Updated the sqlite3 module to the external pysqlite 2.2.2 version.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index 78aad37..64e43eb 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     self->begin_statement = NULL;
 
     self->statement_cache = NULL;
+    self->statements = NULL;
 
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     self->row_factory = Py_None;
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@
 
     if (!isolation_level) {
         isolation_level = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (!isolation_level) {
+            return -1;
+        }
     } else {
         Py_INCREF(isolation_level);
     }
@@ -86,6 +90,12 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
+    self->statements = PyList_New(0);
+    if (!self->statements) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    self->created_statements = 0;
+
     /* By default, the Cache class INCREFs the factory in its initializer, and
      * decrefs it in its deallocator method. Since this would create a circular
      * reference here, we're breaking it by decrementing self, and telling the
@@ -126,6 +136,7 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Empty the entire statement cache of this connection */
 void flush_statement_cache(Connection* self)
 {
     Node* node;
@@ -147,15 +158,16 @@
 
 void reset_all_statements(Connection* self)
 {
-    Node* node;
-    Statement* statement;
+    int i;
+    PyObject* weakref;
+    PyObject* statement;
 
-    node = self->statement_cache->first;
-
-    while (node) {
-        statement = (Statement*)(node->data);
-        (void)statement_reset(statement);
-        node = node->next;
+    for (i = 0; i < PyList_Size(self->statements); i++) {
+        weakref = PyList_GetItem(self->statements, i);
+        statement = PyWeakref_GetObject(weakref);
+        if (statement != Py_None) {
+            (void)statement_reset((Statement*)statement);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -178,6 +190,7 @@
     Py_XDECREF(self->row_factory);
     Py_XDECREF(self->text_factory);
     Py_XDECREF(self->collations);
+    Py_XDECREF(self->statements);
 
     self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
 }
@@ -391,7 +404,7 @@
     Py_ssize_t buflen;
     PyObject* stringval;
 
-    if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+    if ((!py_val) || PyErr_Occurred()) {
         /* Errors in callbacks are ignored, and we return NULL */
         PyErr_Clear();
         sqlite3_result_null(context);
@@ -399,21 +412,23 @@
         sqlite3_result_null(context);
     } else if (PyInt_Check(py_val)) {
         longval = PyInt_AsLong(py_val);
-        /* TODO: investigate what to do with range overflows - long vs. long long */
         sqlite3_result_int64(context, (PY_LONG_LONG)longval);
     } else if (PyFloat_Check(py_val)) {
         sqlite3_result_double(context, PyFloat_AsDouble(py_val));
     } else if (PyBuffer_Check(py_val)) {
         if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(py_val, &buffer, &buflen) != 0) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "could not convert BLOB to buffer");
+        } else {
+            sqlite3_result_blob(context, buffer, buflen, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
         }
-        sqlite3_result_blob(context, buffer, buflen, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
     } else if (PyString_Check(py_val)) {
         sqlite3_result_text(context, PyString_AsString(py_val), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
     } else if (PyUnicode_Check(py_val)) {
         stringval = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(py_val);
-        sqlite3_result_text(context, PyString_AsString(stringval), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
-        Py_DECREF(stringval);
+        if (stringval) {
+            sqlite3_result_text(context, PyString_AsString(stringval), -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+            Py_DECREF(stringval);
+        }
     } else {
         /* TODO: raise error */
     }
@@ -450,6 +465,7 @@
                 cur_py_value = PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8(val_str, strlen(val_str), NULL);
                 /* TODO: have a way to show errors here */
                 if (!cur_py_value) {
+                    PyErr_Clear();
                     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                     cur_py_value = Py_None;
                 }
@@ -458,10 +474,12 @@
                 buflen = sqlite3_value_bytes(cur_value);
                 cur_py_value = PyBuffer_New(buflen);
                 if (!cur_py_value) {
-                    /* TODO: error */
+                    break;
                 }
                 if (PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(cur_py_value, &raw_buffer, &buflen)) {
-                    /* TODO: error */
+                    Py_DECREF(cur_py_value);
+                    cur_py_value = NULL;
+                    break;
                 }
                 memcpy(raw_buffer, sqlite3_value_blob(cur_value), buflen);
                 break;
@@ -470,6 +488,12 @@
                 Py_INCREF(Py_None);
                 cur_py_value = Py_None;
         }
+
+        if (!cur_py_value) {
+            Py_DECREF(args);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
         PyTuple_SetItem(args, i, cur_py_value);
 
