diff --git a/src/expr.c b/src/expr.c
index 3c69c56..ede9c9d 100644
--- a/src/expr.c
+++ b/src/expr.c
@@ -2949,6 +2949,264 @@
   return inReg;
 }
 
+#if defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_TREE_EXPLAIN)
+/*
+** Generate a human-readable explanation of an expression tree.
+*/
+void sqlite3ExplainExpr(Vdbe *pOut, Expr *pExpr){
+  int op;                   /* The opcode being coded */
+  const char *zBinOp = 0;   /* Binary operator */
+  const char *zUniOp = 0;   /* Unary operator */
+  if( pExpr==0 ){
+    op = TK_NULL;
+  }else{
+    op = pExpr->op;
+  }
+  switch( op ){
+    case TK_AGG_COLUMN: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "AGG{%d:%d}",
+            pExpr->iTable, pExpr->iColumn);
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_COLUMN: {
+      if( pExpr->iTable<0 ){
+        /* This only happens when coding check constraints */
+        sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "COLUMN(%d)", pExpr->iColumn);
+      }else{
+        sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "{%d:%d}",
+                             pExpr->iTable, pExpr->iColumn);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_INTEGER: {
+      if( pExpr->flags & EP_IntValue ){
+        sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "%d", pExpr->u.iValue);
+      }else{
+        sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "%s", pExpr->u.zToken);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_FLOATING_POINT
+    case TK_FLOAT: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"%s", pExpr->u.zToken);
+      break;
+    }
+#endif
+    case TK_STRING: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"%Q", pExpr->u.zToken);
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_NULL: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"NULL");
+      break;
+    }
+#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_BLOB_LITERAL
+    case TK_BLOB: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"%s", pExpr->u.zToken);
+      break;
+    }
+#endif
+    case TK_VARIABLE: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"VARIABLE(%s,%d)",
+                           pExpr->u.zToken, pExpr->iColumn);
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_REGISTER: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"REGISTER(%d)", pExpr->iTable);
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_AS: {
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pLeft);
+      break;
+    }
+#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_CAST
+    case TK_CAST: {
+      /* Expressions of the form:   CAST(pLeft AS token) */
+      const char *zAff = "unk";
+      switch( sqlite3AffinityType(pExpr->u.zToken) ){
+        case SQLITE_AFF_TEXT:    zAff = "TEXT";     break;
+        case SQLITE_AFF_NONE:    zAff = "NONE";     break;
+        case SQLITE_AFF_NUMERIC: zAff = "NUMERIC";  break;
+        case SQLITE_AFF_INTEGER: zAff = "INTEGER";  break;
+        case SQLITE_AFF_REAL:    zAff = "REAL";     break;
+      }
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "CAST-%s(", zAff);
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pLeft);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ")");
+      break;
+    }
+#endif /* SQLITE_OMIT_CAST */
+    case TK_LT:      zBinOp = "LT";     break;
+    case TK_LE:      zBinOp = "LE";     break;
+    case TK_GT:      zBinOp = "GT";     break;
+    case TK_GE:      zBinOp = "GE";     break;
+    case TK_NE:      zBinOp = "NE";     break;
+    case TK_EQ:      zBinOp = "EQ";     break;
+    case TK_IS:      zBinOp = "IS";     break;
+    case TK_ISNOT:   zBinOp = "ISNOT";  break;
+    case TK_AND:     zBinOp = "AND";    break;
+    case TK_OR:      zBinOp = "OR";     break;
+    case TK_PLUS:    zBinOp = "ADD";    break;
+    case TK_STAR:    zBinOp = "MUL";    break;
+    case TK_MINUS:   zBinOp = "SUB";    break;
+    case TK_REM:     zBinOp = "REM";    break;
+    case TK_BITAND:  zBinOp = "BITAND"; break;
+    case TK_BITOR:   zBinOp = "BITOR";  break;
+    case TK_SLASH:   zBinOp = "DIV";    break;
+    case TK_LSHIFT:  zBinOp = "LSHIFT"; break;
+    case TK_RSHIFT:  zBinOp = "RSHIFT"; break;
+    case TK_CONCAT:  zBinOp = "CONCAT"; break;
+
+    case TK_UMINUS:  zUniOp = "UMINUS"; break;
+    case TK_UPLUS:   zUniOp = "UPLUS";  break;
+    case TK_BITNOT:  zUniOp = "BITNOT"; break;
+    case TK_NOT:     zUniOp = "NOT";    break;
+    case TK_ISNULL:  zUniOp = "ISNULL"; break;
+    case TK_NOTNULL: zUniOp = "NOTNULL"; break;
+
+    case TK_AGG_FUNCTION:
+    case TK_CONST_FUNC:
+    case TK_FUNCTION: {
+      ExprList *pFarg;       /* List of function arguments */
+      if( ExprHasAnyProperty(pExpr, EP_TokenOnly) ){
+        pFarg = 0;
+      }else{
+        pFarg = pExpr->x.pList;
+      }
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "%sFUNCTION:%s(",
+                           op==TK_AGG_FUNCTION ? "AGG_" : "",
+                           pExpr->u.zToken);
+      if( pFarg ){
+        sqlite3ExplainExprList(pOut, pFarg);
