diff --git a/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/optimizer/rules/typecast/StaticTypeCastUtil.java b/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/optimizer/rules/typecast/StaticTypeCastUtil.java
index 6cb4d5c..6e3ab37 100644
--- a/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/optimizer/rules/typecast/StaticTypeCastUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/optimizer/rules/typecast/StaticTypeCastUtil.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.Mutable;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
@@ -160,6 +162,10 @@
                     changed = changed || rewriteFuncExpr(argFuncExpr, exprType, exprType, env);
                 }
             }
+            if (!compatible(reqType, inputType)) {
+                throw new AlgebricksException("type mistmach, requred: " + reqType.toString() + " actual: "
+                        + inputType.toString());
+            }
             return changed;
         }
     }
@@ -489,4 +495,42 @@
         exprRef.setValue(cast);
         TypeComputerUtilities.setRequiredAndInputTypes(cast, reqType, inputType);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if two types are compatible
+     * 
+     * @param reqType
+     *            the required type
+     * @param inputType
+     *            the input type
+     * @return true if the two types are compatiable; false otherwise
+     */
+    private static boolean compatible(IAType reqType, IAType inputType) {
+        if (reqType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.ANY || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.ANY) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (reqType.getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.UNION && inputType.getTypeTag() != ATypeTag.UNION) {
+            if (reqType.equals(inputType)) {
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        Set<IAType> reqTypePossible = new HashSet<IAType>();
+        Set<IAType> inputTypePossible = new HashSet<IAType>();
+        if (reqType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.UNION) {
+            AUnionType unionType = (AUnionType) reqType;
+            reqTypePossible.addAll(unionType.getUnionList());
+        } else {
+            reqTypePossible.add(reqType);
+        }
+
+        if (inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.UNION) {
+            AUnionType unionType = (AUnionType) inputType;
+            inputTypePossible.addAll(unionType.getUnionList());
+        } else {
+            inputTypePossible.add(inputType);
+        }
+        return reqTypePossible.equals(inputTypePossible);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b122f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue410
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=410
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 13th May 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type Emp as open {
+id:int32,
+name:string
+}
+
+create dataset Employee(Emp) primary key id;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f15850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue410
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=410
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 11th May 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset Employee({"id":float("59138237473282.3293"), "name": double("0.01")});	
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e57e456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue410
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=410
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 11th May 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $x in dataset('Employee')
+return $x
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.1.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2dfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/open-closed/query-issue410/query-issue410.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"id":0, "name": ""}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index 91624dd..536fc6c 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -2726,6 +2726,12 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">query-issue377</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="open-closed">
+      <compilation-unit name="query-issue410">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">query-issue40</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="quantifiers">
     <test-case FilePath="quantifiers">