     }
@@ -481,8 +505,7 @@
 {
     PyObject* args;
     PyObject* py_func;
-    PyObject* py_retval;
-
+    PyObject* py_retval = NULL;
 
     PyGILState_STATE threadstate;
 
@@ -491,9 +514,10 @@
     py_func = (PyObject*)sqlite3_user_data(context);
 
     args = _build_py_params(context, argc, argv);
-
-    py_retval = PyObject_CallObject(py_func, args);
-    Py_DECREF(args);
+    if (args) {
+        py_retval = PyObject_CallObject(py_func, args);
+        Py_DECREF(args);
+    }
 
     _set_result(context, py_retval);
     Py_XDECREF(py_retval);
@@ -504,10 +528,10 @@
 static void _step_callback(sqlite3_context *context, int argc, sqlite3_value** params)
 {
     PyObject* args;
-    PyObject* function_result;
+    PyObject* function_result = NULL;
     PyObject* aggregate_class;
     PyObject** aggregate_instance;
-    PyObject* stepmethod;
+    PyObject* stepmethod = NULL;
 
     PyGILState_STATE threadstate;
 
@@ -520,44 +544,42 @@
     if (*aggregate_instance == 0) {
         *aggregate_instance = PyObject_CallFunction(aggregate_class, "");
 
-        if (PyErr_Occurred())
-        {
+        if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
             PyErr_Clear();
             *aggregate_instance = 0;
-            PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
-            return;
+            goto error;
         }
     }
 
     stepmethod = PyObject_GetAttrString(*aggregate_instance, "step");
-    if (!stepmethod)
-    {
-        PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
-        return;
+    if (!stepmethod) {
+        goto error;
     }
 
     args = _build_py_params(context, argc, params);
+    if (!args) {
+        goto error;
+    }
 
     function_result = PyObject_CallObject(stepmethod, args);
     Py_DECREF(args);
-    Py_DECREF(stepmethod);
 
-    if (function_result == NULL) {
+    if (!function_result) {
         PyErr_Clear();
-    } else {
-        Py_DECREF(function_result);
     }
 
+error:
+    Py_XDECREF(stepmethod);
+    Py_XDECREF(function_result);
+
     PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
 }
 
 void _final_callback(sqlite3_context* context)
 {
-    PyObject* args;
-    PyObject* function_result;
+    PyObject* function_result = NULL;
     PyObject** aggregate_instance;
     PyObject* aggregate_class;
-    PyObject* finalizemethod;
 
     PyGILState_STATE threadstate;
 
@@ -570,35 +592,56 @@
         /* this branch is executed if there was an exception in the aggregate's
          * __init__ */
 
-        PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
-        return;
+        goto error;
     }
 
-    finalizemethod = PyObject_GetAttrString(*aggregate_instance, "finalize");
-
-    if (!finalizemethod) {
-        /*
-        PyErr_SetString(ProgrammingError, "finalize method missing");
-        goto error;
-        */
+    function_result = PyObject_CallMethod(*aggregate_instance, "finalize", "");
+    if (!function_result) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         function_result = Py_None;
-    } else {
-        args = PyTuple_New(0);
-        if (!args)
-                return;
-        function_result = PyObject_CallObject(finalizemethod, args);
-        Py_DECREF(args);
-        Py_DECREF(finalizemethod);
     }
 
     _set_result(context, function_result);
+
+error:
     Py_XDECREF(*aggregate_instance);
     Py_XDECREF(function_result);
 
     PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
 }
 
+void _drop_unused_statement_references(Connection* self)
+{
+    PyObject* new_list;
+    PyObject* weakref;
+    int i;
+
+    /* we only need to do this once in a while */
+    if (self->created_statements++ < 200) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    self->created_statements = 0;
+
+    new_list = PyList_New(0);
+    if (!new_list) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < PyList_Size(self->statements); i++) {
+        weakref = PyList_GetItem(self->statements, i);
+        if (weakref != Py_None) {
+            if (PyList_Append(new_list, weakref) != 0) {
+                Py_DECREF(new_list);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(self->statements);
+    self->statements = new_list;
+}
 
 PyObject* connection_create_function(Connection* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwargs)
 {
@@ -617,10 +660,16 @@
 
     rc = sqlite3_create_function(self->db, name, narg, SQLITE_UTF8, (void*)func, _func_callback, NULL, NULL);
 
-    PyDict_SetItem(self->function_pinboard, func, Py_None);
+    if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
+        /* Workaround for SQLite bug: no error code or string is available here */
+        PyErr_SetString(OperationalError, "Error creating function");
+        return NULL;
+    } else {
+        PyDict_SetItem(self->function_pinboard, func, Py_None);
 
-    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-    return Py_None;
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
+    }
 }
 
 PyObject* connection_create_aggregate(Connection* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwargs)
@@ -639,7 +688,8 @@
 
     rc = sqlite3_create_function(self->db, name, n_arg, SQLITE_UTF8, (void*)aggregate_class, 0, &_step_callback, &_final_callback);
     if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
-        _seterror(self->db);
+        /* Workaround for SQLite bug: no error code or string is available here */
+        PyErr_SetString(OperationalError, "Error creating aggregate");
         return NULL;
     } else {
         PyDict_SetItem(self->function_pinboard, aggregate_class, Py_None);
@@ -682,7 +732,6 @@
 
 static int connection_set_isolation_level(Connection* self, PyObject* isolation_level)
 {
-    PyObject* empty;
     PyObject* res;
     PyObject* begin_statement;
 
@@ -697,15 +746,10 @@
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         self->isolation_level = Py_None;
 
-        empty = PyTuple_New(0);
-        if (!empty) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        res = connection_commit(self, empty);
+        res = connection_commit(self, NULL);
         if (!res) {
             return -1;
         }
-        Py_DECREF(empty);
         Py_DECREF(res);
 
         self->inTransaction = 0;
@@ -738,12 +782,15 @@
 {
     PyObject* sql;
     Statement* statement;
+    PyObject* weakref;
     int rc;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &sql)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    _drop_unused_statement_references(self);
+
     statement = PyObject_New(Statement, &StatementType);
     if (!statement) {
         return NULL;
@@ -762,8 +809,24 @@
 
         Py_DECREF(statement);
         statement = 0;
+    } else {
+        weakref = PyWeakref_NewRef((PyObject*)statement, NULL);
+        if (!weakref) {
+            Py_DECREF(statement);
+            statement = 0;
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        if (PyList_Append(self->statements, weakref) != 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(weakref);
+            statement = 0;
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        Py_DECREF(weakref);
     }
 
+error:
     return (PyObject*)statement;
 }
 
@@ -983,7 +1046,7 @@
 }
 
 static char connection_doc[] =
-PyDoc_STR("<missing docstring>");
+PyDoc_STR("SQLite database connection object.");
 
 static PyGetSetDef connection_getset[] = {
     {"isolation_level",  (getter)connection_get_isolation_level, (setter)connection_set_isolation_level},
@@ -1011,7 +1074,7 @@
     {"executescript", (PyCFunction)connection_executescript, METH_VARARGS,
         PyDoc_STR("Executes a multiple SQL statements at once. Non-standard.")},
     {"create_collation", (PyCFunction)connection_create_collation, METH_VARARGS,
-        PyDoc_STR("Creates a collation function.")},
+        PyDoc_STR("Creates a collation function. Non-standard.")},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };