Index: src/prepare.c
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--- src/prepare.c
+++ src/prepare.c
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
 
   assert( iDb>=0 && iDb<db->nDb );
   if( argv==0 ) return 0;   /* Might happen if EMPTY_RESULT_CALLBACKS are on */
   if( argv[1]==0 ){
     corruptSchema(pData, argv[0], 0);
-  }else if( sqlite3_strnicmp(argv[2],"create ",7)==0 ){
+  }else if( argv[2] && sqlite3_strnicmp(argv[2],"create ",7)==0 ){
     /* Call the parser to process a CREATE TABLE, INDEX or VIEW.
     ** But because db->init.busy is set to 1, no VDBE code is generated
     ** or executed.  All the parser does is build the internal data
     ** structures that describe the table, index, or view.
     */