diff --git a/mysql-test/include/mysqldump.inc b/mysql-test/include/mysqldump.inc
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+################################################################################
+# mysqldump.inc
+#
+# SUMMARY: include file to facilitate testing the quality of mysqldump output
+#
+# INPUTS:  Two variables:
+#          $table_name - the name of the table that was dumped
+#          $mysqldumpfile - the name of the file that captured mysqldump output
+#
+# OUTPUTS: minor echo data:
+#          We 'echo' some stage information to the .result file:
+#          'altering original table', 'restoring from dumpfile', 'comparing'
+#
+# OTHER FILES:  We use include/diff_tables.inc to compare the original, renamed
+#               table with the 'restored' one. 
+#
+# DESCRIPTION: This file works by being fed the name of the original table
+#              and a mysqldump output file.  The original table is then renamed
+#              to <table_name>_orig, the mysqldump file is used to recreate the
+#              table, then diff_tables.inc is called to compare them.
+#
+# LIMITATIONS:  Does *NOT* work with xml output!
+#
+# AUTHOR: pcrews 2009-05-21
+#                Bug#40465 mysqldump.test does no checking of dump or restore
+#
+# LAST CHANGE: 2009-05-21 
+#
+################################################################################
+
+--echo # Begin testing mysqldump output + restore
+--echo # Create 'original table name - <table>_orig
+# NOTE: We use SET then let as query_get_value has issues with the extra commas
+#       used in the CONCAT statement.
+eval SET @orig_table_name = CONCAT('$table_name', '_orig');
+let $orig_table_name = query_get_value(SELECT @orig_table_name,@orig_table_name,1);
+--echo # Rename original table
+eval ALTER TABLE $table_name RENAME to $orig_table_name;
+--echo # Recreate table from mysqldump output
+--exec $MYSQL test < $mysqldumpfile
+--echo # Compare original and recreated tables
+--echo # Recreated table: $table_name
+--echo # Original table: $orig_table_name
+let $diff_table_1 = $table_name;
+let $diff_table_2 = $orig_table_name;
+--source include/diff_tables.inc
+--echo # Cleanup
+--remove_file $mysqldumpfile
+eval DROP TABLE $table_name, $orig_table_name;
+
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump_restore.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump_restore.result
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+# Set concurrent_insert = 0 to prevent random errors
+# will reset to original value at the end of the test
+SET @old_concurrent_insert = @@global.concurrent_insert;
+SET @@global.concurrent_insert = 0;
+# Pre-test cleanup
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+# Begin tests
+#
+# Bug#2005 Long decimal comparison bug.
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a DECIMAL(64, 20));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"),
+("0987654321098765432109876543210987654321");
+# Begin testing mysqldump output + restore
+# Create 'original table name - <table>_orig
+SET @orig_table_name = CONCAT('test.t1', '_orig');
+# Rename original table
+ALTER TABLE test.t1 RENAME to test.t1_orig;
+# Recreate table from mysqldump output
+# Compare original and recreated tables
+# Recreated table: test.t1
+# Original table: test.t1_orig
+Comparing tables test.t1 and test.t1_orig
+# Cleanup
+DROP TABLE test.t1, test.t1_orig;
+#
+# Bug#3361 mysqldump quotes DECIMAL values inconsistently
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a DECIMAL(10,5), b FLOAT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1.2345, 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('1.2345', 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("1.2345", 2.3456);
+SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='ANSI_QUOTES';
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1.2345, 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('1.2345', 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("1.2345", 2.3456);
+ERROR 42S22: Unknown column '1.2345' in 'field list'
+SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE;
+# Begin testing mysqldump output + restore
+# Create 'original table name - <table>_orig
+SET @orig_table_name = CONCAT('test.t1', '_orig');
+# Rename original table
+ALTER TABLE test.t1 RENAME to test.t1_orig;
+# Recreate table from mysqldump output
+# Compare original and recreated tables
+# Recreated table: test.t1
+# Original table: test.t1_orig
+Comparing tables test.t1 and test.t1_orig
+# Cleanup
+DROP TABLE test.t1, test.t1_orig;
+#
+# Bug#1994 mysqldump does not correctly dump UCS2 data
+# Bug#4261 mysqldump 10.7 (mysql 4.1.2) --skip-extended-insert drops NULL from inserts
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a  VARCHAR(255)) DEFAULT CHARSET koi8r;
+INSERT INTO t1  VALUES (_koi8r x'C1C2C3C4C5'), (NULL);
+# Begin testing mysqldump output + restore
+# Create 'original table name - <table>_orig
+SET @orig_table_name = CONCAT('test.t1', '_orig');
+# Rename original table
+ALTER TABLE test.t1 RENAME to test.t1_orig;
+# Recreate table from mysqldump output
+# Compare original and recreated tables
+# Recreated table: test.t1
+# Original table: test.t1_orig
+Comparing tables test.t1 and test.t1_orig
+# Cleanup
+DROP TABLE test.t1, test.t1_orig;
+#
+# WL#2319 Exclude Tables from dump
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (4),(5),(6);
+# Begin testing mysqldump output + restore
+# Create 'original table name - <table>_orig
+SET @orig_table_name = CONCAT('test.t2', '_orig');
+# Rename original table
+ALTER TABLE test.t2 RENAME to test.t2_orig;
+# Recreate table from mysqldump output
+# Compare original and recreated tables
+# Recreated table: test.t2
+# Original table: test.t2_orig
+Comparing tables test.t2 and test.t2_orig
+# Cleanup
+DROP TABLE test.t2, test.t2_orig;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+#
