diff -r 85f623e1ef41 -r 29d87345eaeb metadataengine/server/src/mdssqldbmaintenance.cpp
--- a/metadataengine/server/src/mdssqldbmaintenance.cpp	Wed Sep 01 12:24:24 2010 +0100
+++ b/metadataengine/server/src/mdssqldbmaintenance.cpp	Tue Sep 14 22:10:25 2010 +0300
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@
             }
           }
     CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( &col2propQuery );
-    emptyRowData.Reset();
      
     CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( &emptyRowData );
     
@@ -227,3 +226,49 @@
 	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( &emptyRowData );
     }
 
+TBool CMdSSqlDbMaintenance::CheckForCorruptionL()
+    {
+    // Check the MDS default namespace main table for validity
+    // This table should always contain at least 1 default system folder object
+    _LIT( KValidateData, "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Object%u;" );
+ 
+    RBuf commonClauseOne;
+    User::LeaveIfError( commonClauseOne.Create( KValidateData.iTypeLength + KMaxUintValueLength ) );
+    CleanupClosePushL( commonClauseOne ); 
+    commonClauseOne.Format( KValidateData, KDefaultNamespaceDefId );    
+    
+    RRowData emptyRowData;
+    CleanupClosePushL( emptyRowData );
+        
+    RMdsStatement validationQuery;
+    CleanupClosePushL( validationQuery );
+    
+    CMdSSqLiteConnection& connection = MMdSDbConnectionPool::GetDefaultDBL();
+    
+    TInt test( KErrNone );
+    TUint32 count( 0 );
+    TRAP( test, connection.ExecuteQueryL( commonClauseOne, validationQuery, emptyRowData ) );
+    if( test == KErrNone )
+        {
+        emptyRowData.AppendL( TColumn( count ) );
+        TRAP( test, connection.NextRowL(validationQuery, emptyRowData));
+        if(test == KErrNone)
+            {
+            emptyRowData.Column(0).Get( count );
+                    
+            if(count <= 0)
+                {
+                test = KErrCorrupt;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    
+    CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( &validationQuery );
+     
+    CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( &emptyRowData );
+    
+    CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy( &commonClauseOne );
+    
+    return ( test == KErrNone );
+    }
+