diff --git a/core/vdbe/insn.rs b/core/vdbe/insn.rs
index 01b6b5469..079d09023 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/insn.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/insn.rs
@@ -688,6 +688,35 @@ pub enum Cookie {
     UserVersion = 6,
 }
 
+fn cast_text_to_numerical(value: &str) -> OwnedValue {
+    if let Ok(x) = value.parse::<i64>() {
+        OwnedValue::Integer(x)
+    } else if let Ok(x) = value.parse::<f64>() {
+        OwnedValue::Float(x)
+    } else {
+        OwnedValue::Integer(0)
+    }
+}
+
+fn cast_text_to_numerical(value: &str) -> OwnedValue {
+    if let Ok(x) = value.parse::<i64>() {
+        OwnedValue::Integer(x)
+    } else if let Ok(x) = value.parse::<f64>() {
+        OwnedValue::Float(x)
+    } else {
+        let idx = value
+            .chars()
+            .enumerate()
+            .find_map(|(i, c)| match i {
+                i if i == 0 && c == '-' => None,
+                i if i > 0 && !c.is_ascii_digit() => Some(i),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        OwnedValue::Integer(value[0..idx].parse::<i64>().unwrap_or(0))
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn exec_add(mut lhs: &OwnedValue, mut rhs: &OwnedValue) -> OwnedValue {
     if let OwnedValue::Agg(agg) = lhs {
         lhs = agg.final_value();
diff --git a/core/vdbe/mod.rs b/core/vdbe/mod.rs
index d11acbf32..b251caf72 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/mod.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/mod.rs
@@ -3648,8 +3648,24 @@ fn exec_replace(source: &OwnedValue, pattern: &OwnedValue, replacement: &OwnedVa
 /// When casting to INTEGER, if the text looks like a floating point value with an exponent, the exponent will be ignored
 /// because it is no part of the integer prefix. For example, "CAST('123e+5' AS INTEGER)" results in 123, not in 12300000.
 /// The CAST operator understands decimal integers only — conversion of hexadecimal integers stops at the "x" in the "0x" prefix of the hexadecimal integer string and thus result of the CAST is always zero.
-fn cast_text_to_integer(text: &str) -> (OwnedValue, CastTextToIntResultCode) {
-    text_to_integer(text)
+fn cast_text_to_integer(text: &str) -> OwnedValue {
+    let text = text.trim();
+    if text.is_empty() {
+        return OwnedValue::Integer(0);
+    }
+    if let Ok(i) = text.parse::<i64>() {
+        return OwnedValue::Integer(i);
+    }
+    let idx = text
+        .chars()
+        .enumerate()
+        .find_map(|(i, c)| match i {
+            i if i == 0 && c == '-' => None,
+            i if i > 0 && !c.is_ascii_digit() => Some(i),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .unwrap_or(0);
+    OwnedValue::Integer(text[0..idx].parse::<i64>().unwrap_or(0))
 }
 
 /// When casting a TEXT value to REAL, the longest possible prefix of the value that can be interpreted