+# Bug#8830 mysqldump --skip-extended-insert causes --hex-blob to dump wrong values
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (`b` blob);
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES (0x602010000280100005E71A);
+# Begin testing mysqldump output + restore
+# Create 'original table name - <table>_orig
+SET @orig_table_name = CONCAT('test.t1', '_orig');
+# Rename original table
+ALTER TABLE test.t1 RENAME to test.t1_orig;
+# Recreate table from mysqldump output
+# Compare original and recreated tables
+# Recreated table: test.t1
+# Original table: test.t1_orig
+Comparing tables test.t1 and test.t1_orig
+# Cleanup
+DROP TABLE test.t1, test.t1_orig;
+# End tests
+# Cleanup
+# Reset concurrent_insert to its original value
+SET @@global.concurrent_insert = @old_concurrent_insert;
+# remove mysqldumpfile
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
index fe89d7bdafa..4edf887a6b7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Embedded server doesn't support external clients
 --source include/not_embedded.inc
---source include/have_log_bin.inc
 
 # Binlog is required
 --source include/have_log_bin.inc
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump_restore.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump_restore.test
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+###############################################################################
+# mysqldump_restore.test
+#
+# Purpose:  Tests if mysqldump output can be used to successfully restore
+#           tables and data.  
+#           We CREATE a table, mysqldump it to a file, ALTER the original
+#           table's name, recreate the table from the mysqldump file, then
+#           utilize include/diff_tables to compare the original and recreated
+#           tables.
+#
+#           We use several examples from mysqldump.test here and include
+#           the relevant bug numbers and headers from that test.
+#
+# NOTE:     This test is not currently complete and offers only basic
+#           cases of mysqldump output being restored. 
+#           Also, does NOT work with -X (xml) output!
+#           
+# Author:   pcrews
+# Created:  2009-05-21
+# Last Change:
+# Change date:
+###############################################################################
+
+# Embedded server doesn't support external clients
+--source include/not_embedded.inc
+--source include/have_log_bin.inc
+
+--echo # Set concurrent_insert = 0 to prevent random errors
+--echo # will reset to original value at the end of the test
+SET @old_concurrent_insert = @@global.concurrent_insert;
+SET @@global.concurrent_insert = 0;
+
+# Define mysqldumpfile here.  It is used to capture mysqldump output
+# in order to test the output's ability to restore an exact copy of the table
+let $mysqldumpfile = $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqldumpfile.sql;
+
+--echo # Pre-test cleanup
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+--enable_warnings
+
+--echo # Begin tests
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#2005 Long decimal comparison bug.
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a DECIMAL(64, 20));
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"),
+("0987654321098765432109876543210987654321");
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --compact test t1 > $mysqldumpfile
+let $table_name = test.t1;
+--source include/mysqldump.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#3361 mysqldump quotes DECIMAL values inconsistently
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a DECIMAL(10,5), b FLOAT);
+# Check at first how mysql work with quoted decimal
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1.2345, 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('1.2345', 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("1.2345", 2.3456);
+SET @OLD_SQL_MODE=@@SQL_MODE, SQL_MODE='ANSI_QUOTES';
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1.2345, 2.3456);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('1.2345', 2.3456);
+--error ER_BAD_FIELD_ERROR
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ("1.2345", 2.3456);
+SET SQL_MODE=@OLD_SQL_MODE;
+
+# check how mysqldump make quoting
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --compact test t1 > $mysqldumpfile
+let $table_name = test.t1;
+--source include/mysqldump.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#1994 mysqldump does not correctly dump UCS2 data
+--echo # Bug#4261 mysqldump 10.7 (mysql 4.1.2) --skip-extended-insert drops NULL from inserts
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a  VARCHAR(255)) DEFAULT CHARSET koi8r;
+INSERT INTO t1  VALUES (_koi8r x'C1C2C3C4C5'), (NULL);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --skip-extended-insert test t1 > $mysqldumpfile
+let $table_name = test.t1;
+--source include/mysqldump.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # WL#2319 Exclude Tables from dump
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT);
+CREATE TABLE t2 (a INT);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1),(2),(3);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (4),(5),(6);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-comments --ignore-table=test.t1 test > $mysqldumpfile
+let $table_name = test.t2;
+--source include/mysqldump.inc
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug#8830 mysqldump --skip-extended-insert causes --hex-blob to dump wrong values
+--echo #
+CREATE TABLE t1 (`b` blob);
+INSERT INTO `t1` VALUES (0x602010000280100005E71A);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP --skip-extended-insert --hex-blob test --skip-comments t1 > $mysqldumpfile
+let $table_name = test.t1;
+--source include/mysqldump.inc
+
+--echo # End tests
+
+--echo # Cleanup
+--echo # Reset concurrent_insert to its original value
+SET @@global.concurrent_insert = @old_concurrent_insert;
+--echo # remove mysqldumpfile
+--error 0,1
+--remove_file $mysqldumpfile