Merged asterix_lsm_stabilization upto r1547

git-svn-id: https://asterixdb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/asterix@1622 eaa15691-b419-025a-1212-ee371bd00084
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0889497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : Create and drop and recreate the same closed type, here type has optional fields.
+ *              : verify correctness by querying metadata.
+ * Date         : 11th Feb 2013
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type TestType as closed {
+id : int32,
+salary : double ?,
+name : string,
+durtn : duration ?,
+inter : interval,
+dt : date ?,
+tm : time,
+pt : point ?
+}
+
+drop type TestType;
+
+create type TestType as closed {
+id : int32,
+salary : double ?,
+name : string,
+durtn : duration ?,
+inter : interval,
+dt : date ?,
+tm : time,
+pt : point ?
+}
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.2.update.aql
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..284a77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-cltype/create-drop-cltype.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : Create and drop and recreate the same closed type, here type has optional fields.
+ *              : verify correctness by querying metadata.
+ * Date         : 11th Feb 2013
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $l in dataset('Metadata.Datatype')
+where $l.DatatypeName = 'TestType'
+return $l
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2a2218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : Create and drop and recreate the same open type, here type has optional fields.
+ *              : verify correctness by querying metadata.
+ * Date         : 11th Feb 2013
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type TestType as open {
+id : int32,
+salary : double ?,
+name : string,
+durtn : duration ?,
+inter : interval,
+dt : date ?,
+tm : time,
+pt : point ?
+}
+
+drop type TestType;
+
+create type TestType as open {
+id : int32,
+salary : double ?,
+name : string,
+durtn : duration ?,
+inter : interval,
+dt : date ?,
+tm : time,
+pt : point ?
+}
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.2.update.aql
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9e4f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/create-drop-opntype/create-drop-opntype.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : Create and drop and recreate the same open type, here type has optional fields.
+ *              : verify correctness by querying metadata.
+ * Date         : 11th Feb 2013
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $l in dataset('Metadata.Datatype')
+where $l.DatatypeName = 'TestType'
+return $l
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcf3081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: int32, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..169c6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3572c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index idx_LineItem_partkey on LineItem(l_linenumber);
+create index idx_LineItem_suppkey on LineItem(l_suppkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57d42c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $l from dataset LineItem where $l.l_suppkey>=2 or $l.l_linenumber>1;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69912f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index/delete-from-loaded-dataset-with-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+     
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+where $c.l_suppkey<150
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcf3081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: int32, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06c0e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+delete $l from dataset LineItem where $l.l_orderkey>=10;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..877796c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-from-loaded-dataset/delete-from-loaded-dataset.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse test;
+  
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change.aql
similarity index 70%
rename from asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete.aql
rename to asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change.aql
index cdd0315..fb9682d 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change.aql
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : Test variant syntax for delete
+ *              : Ending semi-colon is optional for delete
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 6th March 2013
+ */
+
 drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
 create dataverse test;
 use dataverse test;
 
@@ -22,19 +28,16 @@
   l_comment: string
 }
 
-create nodegroup group1  if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
 create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
 
 load dataset LineItem 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
+delete $l from dataset LineItem where $l.l_orderkey>=10
 
-delete $l from dataset LineItem where $l.l_orderkey>=10;
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_delete.adm";      
+write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_delete-syntax-change.adm";      
 for $c in dataset('LineItem')
 order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
 return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec4e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : Test variant syntax for delete
+ *              : Ending semi-colon is optional for delete
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 6th March 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: int32, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06c0e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+delete $l from dataset LineItem where $l.l_orderkey>=10;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f4290b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-syntax-change/delete-syntax-change.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+    
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-with-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-with-index.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index b1ad097..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/delete-with-index.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type LineItemType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_partkey: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_quantity: int32, 
-  l_extendedprice: double,
-  l_discount: double, 
-  l_tax: double,
-  l_returnflag: string, 
-  l_linestatus: string, 
-  l_shipdate: string,
-  l_commitdate: string, 
-  l_receiptdate: string, 
-  l_shipinstruct: string, 
-  l_shipmode: string, 
-  l_comment: string
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1  if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-load dataset LineItem 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-create index idx_LineItem_partkey on LineItem(l_linenumber);
-create index idx_LineItem_suppkey on LineItem(l_suppkey);
-
-delete $l from dataset LineItem where $l.l_suppkey>=2 or $l.l_linenumber>1;
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_delete-with-index.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineItem')
-where $c.l_suppkey<150
-order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
-return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af8f573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Drop empty secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 8th Feb 2013
+ *
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type TestType as open {
+id : int32,
+name : string,
+locn : point,
+zip : string
+}
+
+create dataset t1(TestType) primary key id;
+
+create index rtree_index_point on t1(locn) type rtree;
+
+create index keyWD_indx on t1(name) type keyword;
+
+create index secndIndx on t1(zip);
+
+drop index t1.rtree_index_point;
+
+drop index t1.keyWD_indx;
+
+drop index t1.secndIndx;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19dfe4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Drop empty secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 8th Feb 2013
+ *
+ */
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35dc1b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-empty-secondary-indexes/drop-empty-secondary-indexes.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Drop empty secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 8th Feb 2013
+ *
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $l in dataset('Metadata.Index')
+where $l.IsPrimary=false
+return $l;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfbc033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Drop secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 12th July 2012
+ *
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type Schema as closed {
+unique1:  int32,
+unique2:  int32,
+two:  int32,
+four:  int32,
+ten:  int32,
+twenty:  int32,
+onePercent: int32,
+tenPercent:  int32,
+twentyPercent:  int32,
+fiftyPercent:  int32,
+unique3:  int32,
+evenOnePercent: int32,
+oddOnePercent:  int32,
+stringu1:  string,
+stringu2:  string,
+string4:  string
+}
+
+create dataset t1(Schema) primary key unique2;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae67969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Drop secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 12th July 2012
+ *
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+// Load data
+load dataset t1
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/onektup.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7442100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+// create secondary indexes
+create index idx_t1_str1 on t1(stringu1);
+create index idx_t1_unique1 on t1(unique1);
+
+// drop secondary indexes
+drop index t1.idx_t1_str1;
+drop index t1.idx_t1_unique1;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.4.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.4.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81119b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/drop-index/drop-index.4.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Drop secondary index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 12th July 2012
+ *
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $a in dataset('t1')
+where $a.unique1 > 10 and $a.stringu1="DGAAAAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+return $a
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..356aafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on secondary index 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create index part_index on LineItem(l_partkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..821c6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on secondary index 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/empty.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5111256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on secondary index 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+limit 1
+return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54da1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary index 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create index part_index on LineItem(l_partkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9072d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary index 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/empty.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb4cac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load/empty-load.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary index 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+limit 1
+return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0042cdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that we can insert into an empty dataset and its empty secondary indexes 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create index idx_LineID_partkey on LineID(l_linenumber);
+create index idx_LineID_suppkey on LineID(l_suppkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52752bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that we can insert into an empty dataset and its empty secondary indexes 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=1
+let $y:=2
+let $z:=3
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=2
+let $y:=3
+let $z:=4
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b0c506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index/insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that we can insert into an empty dataset and its empty secondary indexes 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+   
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+where $c.l_suppkey < 100 and $c.l_linenumber<5
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3241b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-into-empty-dataset.aql
+ * Description     : Check that we can insert into an empty dataset 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08e99af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-into-empty-dataset.aql
+ * Description     : Check that we can insert into an empty dataset 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=1
+let $y:=2
+let $z:=3
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=2
+let $y:=3
+let $z:=4
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42b98e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-empty-dataset/insert-into-empty-dataset.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-into-empty-dataset.aql
+ * Description     : Check that we can insert into an empty dataset 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+where $c.l_suppkey < 100 and $c.l_linenumber<5
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d1ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0cdc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineID 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb348a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index idx_LineID_partkey on LineID(l_linenumber);
+create index idx_LineID_suppkey on LineID(l_suppkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f138dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=1
+let $y:=2
+let $z:=3
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=2
+let $y:=3
+let $z:=4
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38729c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_01.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+   
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+where $c.l_suppkey = 3 and $c.l_linenumber=2
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f645cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa945de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset LineID 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb348a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index idx_LineID_partkey on LineID(l_linenumber);
+create index idx_LineID_suppkey on LineID(l_suppkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a27b4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+for $l in dataset('LineItem')
+	where $l.l_orderkey<10
+	return {
+		"l_orderkey": $l.l_orderkey,
+		"l_linenumber": $l.l_linenumber,
+		"l_suppkey": $l.l_partkey
+	}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7db0021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset-with-index_02.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+where $c.l_suppkey < 100 and $c.l_linenumber<5
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d1ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3b6d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineID 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=1
+let $y:=2
+let $z:=3
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=2
+let $y:=3
+let $z:=4
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dab8406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01/insert-into-loaded-dataset_01.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+where $c.l_suppkey < 100 and $c.l_linenumber<5
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc8cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type Schema as closed {
+unique1:  int32,
+unique2:  int32,
+two:  int32,
+four:  int32,
+ten:  int32,
+twenty:  int32,
+onePercent: int32,
+tenPercent:  int32,
+twentyPercent:  int32,
+fiftyPercent:  int32,
+unique3:  int32,
+evenOnePercent: int32,
+oddOnePercent:  int32,
+stringu1:  string,
+stringu2:  string,
+string4:  string
+}
+
+create dataset onektup(Schema) primary key unique2;
+
+create dataset tenktup1(Schema) primary key unique2;
+
+create dataset tmp(Schema) primary key unique2;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7054d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset onektup 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/onektup.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset tenktup1 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/tenktup.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset tmp 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/empty.adm"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+
+insert into dataset tmp(
+for $l in dataset('tenktup1')
+where $l.unique2 > 0 and $l.unique2 < 99
+return $l
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e25b473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02/insert-into-loaded-dataset_02.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $t in dataset('tmp')
+order by $t.unique2
+return $t
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4e44da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Insert from source dataset into target dataset
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 25th July 2012
+ * Issue #         : Issue 76
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype01 as closed {
+  id: string,
+  name: string?
