
+do_execsql_test 5.1 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t5 WHERE t5 MATCH 'a NEAR/4 b NEAR/4 c'
+} {1 2 3}
+do_execsql_test 5.2 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t5 WHERE t5 MATCH 'a NEAR/3 b NEAR/4 c'
+} {}
+do_execsql_test 5.3 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t5 WHERE t5 MATCH 'a NEAR/4 b NEAR/3 c'
+} {}
+do_execsql_test 5.4 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t5 WHERE t5 MATCH 'y NEAR/4 b NEAR/4 c'
+} {}
+do_execsql_test 5.5 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t5 WHERE t5 MATCH 'x OR a NEAR/3 b NEAR/3 c'
+} {1 2 3}
+do_execsql_test 5.5 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t5 WHERE t5 MATCH 'x OR y NEAR/3 b NEAR/3 c'
+} {1 2 3}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+reset_db
+do_execsql_test 6.0 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t6 USING fts4;
+
+  BEGIN;
+  WITH s(i) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT i+1 FROM s WHERE i<50000)
+    INSERT INTO t6 SELECT 'x x x x x x x x x x x' FROM s;
+
+  INSERT INTO t6 VALUES('x x x x x x x x x x x A');
+  INSERT INTO t6 VALUES('x x x x x x x x x x x B');
+  INSERT INTO t6 VALUES('x x x x x x x x x x x A');
+  INSERT INTO t6 VALUES('x x x x x x x x x x x B');
+
+  WITH s(i) AS (SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT i+1 FROM s WHERE i<50000)
+    INSERT INTO t6 SELECT 'x x x x x x x x x x x' FROM s;
+  COMMIT;
+}
+breakpoint
+do_execsql_test 6.1 {
+  SELECT rowid FROM t6 WHERE t6 MATCH 'b OR "x a"'
+} {50001 50002 50003 50004}
 
 
 finish_test