diff -r b73a2e62868f -r 6dfc5f825351 metadataengine/server/src/mdsclausebuffer.cpp
--- a/metadataengine/server/src/mdsclausebuffer.cpp	Tue Feb 02 00:24:33 2010 +0200
+++ b/metadataengine/server/src/mdsclausebuffer.cpp	Fri Mar 19 09:38:01 2010 +0200
@@ -62,15 +62,11 @@
 //
 void CMdsClauseBuffer::ConstructL( TInt aInitialSize )
     {
-    if ( aInitialSize < 1 )
+    if ( aInitialSize < 1 || aInitialSize > 100000 )
     	{
     	aInitialSize = 1;
     	}
     iCurrentBufSize = aInitialSize;
-    if (aInitialSize > 100000 || aInitialSize < 0)
-    	{
-    	aInitialSize = 0;
-    	}
 
     iBuffer = HBufC::NewL( iCurrentBufSize );
     }
@@ -104,11 +100,11 @@
         return EFalse;
         }
 
+    // realloc and copy
+    iBuffer = iBuffer->ReAllocL( aRequired );
+    
 	iCurrentBufSize = aRequired;
 
-    // realloc and copy
-    iBuffer = iBuffer->ReAllocL( iCurrentBufSize );
-
     return ETrue;
     }