+      }
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ")");
+      break;
+    }
+#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_SUBQUERY
+    case TK_EXISTS: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "EXISTS(");
+      sqlite3ExplainSelect(pOut, pExpr->x.pSelect);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,")");
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_SELECT: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "(");
+      sqlite3ExplainSelect(pOut, pExpr->x.pSelect);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ")");
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_IN: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "IN(");
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pLeft);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ",");
+      if( ExprHasProperty(pExpr, EP_xIsSelect) ){
+        sqlite3ExplainSelect(pOut, pExpr->x.pSelect);
+      }else{
+        sqlite3ExplainExprList(pOut, pExpr->x.pList);
+      }
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ")");
+      break;
+    }
+#endif /* SQLITE_OMIT_SUBQUERY */
+
+    /*
+    **    x BETWEEN y AND z
+    **
+    ** This is equivalent to
+    **
+    **    x>=y AND x<=z
+    **
+    ** X is stored in pExpr->pLeft.
+    ** Y is stored in pExpr->pList->a[0].pExpr.
+    ** Z is stored in pExpr->pList->a[1].pExpr.
+    */
+    case TK_BETWEEN: {
+      Expr *pX = pExpr->pLeft;
+      Expr *pY = pExpr->x.pList->a[0].pExpr;
+      Expr *pZ = pExpr->x.pList->a[1].pExpr;
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "BETWEEN(");
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pX);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ",");
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pY);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ",");
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pZ);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ")");
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_TRIGGER: {
+      /* If the opcode is TK_TRIGGER, then the expression is a reference
+      ** to a column in the new.* or old.* pseudo-tables available to
+      ** trigger programs. In this case Expr.iTable is set to 1 for the
+      ** new.* pseudo-table, or 0 for the old.* pseudo-table. Expr.iColumn
+      ** is set to the column of the pseudo-table to read, or to -1 to
+      ** read the rowid field.
+      */
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "%s(%d)", 
+          pExpr->iTable ? "NEW" : "OLD", pExpr->iColumn);
+      break;
+    }
+    case TK_CASE: {
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "CASE(");
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pLeft);
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, ",");
+      sqlite3ExplainExprList(pOut, pExpr->x.pList);
+      break;
+    }
+#ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_TRIGGER
+    case TK_RAISE: {
+      const char *zType = "unk";
+      switch( pExpr->affinity ){
+        case OE_Rollback:   zType = "rollback";  break;
+        case OE_Abort:      zType = "abort";     break;
+        case OE_Fail:       zType = "fail";      break;
+        case OE_Ignore:     zType = "ignore";    break;
+      }
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "RAISE-%s(%s)", zType, pExpr->u.zToken);
+      break;
+    }
+#endif
+  }
+  if( zBinOp ){
+    sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"%s(", zBinOp);
+    sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pLeft);
+    sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,",");
+    sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pRight);
+    sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,")");
+  }else if( zUniOp ){
+    sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,"%s(", zUniOp);
+    sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pExpr->pLeft);
+    sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut,")");
+  }
+}
+#endif /* defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_TREE_EXPLAIN) */
+
+#if defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_TREE_EXPLAIN)
+/*
+** Generate a human-readable explanation of an expression list.
+*/
+void sqlite3ExplainExprList(Vdbe *pOut, ExprList *pList){
+  int i;
+  if( pList==0 || pList->nExpr==0 ){
+    sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "(empty-list)");
+    return;
+  }else if( pList->nExpr==1 ){
+    sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pList->a[0].pExpr);
+  }else{
+    sqlite3ExplainPush(pOut);
+    for(i=0; i<pList->nExpr; i++){
+      sqlite3ExplainPrintf(pOut, "item[%d] = ", i);
+      sqlite3ExplainPush(pOut);
+      sqlite3ExplainExpr(pOut, pList->a[i].pExpr);
+      sqlite3ExplainPop(pOut);
+      if( i<pList->nExpr-1 ){
+        sqlite3ExplainNL(pOut);
+      }
+    }
+    sqlite3ExplainPop(pOut);
+  }
+}
+#endif /* SQLITE_DEBUG */
+
 /*
 ** Return TRUE if pExpr is an constant expression that is appropriate
 ** for factoring out of a loop.  Appropriate expressions are: