diff --git a/tests/dbal/schema_test.php b/tests/dbal/schema_test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2011 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+*
+*/
+
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../phpBB/includes/functions.php';
+
+class phpbb_dbal_schema_test extends phpbb_database_test_case
+{
+	public function getDataSet()
+	{
+		return $this->createXMLDataSet(dirname(__FILE__).'/fixtures/config.xml');
+	}
+
+	public function test_config_value_multibyte()
+	{
+		$db = $this->new_dbal();
+
+		$value = str_repeat("\xC3\x84", 255);
+		$sql = "INSERT INTO phpbb_config
+			(config_name, config_value)
+			VALUES ('name', '$value')";
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+
+		$sql = "SELECT config_value
+			FROM phpbb_config
+			WHERE config_name = 'name'";
+		$result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
+		$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		$this->assertEquals($value, $row['config_value']);
+	}
+}