+}
+
+create type testtype02 as closed {
+  id: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds01(testtype01) primary key id;
+create dataset testds02(testtype02) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a18810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Insert from source dataset into target dataset
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 25th July 2012
+ * Issue #         : Issue 76
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+insert into dataset testds01 ({ "id": "001" });
+insert into dataset testds01 ({ "id": "002", "name": "John Doe" });
+
+insert into dataset testds02 ({ "id": "003" });
+insert into dataset testds02 ({ "id": "004" });
+insert into dataset testds02 ({ "id": "005" });
+
+insert into dataset testds01(
+for $d in dataset("testds02")
+return $d
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25483b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-src-dst-01/insert-src-dst-01.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Description     : Insert from source dataset into target dataset
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : 25th July 2012
+ * Issue #         : Issue 76
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds01")
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58177d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-syntax-change.aql
+ * Description     : verify various AQL syntax for insert
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date         : 6th March 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  id: int32,
+  name: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
+ 
+ insert into dataset testds (
+ { "id": 1, "name": "Person One", "hobbies": {{"Rock", "Metal"}}}
+ );
+ 
+ insert into dataset testds (
+ { "id": 2, "name": "Person Two", "hobbies": {{"Rock", "Jazz"}}}
+ )
+ 
+ insert into dataset testds { "id": 3, "name": "Person Three", "hobbies": {{"Blues"}}};
+ 
+ insert into dataset testds { "id": 4, "name": "Person Four", "hobbies": {{"Metal", "Jazz"}}}
+
+write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert-syntax.adm";
+
+for $d in dataset("testds")
+order by $d.id
+return $d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b82fb18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : insert-syntax-change.aql
+ * Description     : verify various AQL syntax for insert
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date         : 6th March 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  id: int32,
+  name: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e31332f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": 1, "name": "Person One", "hobbies": {{"Rock", "Metal"}}}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": 2, "name": "Person Two", "hobbies": {{"Rock", "Jazz"}}}
+)
+
+insert into dataset testds { "id": 3, "name": "Person Three", "hobbies": {{"Blues"}}};
+
+insert into dataset testds { "id": 4, "name": "Person Four", "hobbies": {{"Metal", "Jazz"}}}
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bee73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-syntax/insert-syntax.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds")
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-tuple-with-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-tuple-with-index.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc83d6..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-tuple-with-index.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type LineIDType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-load dataset LineID 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-create index idx_LineID_partkey on LineID(l_linenumber);
-create index idx_LineID_suppkey on LineID(l_suppkey);
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-let $x:=1
-let $y:=2
-let $z:=3
-return {
-	"l_orderkey": $x,
-	"l_partkey": $y,
-	"l_suppkey": $z
-}
-);
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-let $x:=2
-let $y:=3
-let $z:=4
-return {
-	"l_orderkey": $x,
-	"l_partkey": $y,
-	"l_suppkey": $z
-}
-);
-
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert-tuple-with-index.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
-where $c.l_suppkey = 3 and $c.l_linenumber=2
-order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
-return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-tuple.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-tuple.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index 731f7cd..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-tuple.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type LineIDType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-load dataset LineID 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-let $x:=1
-let $y:=2
-let $z:=3
-return {
-	"l_orderkey": $x,
-	"l_partkey": $y,
-	"l_suppkey": $z
-}
-);
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-let $x:=2
-let $y:=3
-let $z:=4
-return {
-	"l_orderkey": $x,
-	"l_partkey": $y,
-	"l_suppkey": $z
-}
-);
-
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert-tuple.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
-where $c.l_suppkey < 100 and $c.l_linenumber<5
-order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
-return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-wisc.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-wisc.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e9e594..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-wisc.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-
-create dataverse test;
-
-use dataverse test;
-
-create nodegroup group1 if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
-create type Schema as closed {
-unique1:  int32,
-unique2:  int32,
-two:  int32,
-four:  int32,
-ten:  int32,
-twenty:  int32,
-onePercent: int32,
-tenPercent:  int32,
-twentyPercent:  int32,
-fiftyPercent:  int32,
-unique3:  int32,
-evenOnePercent: int32,
-oddOnePercent:  int32,
-stringu1:  string,
-stringu2:  string,
-string4:  string
-}
-
-create dataset onektup(Schema) partitioned by key unique2 on group1;
-
-create dataset tenktup1(Schema) partitioned by key unique2 on group1;
-
-load dataset onektup 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/onektup.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-load dataset tenktup1 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/tenktup.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-create dataset tmp(Schema) partitioned by key unique2 on group1;
-
-load dataset tmp 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/wisc/empty.adm"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
-
-insert into dataset tmp(
-for $l in dataset('tenktup1')
-where $l.unique2 > 0 and $l.unique2 < 99
-return $l
-);
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert-wisc.adm";      
-for $t in dataset('tmp')
-order by $t.unique2
-return $t
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-with-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-with-index.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index ec30668..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert-with-index.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type LineItemType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_partkey: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_quantity: double, 
-  l_extendedprice: double,
-  l_discount: double, 
-  l_tax: double,
-  l_returnflag: string, 
-  l_linestatus: string, 
-  l_shipdate: string,
-  l_commitdate: string, 
-  l_receiptdate: string, 
-  l_shipinstruct: string, 
-  l_shipmode: string, 
-  l_comment: string
-}
-
-create type LineIDType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1  if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
-create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-load dataset LineItem 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-load dataset LineID 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-create index idx_LineID_partkey on LineID(l_linenumber);
-create index idx_LineID_suppkey on LineID(l_suppkey);
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-for $l in dataset('LineItem')
-	where $l.l_orderkey<10
-	return {
-		"l_orderkey": $l.l_orderkey,
-		"l_partkey": $l.l_linenumber,
-		"l_suppkey": $l.l_partkey
-	}
-);
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert-with-index.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
-where $c.l_suppkey < 100 and $c.l_linenumber<5
-order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
-return $c 
-
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index 2123aa8..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type LineItemType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_partkey: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_quantity: double, 
-  l_extendedprice: double,
-  l_discount: double, 
-  l_tax: double,
-  l_returnflag: string, 
-  l_linestatus: string, 
-  l_shipdate: string,
-  l_commitdate: string, 
-  l_receiptdate: string, 
-  l_shipinstruct: string, 
-  l_shipmode: string, 
-  l_comment: string
-}
-
-create type LineIDType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1  if not exists on nc1;
-
-create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1;
-
-load dataset LineItem 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-load dataset LineID 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-for $l in dataset('LineItem')
-	where $l.l_orderkey<10
-	return {
-		"l_orderkey": $l.l_orderkey,
-		"l_partkey": $l.l_linenumber,
-		"l_suppkey": $l.l_partkey
-	}
-);
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
-order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
-return $c 
-
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f645cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2702a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset LineID 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+for $l in dataset('LineItem')
+	where $l.l_orderkey<10
+	return {
+		"l_orderkey": $l.l_orderkey,
+		"l_linenumber": $l.l_linenumber,
+		"l_suppkey": $l.l_partkey
+	}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee28306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert/insert.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+     
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index 80cb4f5..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-  
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type LineItemType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_partkey: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_quantity: double, 
-  l_extendedprice: double,
-  l_discount: double, 
-  l_tax: double,
-  l_returnflag: string, 
-  l_linestatus: string, 
-  l_shipdate: string,
-  l_commitdate: string, 
-  l_receiptdate: string, 
-  l_shipinstruct: string, 
-  l_shipmode: string, 
-  l_comment: string
-}
-
-create type LineIDType as closed {
-  l_orderkey: int32, 
-  l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1nc2 if not exists on nc2;
-
-create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1nc2;
-
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
-  partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber on group1nc2;
-
-load dataset LineItem 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-load dataset LineID 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-insert into dataset LineID (
-for $l in dataset('LineItem')
-	where $l.l_orderkey<1000
-	return {
-		"l_orderkey": $l.l_orderkey,
-		"l_partkey": $l.l_linenumber,
-		"l_suppkey": $l.l_partkey
-	}
-);
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_insert_less_nc.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
-order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
-return $c 
-
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f645cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cdf230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset LineID 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+for $l in dataset('LineItem')
+	where $l.l_orderkey<1000
+	return {
+		"l_orderkey": $l.l_orderkey,
+		"l_linenumber": $l.l_linenumber,
+		"l_suppkey": $l.l_partkey
+	}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee28306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/insert_less_nc/insert_less_nc.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+     
+for $c in dataset('LineID')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2dd520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82c420d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.HDFSAdapter"
+(("hdfs"="hdfs://localhost:10009"),("path"="/tpch/lineitem.tbl"),
+("input-format"="text-input-format"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f4290b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-from-hdfs/load-from-hdfs.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+    
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2cd108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create index idx_partkey on LineItem(l_partkey);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..169c6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..862edf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/load-with-index/load-with-index.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+where $c.l_partkey = 100
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2abca81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c-recursive.aql
+ * Description     : verify the static casting of nest record constants 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type AddressType as open{
+  street: string,
+  city: string
+}
+create type Dept as open{
+	name: string,
+	id: int32
+}
+
+create type testtype as closed {
+  name: string,
+  id: string,
+  address: AddressType?,
+  department: {{Dept}}?
+}
+
+create type testtype2 as open {
+  name: string,
+  id: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
+
+create dataset testds2(testtype2) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fcffa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c-recursive.aql
+ * Description     : verify the static casting of nest record constants 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "001", "name": "Person One", "address": {"street": "3019 DBH",  "city": "Irvine", "zip": 92697}, "department": {{ {"name":"CS", "id":299, "review":5}, {"name":"EE", "id":399} }} }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "002", "name": "Person Two" }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "003", "name": "Person Three", "address": {"street": "2019 DBH",  "city": "Irvine"} }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "004", "name": "Person Four", "address": {"street": "1019 DBH",  "city": "irvine", "property": {"zip": 92697, "review": "positive" }  } }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds2 (
+ for $d in dataset("testds") 
+	return $d
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66613eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o-recursive/opentype-c2o-recursive.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c-recursive.aql
+ * Description     : verify the static casting of nest record constants 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds2") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4af3fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-c2o.aql
+ * Description     : read data from a closed type dataset into a open type dataset and verify if
+ *					records can be casted to the target open type 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as closed {
+  id: string,
+  name: string,
+  hobby: {{string}}?
+}
+
+/*
+* name and hobby from the closed dataset will
+* become open fields, and hobby can be null
+*/
+create type testtype2 as open {
+  id: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
+
+create dataset testds2(testtype2) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ef3e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-c2o.aql
+ * Description     : read data from a closed type dataset into a open type dataset and verify if
+ *					records can be casted to the target open type 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+ 
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "hobby": {{"music", "coding"}}, "id": "001", "name": "Person Three"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "name": "Person One", "id": "002", "hobby": {{"sports"}} }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "003", "hobby": {{"movie", "sports"}}, "name": "Person Two"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "004", "name": "Person Four", "hobby": {{"swimming"}} }
+);
+ 
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "name": "Person Five", "id": "005"}
+); 
+ 
+insert into dataset testds2 (
+ for $d in dataset("testds") 
+	return $d
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d866300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-c2o/opentype-c2o.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-c2o.aql
+ * Description     : read data from a closed type dataset into a open type dataset and verify if
+ *					records can be casted to the target open type 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds2") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7684396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-closed-optional.aql
+ * Description     : verify that closed type can have optional fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as closed {
+  name: string?,
+  id: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83c5d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-closed-optional.aql
+ * Description     : verify that closed type can have optional fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "001", "name": "Person One"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "002"}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4807bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-closed-optional/opentype-closed-optional.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-closed-optional.aql
+ * Description     : verify that closed type can have optional fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dca5d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-insert.aql
+ * Description     : verify static type casting
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  id: string,
+  name: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ac8eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-insert.aql
+ * Description     : verify static type casting
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+ 
+ insert into dataset testds (
+ { "id": "001", "name": "Person Three", "hobbies": {{"scuba", "music"}}}
+ );
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e16526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert/opentype-insert.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-insert.aql
+ * Description     : verify static type casting
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds") 
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa70a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-insert2.aql
+ * Description     : verify that the case where SetClosedRecordRule should not rewrite
+ *					the plan to use closed-record-descriptor
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type TestType as open {
+	id:int32
+}
+
+create dataset testds(TestType) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec357bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-insert2.aql
+ * Description     : verify that the case where SetClosedRecordRule should not rewrite
+ *					the plan to use closed-record-descriptor
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset testds( for $i in range(1,10) return { "id":$i,"name":"John Doe" });
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd14e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-insert2/opentype-insert2.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-insert2.aql
+ * Description     : verify that the case where SetClosedRecordRule should not rewrite
+ *					the plan to use closed-record-descriptor
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $l in dataset('testds')
+order by $l.id
+return $l
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55f2cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-noexpand.aql
+ * Description     : verify that open type dataset can have records without open fields
+ *					 verify the bag-based fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  name: string?,
+  id: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..748ab7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-noexpand.aql
+ * Description     : verify that open type dataset can have records without open fields
+ *					 verify the bag-based fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "001", "name": "Person One"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "002"}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ed01bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-noexpand/opentype-noexpand.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-noexpand.aql
+ * Description     : verify that open type dataset can have records without open fields
+ *					 verify the bag-based fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ca863f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c-recursive.aql
+ * Description     : verify the static casting of nest record constants 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type AddressType as open{
+  street: string,
+  city: string
+}
+
+create type Dept as closed{
+	name: string,
+	id: int32
+}
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  name: string,
+  id: string
+}
+
+create type testtype2 as closed {
+  name: string,
+  id: string,
+  address: AddressType?,
+  department: {{Dept}}?
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
+
+create dataset testds2(testtype2) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62895ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c-recursive.aql
+ * Description     : verify the static casting of nest record constants 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "001", "name": "Person One", "address": {"street": "3019 DBH",  "city": "Irvine", "zip": 92697}, "department": {{ {"name":"CS", "id":299}, {"name":"EE", "id":399} }} }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "002", "name": "Person Two" }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "003", "name": "Person Three", "address": {"street": "2019 DBH",  "city": "Irvine"} }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "004", "name": "Person Four", "address": {"street": "1019 DBH",  "city": "irvine", "property": {"zip": 92697, "review": "positive" }  } }
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds2 (
+ for $d in dataset("testds") 
+	return $d
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66613eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c-recursive/opentype-o2c-recursive.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c-recursive.aql
+ * Description     : verify the static casting of nest record constants 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds2") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1dfd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c.aql
+ * Description     : verify that open records can be inserted into a closed dataset
+ *					 verify missing optional fields in the closed part of the target closed dataset are allowed
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  id: string,
+  name: string
+}
+
+create type testtype2 as closed {
+  hobby: {{string}}?,
+  id: string,
+  name: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
+
+create dataset testds2(testtype2) primary key id; 
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea05185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c.aql
+ * Description     : verify that open records can be inserted into a closed dataset
+ *					 verify missing optional fields in the closed part of the target closed dataset are allowed
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+ 
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "001",  "hobby": {{"music"}}, "name": "Person Three"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "002", "name": "Person Three", "hobby": {{"football"}}}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "003", "name": "Person Three", "hobby": {{"movie", "coding", "debugging"}}}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "name": "Person Three", "hobby": {{"swimming", "music"}}, "id": "004"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "id": "005", "name": "Person Five"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds2 (
+ for $d in dataset("testds") 
+	return $d
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b74737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2c/opentype-o2c.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2c.aql
+ * Description     : verify that open records can be inserted into a closed dataset
+ *					 verify missing optional fields in the closed part of the target closed dataset are allowed
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds2") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aac8e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2o.aql
+ * Description     : verify that the dynamic type cast from one open type to another compatible open type
+ *					 verify the bag-based fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+
+drop dataverse testdv2 if exists;
+create dataverse testdv2;
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+create type testtype as open {
+  name: string,
+  id: string
+}
+
+create type testtype2 as open {
+  id: string,
+  name: string,
+  hobby: string
+}
+
+create dataset testds(testtype) primary key id;
+
+create dataset testds2(testtype2) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33290c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2o.aql
+ * Description     : verify that the dynamic type cast from one open type to another compatible open type
+ *					 verify the bag-based fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+ 
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "name": "Person One",  "id": "001", "hobby": "music"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "hobby": "football", "city":"irvine", "name": "Person Two", "id": "002"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "name": "Person Three",  "id": "003",  "hobby": "movie"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds (
+{ "hobby": "swimming", "name": "Person Four", "id": "004", "phone":"102-304-506"}
+);
+
+insert into dataset testds2 (
+ for $d in dataset("testds") 
+	return $d
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bed855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/opentype-o2o/opentype-o2o.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : opentype-o2o.aql
+ * Description     : verify that the dynamic type cast from one open type to another compatible open type
+ *					 verify the bag-based fields
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+
+use dataverse testdv2;
+
+for $d in dataset("testds2") 
+order by $d.id
+return $d
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfb68c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue205
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=205
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 26th November 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type EmployeeStat as open {
+  age: int32,
+  salary:int32
+}
+
+create type EmployeeType as closed {
+  id:string,
+  stat:EmployeeStat,
+  deptCode:int32
+}
+
+create dataset Employees(EmployeeType)
+  primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ef565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue205
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=205
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 26th November 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset Employees({"id":"1234", "stat":{ "age":50, "salary":120000}, "deptCode":32 });
+insert into dataset Employees({"id":"5678", "stat":{ "age":40, "salary":100000}, "deptCode":16 });
+
+delete $l from dataset Employees where $l.id = "1234";
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a50569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue205/query-issue205.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue205
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=205
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 26th November 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $l in dataset('Employees')
+return $l
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f548a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue288
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=288
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 3th April 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineIDType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32
+}
+
+create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create dataset LineID2(LineIDType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..181085f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue288
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=288
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 3th April 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineID 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem_0.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+
+insert into dataset LineID (
+let $x:=1
+let $y:=2
+let $z:=3
+return {
+	"l_orderkey": $x,
+	"l_linenumber": $y,
+	"l_suppkey": $z
+}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3a2bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue288
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=288
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 3th April 2013
+ */
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index idx_LineID_1 on LineID(l_linenumber);
+create index idx_LineID_2 on LineID2(l_linenumber);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ae4ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue288
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=288
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 3th April 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset LineID2
+(
+	for $r in dataset('LineID')
+	return $r
+);
+
+// If we replace the insert statement with this, it will work
+/* insert into dataset LineID2
+(
+	for $r in dataset('LineID')
+	return {
+"l_orderkey": $r.l_orderkey, 
+"l_linenumber": $r.l_linenumber, 
+"l_suppkey": $r.l_suppkey}
+);
+*/ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1196bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/query-issue288/query-issue288.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue288
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=288
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 3th April 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+   
+for $c in dataset('LineID2')
+where $c.l_linenumber=2
+return $c 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc50d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary btree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type AddressType as closed {
+  number: int32, 
+  street: string,
+  city: string
+}
+
+create type CustomerType as closed {
+  cid: int32, 
+  name: string,
+  age: int32?,
+  address: AddressType?,
+  interests: {{string}},
+  children: [ { name: string, age: int32? } ]
+}
+
+create dataset Customers(CustomerType) primary key cid;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83d6233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary btree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset Customers 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/semistructured/co1k/customer.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e2f2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index age_index on Customers(age);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c6f4a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $c from dataset Customers where $c.cid>=200;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..457e5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary btree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('Customers')
+where $c.age < 20
+order by $c.cid
+return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d00347d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d5d4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a79828c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_ngram_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e917b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id>50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1c6247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e98b328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..381ce87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ede69f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_ngram_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c58c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id>50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca070fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45570ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d26c270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3747bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_keyword_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb15450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id<50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1fb278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d04c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5995f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97aef53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_keyword_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..001e605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id<50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7910859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..370ac1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0c9b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81104ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index ngram_index on DBLP(title) type ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68fc68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id>50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc3c827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6f184c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5257ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..127c55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index ngram_index on DBLP(title) type ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a87cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id>50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5650a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary ngram inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36b3d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e66540c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98ccfea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index keyword_index on DBLP(title) type keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0116a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id<50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..979fb45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5332316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95fd5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3481942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index keyword_index on DBLP(title) type keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d480735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $o from dataset DBLP where $o.id<50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39603e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary keyword inverted index.
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3124f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary rtree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type MyRecord as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  point: point?,
+  kwds: string,
+  line1: line,
+  line2: line,
+  poly1: polygon,
+  poly2: polygon,
+  rec: rectangle
+}
+
+create dataset MyData(MyRecord)
+  primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8676d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary rtree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset MyData 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialDataNulls.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fc9251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e4de85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $m from dataset MyData where $m.id>10;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e453b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test deletion from secondary rtree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('MyData')
+where spatial-intersect($o.point, create-polygon(create-point(0.0,1.0), create-point(0.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,1.0)))
+order by $o.id
+return {"id":$o.id}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index bb2f934..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type MyRecord as closed {
-  id: int32,
-  point: point,
-  kwds: string,
-  line1: line,
-  line2: line,
-  poly1: polygon,
-  poly2: polygon,
-  rec: rectangle
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1  if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
-create dataset MyData(MyRecord)
-  partitioned by key id on group1;
-
-load dataset MyData 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
-
-create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
-
-delete $m from dataset MyData where $m.id>10;
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.adm";
-
-for $o in dataset('MyData')
-where spatial-intersect($o.point, create-polygon(create-point(0.0,1.0), create-point(0.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,1.0)))
-order by $o.id
-return {"id":$o.id}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cd746b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type MyRecord as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  point: point,
+  kwds: string,
+  line1: line,
+  line2: line,
+  poly1: polygon,
+  poly2: polygon,
+  rec: rectangle,
+  circle: circle
+}
+
+create dataset MyData(MyRecord)
+  primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c4c9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset MyData 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fc9251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e4de85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+delete $m from dataset MyData where $m.id>10;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b8dbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('MyData')
+where spatial-intersect($o.point, create-polygon(create-point(0.0,1.0), create-point(0.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,1.0)))
+order by $o.id
+return {"id":$o.id}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0114f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion into secondary btree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type AddressType as closed {
+  number: int32, 
+  street: string,
+  city: string
+}
+
+create type CustomerType as closed {
+  cid: int32, 
+  name: string,
+  age: int32?,
+  address: AddressType?,
+  interests: {{string}},
+  children: [ { name: string, age: int32? } ]
+}
+
+create dataset Customers(CustomerType) primary key cid;
+create dataset CustomersMini(CustomerType) primary key cid;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff4c09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion into secondary btree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset Customers 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/semistructured/co1k/customer.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84ad3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index age_index on CustomersMini(age);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e518fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset CustomersMini
+(
+	for $c in dataset('Customers')
+	where $c.cid < 200	
+	return {
+	  "cid": $c.cid,
+  	  "name": $c.name,
+  	  "age": $c.age,
+  	  "address": $c.address,
+  	  "interests": $c.interests,
+  	  "children": $c.children
+	}	
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e496b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-btree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-delete-btree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion into secondary btree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('CustomersMini')
+where $c.age < 20
+order by $c.cid
+return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21ff64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9108ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..426654c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_ngram_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy ngram(3);
+create index fuzzy_ngram_index1 on DBLP1(title) type fuzzy ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fe30df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61df2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af890c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..382a4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8109213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_ngram_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy ngram(3);
+create index fuzzy_ngram_index1 on DBLP1(title) type fuzzy ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b829b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..324b351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dbf7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d8126f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..798622a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_keyword_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy keyword;
+create index fuzzy_keyword_index1 on DBLP1(title) type fuzzy keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3234c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ad95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dd6f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25e9446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f43c5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index fuzzy_keyword_index on DBLP(title) type fuzzy keyword;
+create index fuzzy_keyword_index1 on DBLP1(title) type fuzzy keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8a1af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fe611a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-fuzzy-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary fuzzy keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f82843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bde4abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23a302b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index ngram_index on DBLP(title) type ngram(3);
+create index ngram_index1 on DBLP1(title) type ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccef47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec2c974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eee618b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a22b722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d40a27b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index ngram_index on DBLP(title) type ngram(3);
+create index ngram_index1 on DBLP1(title) type ngram(3);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d81edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9eb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-ngram-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary ngram inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+where contains($o.title, "Multimedia")
+order by $o.id
+return $o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bafad5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string?,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3f0c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-nulls.adm"),("format"="adm"));
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64d07c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index keyword_index on DBLP(title) type keyword;
+create index keyword_index1 on DBLP1(title) type keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2f265fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10bff06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index that are built on nullable fields.  
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..642a0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type DBLPType as closed {
+  id: int32, 
+  dblpid: string,
+  title: string,
+  authors: string,
+  misc: string
+}
+
+create dataset DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id;
+create dataset DBLP1(DBLPType) primary key id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c51f848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset DBLP using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac90624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index keyword_index on DBLP(title) type keyword;
+create index keyword_index1 on DBLP1(title) type keyword;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57ce169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset DBLP1 (
+for $o in dataset('DBLP')
+order by $o.id
+return {
+		"id": $o.id,
+		"dblpid": $o.dblpid,
+		"title": $o.title,
+		"authors": $o.authors,
+		"misc": $o.misc
+	}
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73fc519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index/scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-inverted-index-word-secondary-index.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion from secondary keyword inverted index. 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : March 31 2013
+ */
+ 
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('DBLP1')
+let $jacc := similarity-jaccard-check(word-tokens($o.title), word-tokens("Transactions for Cooperative Environments"), 0.5f)
+where $jacc[0]
+return $o
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6057269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion into secondary rtree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type MyRecord as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  point: point?,
+  kwds: string,
+  line1: line,
+  line2: line,
+  poly1: polygon,
+  poly2: polygon,
+  rec: rectangle
+}
+
+create type MyMiniRecord as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  point: point?
+}
+
+create dataset MyData(MyRecord)
+  primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1607359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion into secondary rtree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset MyData 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialDataNulls.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90716cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create dataset MyMiniData(MyMiniRecord)
+  primary key id;
+
+create index rtree_index_point on MyMiniData(point) type rtree;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..524df93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset MyMiniData
+(
+	for $m in dataset('MyData')
+	return {
+		"id": $m.id,
+		"point": $m.point
+	}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3e9cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index-nullable.aql
+ * Description     : This test is intended to test insertion into secondary rtree indexes that are built on nullable fields 
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 12 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('MyMiniData')
+where spatial-intersect($o.point, create-polygon(create-point(0.0,1.0), create-point(0.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,1.0)))
+order by $o.id
+return {"id":$o.id}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.aql
deleted file mode 100644
index fe9c017..0000000
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.aql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-drop dataverse test if exists;
-create dataverse test;
-use dataverse test;
-
-create type MyRecord as closed {
-  id: int32,
-  point: point,
-  kwds: string,
-  line1: line,
-  line2: line,
-  poly1: polygon,
-  poly2: polygon,
-  rec: rectangle
-}
-
-create type MyMiniRecord as closed {
-  id: int32,
-  point: point
-}
-
-create nodegroup group1  if not exists on nc1, nc2;
-
-create dataset MyData(MyRecord)
-  partitioned by key id on group1;
-
-load dataset MyData 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
-
-
-create dataset MyMiniData(MyMiniRecord)
-  partitioned by key id on group1;
-
-load dataset MyMiniData 
-using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
-(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialData0.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
-
-create index rtree_index_point_0 on MyData(point) type rtree;
-create index rtree_index_point on MyMiniData(point) type rtree;
-
-insert into dataset MyMiniData
-(
-	for $m in dataset('MyData')
-	return {
-		"id": $m.id,
-		"point": $m.point
-	}
-);
-
-write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.adm";
-
-for $o in dataset('MyMiniData')
-where spatial-intersect($o.point, create-polygon(create-point(0.0,1.0), create-point(0.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,1.0)))
-order by $o.id
-return {"id":$o.id}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58765cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type MyRecord as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  point: point,
+  kwds: string,
+  line1: line,
+  line2: line,
+  poly1: polygon,
+  poly2: polygon,
+  rec: rectangle,
+  circle: circle
+}
+
+create type MyMiniRecord as closed {
+  id: int32,
+  point: point
+}
+
+create dataset MyData(MyRecord)
+  primary key id;
+
+create dataset MyMiniData(MyMiniRecord)
+  primary key id;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1102fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset MyData 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset MyMiniData 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/spatial/spatialData0.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab9a3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.3.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+create index rtree_index_point_0 on MyData(point) type rtree;
+create index rtree_index_point on MyMiniData(point) type rtree;
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.4.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.4.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..524df93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.4.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+insert into dataset MyMiniData
+(
+	for $m in dataset('MyData')
+	return {
+		"id": $m.id,
+		"point": $m.point
+	}
+);
+
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.5.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.5.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..412f7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index/scan-insert-rtree-secondary-index.5.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $o in dataset('MyMiniData')
+where spatial-intersect($o.point, create-polygon(create-point(0.0,1.0), create-point(0.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,4.0), create-point(12.0,1.0)))
+order by $o.id
+return {"id":$o.id}