Merge the sort-and-merge optimization bug fix from trunk.

FossilOrigin-Name: 4ffe1208c9c9c2686123896bb67b5edc20d10b0b9709540273004d68a00c3f44

diff --cc manifest
index 2126c4bd31a20ebb1c63af26ebbbbf67bf84853c,c825abc294f18fa9029fb3991d1483874d0f8ae2..5fff90b6b76ed9e15566c4311fb14db4953622c3
--- 1/manifest
--- 2/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@@ -1,5 -1,5 +1,5 @@@
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- D 2026-03-03T23:01:51.385
 -C Remove\sdead\s(commented-out)\scode\sthat\scame\sto\smy\sattention\sbecause\sit\nws\snearby\sthe\sfix\sof\sthe\sprevious\scheck-in.
 -D 2026-03-04T13:08:14.899
++C Merge\sthe\ssort-and-merge\soptimization\sbug\sfix\sfrom\strunk.
++D 2026-03-04T13:15:58.575
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 -F src/sqliteInt.h 185abb373dc2a311e3292540ef177ea301d8140b976ecd8ba381a5a0162cd6e9
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  F src/sqliteLimit.h 904a3f520362c7065c18165aaabd504fb13cc1b76cb411f38bd41ac219e4af1e
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  # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.

diff --cc manifest.uuid
index ab4f7f9d234c600c6db5710f23fbd25446d29551,78bbfcdc32df04379be266bb722a3bcbe31f6ae3..2782b70f0e35ec9aad47383cc9f1963eae44bb8d
--- 1/manifest.uuid
--- 2/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@@ -1,1 -1,1 +1,1 @@@
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 -61f8a28591a833b1f5834a347feefeba8414fecc7ff154f1b6ef19963f181812
++4ffe1208c9c9c2686123896bb67b5edc20d10b0b9709540273004d68a00c3f44

diff --cc src/select.c
Simple merge