diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ndb_read_multi_range.result b/mysql-test/r/ndb_read_multi_range.result
index 9941d2b28a3..e2a076ef99f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/ndb_read_multi_range.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ndb_read_multi_range.result
@@ -367,3 +367,17 @@ a	b	c
 406994	67	2006-02-27 11:26:46
 406995	67	2006-02-28 11:55:00
 DROP TABLE t1, t11, t12, t21, t22;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+tag int(11) NOT NULL,
+doc text NOT NULL,
+type varchar(150) NOT NULL,
+modified timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+PRIMARY KEY (id)
+) ENGINE=ndbcluster;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('sakila',1,'Some text goes here','text',CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);
+SELECT id, tag, doc, type FROM t1 WHERE id IN ('flipper','orka');
+id	tag	doc	type
+SELECT id, tag, doc, type FROM t1 WHERE id IN ('flipper','sakila');
+id	tag	doc	type
+sakila	1	Some text goes here	text
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ndb_read_multi_range.test b/mysql-test/t/ndb_read_multi_range.test
index 855f7789032..99edab5d23c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/ndb_read_multi_range.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ndb_read_multi_range.test
@@ -238,3 +238,18 @@ select * from t12 order by 1,2,3;
 select * from t21 order by 1,2,3;
 select * from t22 order by 1,2,3;
 DROP TABLE t1, t11, t12, t21, t22;
+
+# bug#19956
+CREATE TABLE t1 (id varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+		 tag int(11) NOT NULL,
+                 doc text NOT NULL,
+                 type varchar(150) NOT NULL,
+                 modified timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+                 PRIMARY KEY (id)
+                ) ENGINE=ndbcluster;
+
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('sakila',1,'Some text goes here','text',CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);
+SELECT id, tag, doc, type FROM t1 WHERE id IN ('flipper','orka');
+SELECT id, tag, doc, type FROM t1 WHERE id IN ('flipper','sakila');
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
index 0f580c833a9..107f21f28d2 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
@@ -2955,13 +2955,10 @@ KEY* key_info;
       DBUG_RETURN(error == HA_ERR_KEY_NOT_FOUND ? HA_ERR_END_OF_FILE : error);
     }
     else if (type == UNIQUE_INDEX)
-    {
-      error= unique_index_scan(key_info, 
-			       start_key->key, 
-			       start_key->length, 
-			       buf);
-      DBUG_RETURN(error == HA_ERR_KEY_NOT_FOUND ? HA_ERR_END_OF_FILE : error);
-    }
+      DBUG_RETURN(unique_index_scan(key_info, 
+				    start_key->key, 
+				    start_key->length, 
+				    buf));
     break;
   default:
     break;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 95de1f91ecf..5ba97c3eaa6 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -4571,8 +4571,8 @@ enum options_mysqld
   OPT_LOG_BIN_TRUST_FUNCTION_CREATORS,
   OPT_SAFE_SHOW_DB, OPT_INNODB_SAFE_BINLOG,
   OPT_INNODB, OPT_ISAM,
-  OPT_ENGINE_CONDITION_PUSHDOWN,
-  OPT_NDBCLUSTER, OPT_NDB_CONNECTSTRING, OPT_NDB_USE_EXACT_COUNT,
+  OPT_ENGINE_CONDITION_PUSHDOWN, OPT_NDBCLUSTER, OPT_NDB_CONNECTSTRING, 
+  OPT_NDB_USE_EXACT_COUNT, OPT_NDB_USE_TRANSACTIONS,
   OPT_NDB_FORCE_SEND, OPT_NDB_AUTOINCREMENT_PREFETCH_SZ,
   OPT_NDB_SHM, OPT_NDB_OPTIMIZED_NODE_SELECTION, OPT_NDB_CACHE_CHECK_TIME,
   OPT_NDB_MGMD, OPT_NDB_NODEID,
@@ -5203,6 +5203,17 @@ Disable with --skip-ndbcluster (will save memory).",
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"ndb-use-transactions", OPT_NDB_USE_TRANSACTIONS,
+   "Use transactions for large inserts, if enabled then large "
+   "inserts will be split into several smaller transactions",
+   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"ndb_use_transactions", OPT_NDB_USE_TRANSACTIONS,
+   "same as --ndb-use-transactions.",
+   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-shm", OPT_NDB_SHM,
    "Use shared memory connections when available.",
    (gptr*) &opt_ndb_shm,
diff --git a/sql/sql_class.cc b/sql/sql_class.cc
index 84d2ce77014..b1f8ec31081 100644
--- a/sql/sql_class.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_class.cc
@@ -290,9 +290,6 @@ void THD::init(void)
 					       variables.date_format);
   variables.datetime_format= date_time_format_copy((THD*) 0,
 						   variables.datetime_format);
-#ifdef HAVE_NDBCLUSTER_DB
-  variables.ndb_use_transactions= 1;
-#endif
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&LOCK_global_system_variables);
   server_status= SERVER_STATUS_AUTOCOMMIT;
   if (variables.sql_mode & MODE_NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES)