diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 509d97d..75c4c53 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,20 +17,40 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  'ABCDEF0123456789',
+  'abcdef0123456789',
+  '0A0B0C0D0E0F',
+  '01020304050607080900',
+  '',
+  test.hex('ABCDEF0123456789')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  date('2020-01-01'),
+  datetime('2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'),
+  time("00:00:00"),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-[
-    test.hex('ABCDEF0123456789'),
-    test.hex('abcdef0123456789'),
-    test.hex('0A0B0C0D0E0F'),
-    test.hex('01020304050607080900'),
-    test.hex(''),
-    test.hex(test.hex('ABCDEF0123456789')),
-
-    test.base64('0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/'),
-    test.base64(''),
-    test.base64('QXN0ZXJpeA=='),
-    test.base64('QXN0ZXJpeAE='),
-    test.base64('QXN0ZXJpeAE8'),
-    test.base64(test.base64('QXN0ZXJpeAE8'))
-];
+select 0 g, i, hex(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, hex(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, hex(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.4.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.4.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b929e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.4.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+let
+test = [
+    '0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/',
+    '',
+    'QXN0ZXJpeA==',
+    'QXN0ZXJpeAE=',
+    'QXN0ZXJpeAE8',
+    test.base64('QXN0ZXJpeAE8')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  date('2020-01-01'),
+  datetime('2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'),
+  time("00:00:00"),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
+
+select 0 g, i, base64(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, base64(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, base64(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 82%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.1.query.sqlpp
index a9fb88e..d150323 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-uuid('12345'); // Invalid length
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": hex("@#!1"),
+  "null_1": hex(date("2020-01-01")),
+  "null_2": hex([]),
+  "null_3": hex({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.2.query.sqlpp
similarity index 81%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
rename to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.2.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..7e63bb1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.2.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": base64("@#!2"),
+  "null_1": base64(date("2020-01-01")),
+  "null_2": base64([]),
+  "null_3": base64({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.query.sqlpp
index e7eb630..6a2d6e0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,10 +17,67 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+testFalse = [
+  false,
+  test.boolean('false'),
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  float("NaN"),
+  double(0),
+  double("NaN"),
+  'false'
+],
+testTrue = [
+  true,
+  int8(1),
+  int8(2),
+  int16(1),
+  int16(-1),
+  int32(1),
+  int32(2),
+  int64(1),
+  int64(3),
+  float(1),
+  float("INF"),
+  float("-INF"),
+  double(1),
+  double("INF"),
+  double("-INF"),
+  'true'
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  'TRUE',
+  'FALSE',
+  'abc',
+  date('1970-01-01'),
+  datetime('1970-01-01T00:00:00Z'),
+  time("00:00:00"),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  [null],
+  {},
+  {"a":null}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'boolean1':test.boolean('true'),
-    'boolean2':test.boolean('false'),
-    'boolean3':test.boolean(test.boolean('false'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, false expected, boolean(testFalse[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testFalse)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, true expected, boolean(testTrue[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testTrue)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, null expected, boolean(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 3 g, i, true expected, boolean(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_02/boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 78%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_02/boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..18e1859 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_02/boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": boolean("FALSE"),
+  "null_1": boolean("TRUE"),
+  "null_2": boolean(date("2020-01-01")),
+  "null_3": boolean([]),
+  "null_4": boolean({})
+};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 8292dbd..a96ef28 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,18 +17,49 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  '2010-10-30',
+  '1987-11-19',
+  '-1987-11-19',
+  '0001-12-27',
+  '-1951-12-27',
+  '-2043-11-19',
+  '-19280329',
+  '19280329',
+  '19000228',
+  '20000229',
+  test.date('20000229'),
+  datetime('2010-10-30T01:02:03Z')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  false,
+  true,
+  '@#!',
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'date1':test.date('2010-10-30'),
-    'date2':test.date('1987-11-19'),
-    'date3':test.date('-1987-11-19'),
-    'date4':test.date('0001-12-27'),
-    'date5':test.date('-1951-12-27'),
-    'date6':test.date('-2043-11-19'),
-    'date7':test.date('-19280329'),
-    'date8':test.date('19280329'),
-    'date9':test.date('19000228'),
-    'date10':test.date('20000229'),
-    'date11':test.date(test.date('20000229'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, date(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, date(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, date(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_02/date_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 78%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_02/date_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..443aa80 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/date_02/date_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": date("@#!"),
+  "null_1": date(false),
+  "null_2": date(0),
+  "null_3": date(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": date([]),
+  "null_5": date({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 7f91427..97a9955 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,22 +17,51 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+    '2010-10-30T10:50:56.999+05:45',
+    '2010-10-30T10:30:56.250-10:00',
+    '1987-11-19T09:20:00.200Z',
+    '1987-11-19T10:50:56Z',
+    '-1987-11-19T10:50:56.099-05:30',
+    '-0001-11-19T10:50:56.719Z',
+    '1951-12-27T12:20:15Z',
+    '2043-11-19T10:50:56.719Z',
+    '-19280329T174937374-0630',
+    '-19280329T174937374+0630',
+    '-19280329T174937374',
+    '-19280329T174937374+0630',
+    '-19280329T17493737+0630',
+    '-19280301T05493737+0630',
+    test.datetime('-19280301T05493737+0630'),
+    date('2020-01-02')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  false,
+  true,
+  '@#!',
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D')
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'datetime1':test.datetime('2010-10-30T10:50:56.999+05:45'),
-    'datetime2':test.datetime('2010-10-30T10:30:56.250-10:00'),
-    'datetime3':test.datetime('1987-11-19T09:20:00.200Z'),
-    'datetime4':test.datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
-    'datetime5':test.datetime('-1987-11-19T10:50:56.099-05:30'),
-    'datetime6':test.datetime('-0001-11-19T10:50:56.719Z'),
-    'datetime7':test.datetime('1951-12-27T12:20:15Z'),
-    'datetime8':test.datetime('2043-11-19T10:50:56.719Z'),
-    'datetime9':test.datetime('-19280329T174937374-0630'),
-    'datetime10':test.datetime('-19280329T174937374+0630'),
-    'datetime11':test.datetime('-19280329T174937374'),
-    'datetime12':test.datetime('-19280329T174937374+0630'),
-    'datetime13':test.datetime('-19280329T17493737+0630'),
-    'datetime14':test.datetime('-19280301T05493737+0630'),
-    'datetime15':test.datetime(test.datetime('-19280301T05493737+0630'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, datetime(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, datetime(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, datetime(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_02/datetime_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 76%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_02/datetime_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..1a9f391 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_02/datetime_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": datetime("@#!"),
+  "null_1": datetime(false),
+  "null_2": datetime(0),
+  "null_3": datetime(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": datetime([]),
+  "null_5": datetime({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.query.sqlpp
index a6bdbc5..c7fd21c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,14 +17,45 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  'NaN',
+  'INF',
+  '-INF',
+  '-80.20d',
+  '-20.56e-30',
+  '-20.56e-300',
+  test.double('-20.56e-300'),
+  int8(8),
+  int16(16),
+  int32(32),
+  int64(64),
+  float(2.5),
+  false,
+  true
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'double1':test.double('NaN'),
-    'double2':test.double('INF'),
-    'double3':test.double('-INF'),
-    'double4':test.double('-80.20d'),
-    'double5':test.double('-20.56e-30'),
-    'double6':test.double('-20.56e-300'),
-    'double7':test.double(test.double('-20.56e-300'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, double(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, double(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, double(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_02/double_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 74%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_02/double_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..5a68610 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/double_02/double_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": double("@#!"),
+  "null_1": double(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_2": double(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_3": double(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": double([]),
+  "null_5": double({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.query.sqlpp
index d0520df..db2913c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -22,20 +22,52 @@
  * Date         : 7 May 2013
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+    'P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S',
+    'P25DT13H12M50S',
+    'PT13H12M50S',
+    'P30YT12MS',
+    'PT13H',
+    '-P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S',
+    '-P25DT13H12M50S',
+    '-PT13H50S',
+    'P120D',
+    '-P28M',
+    'PT29M90.937S',
+    'P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S',
+    test.duration('P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S'),
+    year_month_duration('P30Y10M'),
+    day_time_duration('P25DT13H12M50S')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  false,
+  true,
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'duration1':test.duration('P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration2':test.duration('P25DT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration3':test.duration('PT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration4':test.duration('P30YT12MS'),
-    'duration5':test.duration('PT13H'),
-    'duration6':test.duration('-P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration7':test.duration('-P25DT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration8':test.duration('-PT13H50S'),
-    'duration9':test.duration('P120D'),
-    'duration10':test.duration('-P28M'),
-    'duration11':test.duration('PT29M90.937S'),
-    'duration12':test.duration('P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S'),
-    'duration13':test.duration(test.duration('P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, duration(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, duration(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, duration(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.4.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.4.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f34234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.4.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description  : test year_month_duration constructors
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 7 May 2013
+ * issue        : 363
+ */
+
+let
+test = [
+  'P30Y10M',
+  'P30Y',
+  '-P30Y10M',
+  '-P28M',
+  'P300Y15M',
+  test.year_month_duration('P300Y15M'),
+  duration('P300Y16M60DT300H98M482.435S')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  false,
+  true,
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  day_time_duration('P25DT13H12M50S'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
+
+select 0 g, i, year_month_duration(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, year_month_duration(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, year_month_duration(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.5.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.5.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c081db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.5.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+ * Description  : test day_time_duration constructors
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 7 May 2013
+ * issue        : 363
+ */
+
+let
+test = [
+  'P25DT13H12M50S',
+  'PT13H12M50S',
+  'PT13H',
+  '-P25DT13H12M50S',
+  '-PT13H50S',
+  'P120D',
+  'PT29M90.937S',
+  test.day_time_duration('PT14H'),
+  duration('P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  false,
+  true,
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  year_month_duration('P1Y'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
+
+select 0 g, i, day_time_duration(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, day_time_duration(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, day_time_duration(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.ddl.sqlpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b48d01..0000000
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.ddl.sqlpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
-
-drop  dataverse test if exists;
-create  dataverse test;
-
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 72%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..548d6d0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": duration("@#!"),
+  "null_1": duration(0),
+  "null_2": duration(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_3": duration(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_4": duration(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_5": duration([]),
+  "null_6": duration({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.query.sqlpp
similarity index 67%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..6b268a6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": year_month_duration("@#!"),
+  "null_1": year_month_duration(0),
+  "null_2": year_month_duration(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_3": year_month_duration(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_4": year_month_duration(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_5": year_month_duration([]),
+  "null_6": year_month_duration({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.query.sqlpp
index e722070..dd82a21 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,27 +16,16 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
-use test;
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
 
 {
-    'duration1':test.`year_month_duration`('P30Y10M'),
-    'duration2':test.`day_time_duration`('P25DT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration3':test.`day_time_duration`('PT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration4':test.`year_month_duration`('P30Y'),
-    'duration5':test.`day_time_duration`('PT13H'),
-    'duration6':test.`year_month_duration`('-P30Y10M'),
-    'duration7':test.`day_time_duration`('-P25DT13H12M50S'),
-    'duration8':test.`day_time_duration`('-PT13H50S'),
-    'duration9':test.`day_time_duration`('P120D'),
-    'duration10':test.`year_month_duration`('-P28M'),
-    'duration11':test.`day_time_duration`('PT29M90.937S'),
-    'duration12':test.`year_month_duration`('P300Y15M'),
-    'duration13':test.`year_month_duration`(test.`year_month_duration`('P300Y15M'))
-};
+  "null_0": day_time_duration("@#!"),
+  "null_1": day_time_duration(0),
+  "null_2": day_time_duration(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_3": day_time_duration(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_4": day_time_duration(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_5": day_time_duration([]),
+  "null_6": day_time_duration({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 2186a4c..bea0f0e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,13 +17,44 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  'NaN',
+  'INF',
+  '-INF',
+  '-80.20',
+  '-20.56e-30',
+  test.float('-20.56e-30'),
+  int8(8),
+  int16(16),
+  int32(32),
+  int64(64),
+  double(2.5),
+  false,
+  true
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'float1':test.float('NaN'),
-    'float2':test.float('INF'),
-    'float3':test.float('-INF'),
-    'float4':test.float('-80.20'),
-    'float5':test.float('-20.56e-30'),
-    'float6':test.float(test.float('-20.56e-30'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, float(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, float(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, float(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_02/float_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 74%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_02/float_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..d0a6ebe 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/float_02/float_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": float("@#!"),
+  "null_1": float(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_2": float(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_3": float(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": float([]),
+  "null_5": float({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 32d9c17..c394848 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,23 +17,41 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  '+80i8',
+  '-80',
+  test.tinyint('+80i8'),
+  int16(16),
+  int32(32),
+  int64(64),
+  float(1.25),
+  double(2.25),
+  false,
+  true
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'int8':test.tinyint('+80i8'),
-    'int16':test.smallint('160'),
-    'int32':test.integer('+320i32'),
-    'int64':test.bigint('640'),
-
-    'int8_2':test.tinyint('-80'),
-    'int16_2':test.smallint('-160i16'),
-    'int32_2':test.integer('-320'),
-    'int64_2':test.bigint('-640i64'),
-
-    'int64_min':test.bigint('-9223372036854775808'),
-
-    'int8_3':test.tinyint(test.tinyint('+80i8')),
-    'int16_3':test.smallint(test.smallint('160')),
-    'int32_3':test.integer(test.integer('+320i32')),
-    'int64_3':test.bigint(test.bigint('640'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, tinyint(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, tinyint(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, tinyint(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9e7459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+let
+test = [
+  '160',
+  '-160i16',
+  test.smallint('160'),
+  int8(8),
+  int32(32),
+  int64(64),
+  float(1.25),
+  double(2.25),
+  false,
+  true
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
+
+select 0 g, i, smallint(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, smallint(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, smallint(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.5.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.5.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a097052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.5.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+let
+test = [
+  '+320i32',
+  '-320',
+  test.integer('+320i32'),
+  int8(8),
+  int16(16),
+  int64(64),
+  float(1.25),
+  double(2.25),
+  false,
+  true
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
+
+select 0 g, i, integer(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, integer(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, integer(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.6.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.6.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4395da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.6.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+let
+test = [
+  '640',
+  '-640i64',
+  '-9223372036854775808',
+  test.bigint('640'),
+  int8(8),
+  int16(16),
+  int32(32),
+  float(1.25),
+  double(2.25),
+  false,
+  true
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  '@#!',
+  datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z'),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
+
+select 0 g, i, bigint(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, bigint(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, bigint(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 74%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.1.query.sqlpp
index a9fb88e..83919c5 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,4 +17,14 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-uuid('12345'); // Invalid length
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": tinyint("@#!"),
+  "null_1": tinyint(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_2": tinyint(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_3": tinyint(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": tinyint([]),
+  "null_5": tinyint({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.2.query.sqlpp
similarity index 73%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.2.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..7d39f17 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.2.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": smallint("@#!"),
+  "null_1": smallint(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_2": smallint(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_3": smallint(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": smallint([]),
+  "null_5": smallint({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.3.query.sqlpp
similarity index 74%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.3.query.sqlpp
index a9fb88e..c4e2b6b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,4 +17,14 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-uuid('12345'); // Invalid length
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": integer("@#!"),
+  "null_1": integer(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_2": integer(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_3": integer(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": integer([]),
+  "null_5": integer({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.4.query.sqlpp
similarity index 74%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.4.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..2900811 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/int_02/int_02.4.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": bigint("@#!"),
+  "null_1": bigint(datetime('1987-11-19T10:50:56Z')),
+  "null_2": bigint(date('2020-01-02')),
+  "null_3": bigint(time("01:02:03")),
+  "null_4": bigint([]),
+  "null_5": bigint({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 81fbd1f..6181751 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,15 +17,42 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  'true',
+  'false"',
+  int8('8'),
+  int16('16'),
+  int32('32'),
+  int64('64'),
+  float('1.25'),
+  double('2.5'),
+  true,
+  false,
+  datetime('2020-01-02T03:04:05Z'),
+  date('2021-01-02'),
+  time('01:02:03'),
+  duration('P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S'),
+  year_month_duration('P2Y'),
+  day_time_duration('P4S'),
+  uuid('02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8ac'),
+  base64('0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'string1':test.string('true'),
-    'string2':test.string('false"'),
-    'string3':test.string(test.int8('8')),
-    'string4':test.string(test.int16('16')),
-    'string5':test.string(test.int32('32')),
-    'string6':test.string(test.int64('64')),
-    'string7':test.string(test.float('1.25')),
-    'string8':test.string(test.double('2.5'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, string(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, string(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, string(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_02/string_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 87%
rename from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
rename to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_02/string_02.1.query.sqlpp
index a9fb88e..006fa13 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_03/uuid_03.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/string_02/string_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-uuid('12345'); // Invalid length
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": string([]),
+  "null_1": string({})
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 1395d7d..24d2aad 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,19 +17,50 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
+let
+test = [
+  '10:50:56.200+05:00',
+  '10:50:56.200-10:15',
+  '10:50:56',
+  '10:50:56.200Z',
+  '23:59:59.999-13:30',
+  '00:00:00.000+14:45',
+  '12:59:00.019-01:00',
+  '12:59:00.01-01:00',
+  '12:59:00.019-01:00',
+  '12590001-0100',
+  '125900019+0100',
+  test.time('125900019+0100'),
+  datetime('2010-10-30T01:02:03Z')
+],
+testNull = [
+  null,
+  false,
+  true,
+  '@#!',
+  int8(0),
+  int16(0),
+  int32(0),
+  int64(0),
+  float(0),
+  double(0),
+  date('2020-01-02'),
+  duration('PT0H'),
+  year_month_duration('P0Y0M'),
+  day_time_duration('P0D'),
+  [],
+  {}
+],
+testMissing = [
+  missing
+]
 
-{
-    'time1':test.time('10:50:56.200+05:00'),
-    'time2':test.time('10:50:56.200-10:15'),
-    'time3':test.time('10:50:56'),
-    'time4':test.time('10:50:56.200Z'),
-    'time5':test.time('23:59:59.999-13:30'),
-    'time6':test.time('00:00:00.000+14:45'),
-    'time7':test.time('12:59:00.019-01:00'),
-    'time8':test.time('12:59:00.01-01:00'),
-    'time9':test.time('12:59:00.019-01:00'),
-    'time10':test.time('12590001-0100'),
-    'time11':test.time('125900019+0100'),
-    'time12':test.time(test.time('125900019+0100'))
-};
+select 0 g, i, time(test[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(test)-1) i
+union all
+select 1 g, i, null expected, time(testNull[i]) actual
+from range(0, len(testNull)-1) i
+union all
+select 2 g, i, true expected, time(testMissing[i]) is missing actual
+from range(0, len(testMissing)-1) i
+order by g, i;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_02/time_02.1.query.sqlpp
similarity index 78%
copy from asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
copy to asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_02/time_02.1.query.sqlpp
index dbf9050..dbdcbc1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/time_02/time_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-/*
- * Description  : test sub type duration (year_month_duration and day_time_duration) constructors
- * Expected Res : Success
- * Date         : 7 May 2013
- * issue        : 363
- */
 
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": time("@#!"),
+  "null_1": time(false),
+  "null_2": time(0),
+  "null_3": time(date("2020-01-02")),
+  "null_4": time([]),
+  "null_5": time({})
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_01/uuid_01.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_01/uuid_01.3.query.sqlpp
index 53d24c5..8bb6cda 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_01/uuid_01.3.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_01/uuid_01.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-use test;
-
 {
     'uuid1':test.uuid('02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8ac'),
     'uuid2':test.uuid('8cea25ab-55f8-467e-929d-94888f754832'),
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.query.sqlpp
index a11fd8b..944830f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,4 +17,11 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-uuid('02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8a-'); // Invalid format
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
+{
+  "null_0": uuid('02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8a-'), // Invalid format -> NULL
+  "null_1": uuid('12345') // Invalid length -> NULL
+};
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.query.sqlpp
index 13f482f..f83710f9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
 {
  "t": to_bigint(date("2017-06-30"))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp
index 5be147e..78bc0d2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
 {
   "t": to_boolean(date("2017-06-30"))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.query.sqlpp
index 4a31e1c..78baae8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
 {
  "t": to_double(date("2017-06-30"))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_number_02/to_number_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_number_02/to_number_02.1.query.sqlpp
index 837750e..45190af 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_number_02/to_number_02.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_number_02/to_number_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
 {
  "t": to_number(date("2017-06-30"))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.query.sqlpp
index cdfec14..3075bf4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
+// requesttype=application/json
+// param max-warnings:json=100
+
 {
  "t": to_string(date("2017-06-30"))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.1.adm
index 7e08562..d5883d1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,20 @@
-[ hex("ABCDEF0123456789"), hex("ABCDEF0123456789"), hex("0A0B0C0D0E0F"), hex("01020304050607080900"), hex(""), hex("ABCDEF0123456789"), hex("D35DB7E39EBBF3DAB07ABB72BA2A296AC75F8218E4973C5CBDB9E64161114D850838F2CA2471850D20195C254134CFBF"), hex(""), hex("41737465726978"), hex("4173746572697801"), hex("41737465726978013C"), hex("41737465726978013C") ]
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": hex("ABCDEF0123456789") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": hex("ABCDEF0123456789") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": hex("0A0B0C0D0E0F") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": hex("01020304050607080900") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": hex("") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": hex("ABCDEF0123456789") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f206b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": hex("D35DB7E39EBBF3DAB07ABB72BA2A296AC75F8218E4973C5CBDB9E64161114D850838F2CA2471850D20195C254134CFBF") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": hex("") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": hex("41737465726978") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": hex("4173746572697801") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": hex("41737465726978013C") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": hex("41737465726978013C") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01ae82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01ae82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/binary_02/binary_02.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.1.adm
index fd25362..65a40c1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,42 @@
-{ "boolean1": true, "boolean2": false, "boolean3": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "expected": false, "actual": false }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 14, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 15, "expected": true, "actual": true }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 3, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_02/boolean_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_02/boolean_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adb44f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/boolean_02/boolean_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_01/date_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_01/date_01.1.adm
index 527fc91..3b7f63c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_01/date_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_01/date_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,29 @@
-{ "date1": date("2010-10-30"), "date2": date("1987-11-19"), "date3": date("-1987-11-19"), "date4": date("0001-12-27"), "date5": date("-1951-12-27"), "date6": date("-2043-11-19"), "date7": date("-1928-03-29"), "date8": date("1928-03-29"), "date9": date("1900-02-28"), "date10": date("2000-02-29"), "date11": date("2000-02-29") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": date("2010-10-30") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": date("1987-11-19") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": date("-1987-11-19") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": date("0001-12-27") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": date("-1951-12-27") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": date("-2043-11-19") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": date("-1928-03-29") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": date("1928-03-29") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": date("1900-02-28") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": date("2000-02-29") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": date("2000-02-29") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": date("2010-10-30") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 14, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 15, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_02/date_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_02/date_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/date_02/date_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.1.adm
index ad50e30..7a8589d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,31 @@
-{ "datetime1": datetime("2010-10-30T05:05:56.999Z"), "datetime2": datetime("2010-10-30T20:30:56.250Z"), "datetime3": datetime("1987-11-19T09:20:00.200Z"), "datetime4": datetime("1987-11-19T10:50:56.000Z"), "datetime5": datetime("-1987-11-19T16:20:56.099Z"), "datetime6": datetime("-0001-11-19T10:50:56.719Z"), "datetime7": datetime("1951-12-27T12:20:15.000Z"), "datetime8": datetime("2043-11-19T10:50:56.719Z"), "datetime9": datetime("-1928-03-30T00:19:37.374Z"), "datetime10": datetime("-1928-03-29T11:19:37.374Z"), "datetime11": datetime("-1928-03-29T17:49:37.374Z"), "datetime12": datetime("-1928-03-29T11:19:37.374Z"), "datetime13": datetime("-1928-03-29T11:19:37.370Z"), "datetime14": datetime("-1928-02-29T23:19:37.370Z"), "datetime15": datetime("-1928-02-29T23:19:37.370Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": datetime("2010-10-30T05:05:56.999Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": datetime("2010-10-30T20:30:56.250Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": datetime("1987-11-19T09:20:00.200Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": datetime("1987-11-19T10:50:56.000Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": datetime("-1987-11-19T16:20:56.099Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": datetime("-0001-11-19T10:50:56.719Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": datetime("1951-12-27T12:20:15.000Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": datetime("2043-11-19T10:50:56.719Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": datetime("-1928-03-30T00:19:37.374Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": datetime("-1928-03-29T11:19:37.374Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": datetime("-1928-03-29T17:49:37.374Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": datetime("-1928-03-29T11:19:37.374Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 12, "actual": datetime("-1928-03-29T11:19:37.370Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 13, "actual": datetime("-1928-02-29T23:19:37.370Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 14, "actual": datetime("-1928-02-29T23:19:37.370Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 15, "actual": datetime("2020-01-02T00:00:00.000Z") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_02/datetime_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_02/datetime_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/datetime_02/datetime_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_01/double_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_01/double_01.1.adm
index 0f1f5df..9d4a13a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_01/double_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_01/double_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,25 @@
-{ "double1": NaN, "double2": INF, "double3": -INF, "double4": -80.2, "double5": -2.056E-29, "double6": -2.056E-299, "double7": -2.056E-299 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": NaN }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": INF }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": -INF }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": -80.2 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": -2.056E-29 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": -2.056E-299 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": -2.056E-299 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": 8.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": 16.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": 32.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": 64.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": 2.5 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 12, "actual": 0.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 13, "actual": 1.0 }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_02/double_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_02/double_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/double_02/double_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.1.adm
index bba1507..b47b786 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,31 @@
-{ "duration1": duration("P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S"), "duration2": duration("P25DT13H12M50S"), "duration3": duration("PT13H12M50S"), "duration4": duration("P30YT12M"), "duration5": duration("PT13H"), "duration6": duration("-P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S"), "duration7": duration("-P25DT13H12M50S"), "duration8": duration("-PT13H50S"), "duration9": duration("P120D"), "duration10": duration("-P2Y4M"), "duration11": duration("PT30M30.937S"), "duration12": duration("P301Y3M72DT13H46M2.435S"), "duration13": duration("P301Y3M72DT13H46M2.435S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": duration("P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": duration("P25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": duration("PT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": duration("P30YT12M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": duration("PT13H") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": duration("-P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": duration("-P25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": duration("-PT13H50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": duration("P120D") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": duration("-P2Y4M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": duration("PT30M30.937S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": duration("P301Y3M72DT13H46M2.435S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 12, "actual": duration("P301Y3M72DT13H46M2.435S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 13, "actual": duration("P30Y10M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 14, "actual": duration("P25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 14, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74c4b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": year-month-duration("P30Y10M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": year-month-duration("P30Y") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": year-month-duration("-P30Y10M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": year-month-duration("-P2Y4M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": year-month-duration("P301Y3M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": year-month-duration("P301Y3M") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": year-month-duration("P301Y4M") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 14, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 15, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f93b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": day-time-duration("P25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": day-time-duration("PT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": day-time-duration("PT13H") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": day-time-duration("-P25DT13H12M50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": day-time-duration("-PT13H50S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": day-time-duration("P120D") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": day-time-duration("PT30M30.937S") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": day-time-duration("PT14H") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": day-time-duration("P3DT4H5M6S") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 14, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 15, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.adm
index f9e89d9..a7601ae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ "duration1": year-month-duration("P30Y10M"), "duration2": day-time-duration("P25DT13H12M50S"), "duration3": day-time-duration("PT13H12M50S"), "duration4": year-month-duration("P30Y"), "duration5": day-time-duration("PT13H"), "duration6": year-month-duration("-P30Y10M"), "duration7": day-time-duration("-P25DT13H12M50S"), "duration8": day-time-duration("-PT13H50S"), "duration9": day-time-duration("P120D"), "duration10": year-month-duration("-P2Y4M"), "duration11": day-time-duration("PT30M30.937S"), "duration12": year-month-duration("P301Y3M"), "duration13": year-month-duration("P301Y3M") }
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null, "null_6": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7601ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null, "null_6": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7601ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null, "null_6": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_01/float_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_01/float_01.1.adm
index 722697d..25f84ae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_01/float_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_01/float_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,24 @@
-{ "float1": NaN, "float2": INF, "float3": -INF, "float4": -80.2, "float5": -2.056E-29, "float6": -2.056E-29 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": NaN }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": INF }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": -INF }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": -80.2 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": -2.056E-29 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": -2.056E-29 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": 8.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": 16.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": 32.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": 64.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": 2.5 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": 0.0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 12, "actual": 1.0 }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_02/float_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_02/float_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/float_02/float_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.1.adm
index 7945209..23d680c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,21 @@
-{ "int8": 80, "int16": 160, "int32": 320, "int64": 640, "int8_2": -80, "int16_2": -160, "int32_2": -320, "int64_2": -640, "int64_min": -9223372036854775808, "int8_3": 80, "int16_3": 160, "int32_3": 320, "int64_3": 640 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": 80 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": -80 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": 80 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": 16 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": 32 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": 64 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": 2 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": 0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9266743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": 160 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": -160 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": 160 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": 8 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": 32 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": 64 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": 2 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": 0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94f478b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": 320 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": -320 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": 320 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": 8 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": 16 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": 64 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": 2 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": 0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa67c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": 640 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": -640 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": -9223372036854775808 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": 640 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": 8 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": 16 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": 32 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": 2 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": 0 }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": 1 }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.2.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.2.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.2.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.4.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.4.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/int_02/int_02.4.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_01/string_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_01/string_01.1.adm
index 068d061..be85da9 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_01/string_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_01/string_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,22 @@
-{ "string1": "true", "string2": "false\"", "string3": "8", "string4": "16", "string5": "32", "string6": "64", "string7": "1.25", "string8": "2.5" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": "true" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": "false\"" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": "8" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": "16" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": "32" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": "64" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": "1.25" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": "2.5" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": "true" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": "false" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": "2020-01-02T03:04:05.000Z" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": "2021-01-02" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 12, "actual": "01:02:03.000" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 13, "actual": "P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 14, "actual": "P2Y" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 15, "actual": "PT4S" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 16, "actual": "02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8ac" }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 17, "actual": "0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/" }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_02/string_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_02/string_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..746523d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/string_02/string_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_01/time_01.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_01/time_01.1.adm
index ade4e3b..b78f310 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_01/time_01.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_01/time_01.1.adm
@@ -1 +1,30 @@
-{ "time1": time("05:50:56.200Z"), "time2": time("21:05:56.200Z"), "time3": time("10:50:56.000Z"), "time4": time("10:50:56.200Z"), "time5": time("13:29:59.999Z"), "time6": time("09:15:00.000Z"), "time7": time("13:59:00.019Z"), "time8": time("13:59:00.010Z"), "time9": time("13:59:00.019Z"), "time10": time("13:59:00.010Z"), "time11": time("11:59:00.019Z"), "time12": time("11:59:00.019Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 0, "actual": time("05:50:56.200Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 1, "actual": time("21:05:56.200Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 2, "actual": time("10:50:56.000Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 3, "actual": time("10:50:56.200Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 4, "actual": time("13:29:59.999Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 5, "actual": time("09:15:00.000Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 6, "actual": time("13:59:00.019Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 7, "actual": time("13:59:00.010Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 8, "actual": time("13:59:00.019Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 9, "actual": time("13:59:00.010Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 10, "actual": time("11:59:00.019Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 11, "actual": time("11:59:00.019Z") }
+{ "g": 0, "i": 12, "actual": time("00:00:14.912Z") }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 0, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 1, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 2, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 3, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 4, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 5, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 6, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 7, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 8, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 9, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 10, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 11, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 12, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 13, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 14, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 1, "i": 15, "expected": null, "actual": null }
+{ "g": 2, "i": 0, "expected": true, "actual": true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_02/time_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_02/time_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d80977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/time_02/time_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null, "null_2": null, "null_3": null, "null_4": null, "null_5": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..746523d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/uuid/uuid_02/uuid_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "null_0": null, "null_1": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef236da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_bigint_02/to_bigint_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef236da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_boolean_02/to_boolean_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef236da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_double_02/to_double_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t": null }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97101cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/types/to_string_02/to_string_02.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t": "2017-06-30" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.ast
index a4d112a..62a4c3a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.3.ast
@@ -1,44 +1,157 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-OrderedListConstructor [
-  FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
     LiteralExpr [STRING] [ABCDEF0123456789]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
     LiteralExpr [STRING] [abcdef0123456789]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
     LiteralExpr [STRING] [0A0B0C0D0E0F]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
     LiteralExpr [STRING] [01020304050607080900]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
     LiteralExpr [STRING] []
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
     FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [ABCDEF0123456789]
     ]
   ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] []
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeA==]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeAE=]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeAE8]
-  ]
-  FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-    FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeAE8]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-01]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-01T00:00:00Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [00:00:00]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
     ]
   ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.hex@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.4.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.4.ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0705c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/binary_01/binary_01.4.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+Query:
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] []
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeA==]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeAE=]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeAE8]
+    FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [QXN0ZXJpeAE8]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-01]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-01T00:00:00Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [00:00:00]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.ast
index f2b6571..70dceef 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/boolean_01/boolean_01.3.ast
@@ -1,27 +1,259 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [boolean1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [true]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [boolean2]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$testFalse ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
     FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [false]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [boolean3]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [NaN]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [NaN]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [false]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testTrue ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      - LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [3]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [INF]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-INF]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [INF]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-INF]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [true]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [TRUE]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [abc]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1970-01-01]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1970-01-01T00:00:00Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [00:00:00]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+      (
+        LiteralExpr [STRING] [a]
+        :
+        LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      )
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    expected
     FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [false]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$testFalse ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$testFalse ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testTrue ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testTrue ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [3]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.boolean@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.ast
index 93eda8c..38dce16 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/date_01/date_01.3.ast
@@ -1,83 +1,170 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-1987-11-19]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [0001-12-27]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-1951-12-27]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date6]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-2043-11-19]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date7]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date8]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [19280329]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date9]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [19000228]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date10]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-1987-11-19]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [0001-12-27]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-1951-12-27]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-2043-11-19]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [19280329]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [19000228]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [20000229]
     FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [20000229]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [date11]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30T01:02:03Z]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
     FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [20000229]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.ast
index cbe87ec..b348fda 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/datetime_01/datetime_01.3.ast
@@ -1,111 +1,170 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30T10:50:56.999+05:45]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30T10:30:56.250-10:00]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T09:20:00.200Z]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-1987-11-19T10:50:56.099-05:30]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime6]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-0001-11-19T10:50:56.719Z]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime7]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1951-12-27T12:20:15Z]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime8]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2043-11-19T10:50:56.719Z]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime9]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374-0630]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime10]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374+0630]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime11]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime12]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374+0630]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime13]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T17493737+0630]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime14]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30T10:50:56.999+05:45]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30T10:30:56.250-10:00]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T09:20:00.200Z]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-1987-11-19T10:50:56.099-05:30]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-0001-11-19T10:50:56.719Z]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [1951-12-27T12:20:15Z]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [2043-11-19T10:50:56.719Z]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374-0630]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374+0630]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T174937374+0630]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280329T17493737+0630]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280301T05493737+0630]
     FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280301T05493737+0630]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [datetime15]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
     FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [-19280301T05493737+0630]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.ast
index ef36c04..70bfa5e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/double_01/double_01.3.ast
@@ -1,55 +1,166 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [NaN]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [INF]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-INF]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-80.20d]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-30]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double6]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [NaN]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [INF]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-INF]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-80.20d]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-30]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-300]
     FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-300]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [double7]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [8]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [16]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [32]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [64]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [2.5]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
     FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-300]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.ast
index d65e33c..3b037bd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.3.ast
@@ -1,97 +1,172 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P25DT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30YT12MS]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration6]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration7]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P25DT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration8]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-PT13H50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration9]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P120D]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration10]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P28M]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration11]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT29M90.937S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration12]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P25DT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30YT12MS]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P25DT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-PT13H50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P120D]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P28M]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT29M90.937S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S]
     FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration13]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y10M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P25DT13H12M50S]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
     FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M60DT300H98M482.435S]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.4.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.4.ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1f7bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.4.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+Query:
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y10M]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P30Y10M]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P28M]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y16M60DT300H98M482.435S]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P25DT13H12M50S]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.5.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.5.ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d8f323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_01/duration_01.5.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+Query:
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P25DT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P25DT13H12M50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-PT13H50S]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [P120D]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT29M90.937S]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT14H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P1Y]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.ast
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.1.ast
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.ast
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.2.ast
+++ /dev/null
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.ast
deleted file mode 100644
index e615b56..0000000
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/duration_02/duration_02.3.ast
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-DataverseUse test
-Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y10M]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P25DT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT13H]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration6]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P30Y10M]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration7]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P25DT13H12M50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration8]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-PT13H50S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration9]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P120D]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration10]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-P28M]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration11]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT29M90.937S]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration12]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [duration13]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [P300Y15M]
-      ]
-    ]
-  )
-]
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.ast
index 6a8e42b..bf2f7e3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/float_01/float_01.3.ast
@@ -1,48 +1,165 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [float1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [NaN]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [float2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [INF]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [float3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-INF]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [float4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-80.20]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [float5]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [NaN]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [INF]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-INF]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-80.20]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-30]
     FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-30]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [float6]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [8]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [16]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [32]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [64]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [2.5]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
     FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [-20.56e-30]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.ast
index e346cec..7e5840a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.3.ast
@@ -1,103 +1,162 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int8]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [+80i8]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-80]
     FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [+80i8]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int16]
-    :
     FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [160]
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [16]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int32]
-    :
     FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [+320i32]
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [32]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int64]
-    :
     FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [640]
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [64]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int8_2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-80]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [1.25]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int16_2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-160i16]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [2.25]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int32_2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-320]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int64_2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-640i64]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int64_min]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [-9223372036854775808]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int8_3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [+80i8]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int16_3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [160]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int32_3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [+320i32]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [int64_3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [640]
-      ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
     ]
-  )
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c901269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.4.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+Query:
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [160]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-160i16]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [160]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [8]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [32]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [64]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [1.25]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [2.25]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.5.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.5.ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3fa67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.5.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+Query:
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [+320i32]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-320]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [+320i32]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [8]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [16]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [64]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [1.25]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [2.25]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.6.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.6.ast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c793b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/int_01/int_01.6.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+Query:
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [640]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-640i64]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [-9223372036854775808]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [640]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [8]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [16]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [32]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [1.25]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [DOUBLE] [2.25]
+    ]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1987-11-19T10:50:56Z]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.ast
index 2696db5..5c6e26f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/string_01/string_01.3.ast
@@ -1,72 +1,167 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [true]
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [true]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [false"]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [8]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [false"]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [16]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [8]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [32]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [16]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [64]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [32]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [1.25]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string6]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [64]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2.5]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string7]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [1.25]
-      ]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02T03:04:05Z]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [string8]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [2.5]
-      ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2021-01-02]
     ]
-  )
+    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [01:02:03]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P30Y10M25DT13H12M50S]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P2Y]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P4S]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.uuid@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8ac]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.base64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [0123456789qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmQWERTYUIOPLKJHGFDSAZXCVBNM+/]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
+    FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.string@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+  )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.ast b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.ast
index 6c688cb..5eb4fb1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.ast
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results_parser_sqlpp/constructor/time_01/time_01.3.ast
@@ -1,90 +1,171 @@
-DataverseUse test
 Query:
-RecordConstructor [
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time1]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56.200+05:00]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time2]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56.200-10:15]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time3]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time4]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56.200Z]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time5]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [23:59:59.999-13:30]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time6]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [00:00:00.000+14:45]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time7]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [12:59:00.019-01:00]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time8]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [12:59:00.01-01:00]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time9]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [12:59:00.019-01:00]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time10]
-    :
-    FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      LiteralExpr [STRING] [12590001-0100]
-    ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time11]
-    :
+Let Variable [ Name=$test ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56.200+05:00]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56.200-10:15]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [10:50:56.200Z]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [23:59:59.999-13:30]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [00:00:00.000+14:45]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [12:59:00.019-01:00]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [12:59:00.01-01:00]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [12:59:00.019-01:00]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [12590001-0100]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [125900019+0100]
     FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
       LiteralExpr [STRING] [125900019+0100]
     ]
-  )
-  (
-    LiteralExpr [STRING] [time12]
-    :
+    FunctionCall asterix.datetime@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2010-10-30T01:02:03Z]
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [NULL]
+    LiteralExpr [FALSE]
+    LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+    LiteralExpr [STRING] [@#!]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int8@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int16@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int32@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.int64@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.float@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.double@1[
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.date@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [2020-01-02]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [PT0H]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.year-month-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0Y0M]
+    ]
+    FunctionCall asterix.day-time-duration@1[
+      LiteralExpr [STRING] [P0D]
+    ]
+    OrderedListConstructor [
+    ]
+    RecordConstructor [
+    ]
+  ]
+Let Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+  :=
+  OrderedListConstructor [
+    LiteralExpr [MISSING]
+  ]
+SELECT ELEMENT [
+Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+]
+FROM [  (
+    SELECT [
+    LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+    g
+    Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    i
     FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-      FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
-        LiteralExpr [STRING] [125900019+0100]
+      IndexAccessor [
+        Variable [ Name=$test ]
+        Index:         Variable [ Name=$i ]
       ]
     ]
+    actual
+    ]
+    FROM [      FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+        LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+        OperatorExpr [
+          FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+            Variable [ Name=$test ]
+          ]
+          -
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+        ]
+      ]
+      AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+    ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [NULL]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+        IndexAccessor [
+          Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+          Index:           Variable [ Name=$i ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testNull ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
+    UNION
+      SELECT [
+      LiteralExpr [LONG] [2]
+      g
+      Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      i
+      LiteralExpr [TRUE]
+      expected
+      FunctionCall algebricks.is-missing@1[
+        FunctionCall asterix.time@1[
+          IndexAccessor [
+            Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            Index:             Variable [ Name=$i ]
+          ]
+        ]
+      ]
+      actual
+      ]
+      FROM [        FunctionCall asterix.range@2[
+          LiteralExpr [LONG] [0]
+          OperatorExpr [
+            FunctionCall asterix.len@1[
+              Variable [ Name=$testMissing ]
+            ]
+            -
+            LiteralExpr [LONG] [1]
+          ]
+        ]
+        AS Variable [ Name=$i ]
+      ]
   )
+  AS Variable [ Name=#1 ]
 ]
+Orderby
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=g
+  ]
+  ASC
+  FieldAccessor [
+    Variable [ Name=#1 ]
+    Field=i
+  ]
+  ASC
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 402d353..72ad331 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -3586,6 +3586,19 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">binary_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="binary_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">binary_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for binary in @#!1 (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: hex() cannot process input type date (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: hex() cannot process input type array (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: hex() cannot process input type object (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for binary in @#!2 (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: base64() cannot process input type date (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: base64() cannot process input type array (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: base64() cannot process input type object (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="add-null">
         <output-dir compare="Text">add-null</output-dir>
@@ -3596,6 +3609,16 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">boolean_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="boolean_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">boolean_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for boolean in FALSE (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for boolean in TRUE (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: boolean() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: boolean() cannot process input type array (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: boolean() cannot process input type object (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="circle_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">circle_01</output-dir>
@@ -3606,24 +3629,78 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">date_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="date_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">date_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for date in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: date() cannot process input type boolean (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: date() cannot process input type bigint (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: date() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: date() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: date() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="datetime_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">datetime_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="datetime_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">datetime_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for datetime in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: datetime() cannot process input type boolean (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: datetime() cannot process input type bigint (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: datetime() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: datetime() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: datetime() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="double_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">double_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="double_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">double_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for double in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: double() cannot process input type datetime (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: double() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: double() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: double() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: double() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="duration_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">duration_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="constructor">
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
       <compilation-unit name="duration_02">
         <output-dir compare="Text">duration_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for duration in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: duration() cannot process input type bigint (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: duration() cannot process input type datetime (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: duration() cannot process input type date (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: duration() cannot process input type time (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: duration() cannot process input type array (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: duration() cannot process input type object (in line 30, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for yearmonthduration in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: year-month-duration() cannot process input type bigint (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: year-month-duration() cannot process input type datetime (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: year-month-duration() cannot process input type date (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: year-month-duration() cannot process input type time (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: year-month-duration() cannot process input type array (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: year-month-duration() cannot process input type object (in line 30, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for daytimeduration in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: day-time-duration() cannot process input type bigint (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: day-time-duration() cannot process input type datetime (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: day-time-duration() cannot process input type date (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: day-time-duration() cannot process input type time (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: day-time-duration() cannot process input type array (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: day-time-duration() cannot process input type object (in line 30, at column 13)</expected-warn>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
@@ -3631,11 +3708,51 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">float_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="float_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">float_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for float in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: float() cannot process input type datetime (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: float() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: float() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: float() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: float() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="int_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">int_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="int_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">int_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for tinyint in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int8() cannot process input type datetime (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int8() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int8() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int8() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int8() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for smallint in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int16() cannot process input type datetime (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int16() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int16() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int16() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int16() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for integer in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int32() cannot process input type datetime (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int32() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int32() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int32() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int32() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for bigint in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int64() cannot process input type datetime (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int64() cannot process input type date (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int64() cannot process input type time (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int64() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: int64() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="interval">
         <output-dir compare="Text">interval</output-dir>
@@ -3686,26 +3803,39 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">string_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="string_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">string_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: string() cannot process input type array (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: string() cannot process input type object (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="time_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">time_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor" check-warnings="true">
+      <compilation-unit name="time_02">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">time_02</output-dir>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for time in @#! (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: time() cannot process input type boolean (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: time() cannot process input type bigint (in line 26, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: time() cannot process input type date (in line 27, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: time() cannot process input type array (in line 28, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: time() cannot process input type object (in line 29, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor/uuid">
       <compilation-unit name="uuid_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">uuid_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="constructor/uuid">
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor/uuid" check-warnings="true">
       <compilation-unit name="uuid_02">
         <output-dir compare="Text">uuid_02</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>Invalid format for uuid in 02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8a-</expected-error>
-      </compilation-unit>
-    </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="constructor/uuid">
-      <compilation-unit name="uuid_03">
-        <output-dir compare="Text">uuid_03</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>Invalid format for uuid in 12345</expected-error>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for uuid in 02a199ca-bf58-412e-bd9f-60a0c975a8a- (in line 24, at column 13)</expected-warn>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0006: Invalid format for uuid in 12345 (in line 25, at column 13)</expected-warn>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
@@ -13877,10 +14007,10 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_boolean_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="types">
+    <test-case FilePath="types" check-warnings="true">
       <compilation-unit name="to_boolean_02">
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_boolean_02</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>ASX0002: Type mismatch</expected-error>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: to-boolean() cannot process input type date (in line 24, at column 8)</expected-warn>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="types">
@@ -13888,10 +14018,10 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_bigint_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="types">
+    <test-case FilePath="types" check-warnings="true">
       <compilation-unit name="to_bigint_02">
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_bigint_02</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>ASX0002: Type mismatch</expected-error>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: to-bigint() cannot process input type date (in line 24, at column 7)</expected-warn>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="types">
@@ -13899,10 +14029,10 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_double_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="types">
+    <test-case FilePath="types" check-warnings="true">
       <compilation-unit name="to_double_02">
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_double_02</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>ASX0002: Type mismatch</expected-error>
+        <expected-warn>ASX0004: Unsupported type: to-double() cannot process input type date (in line 24, at column 7)</expected-warn>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="types">
@@ -13929,7 +14059,6 @@
     <test-case FilePath="types">
       <compilation-unit name="to_string_02">
         <output-dir compare="Text">to_string_02</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>ASX0004: Unsupported type</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="types">
@@ -13940,10 +14069,11 @@
     <test-case FilePath="types">
       <compilation-unit name="domain_boundaries_error">
         <output-dir compare="Text">domain_boundaries_error</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>ASX0006: Invalid format for int8 in tinyint</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0006: Invalid format for int16 in smallint</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0006: Invalid format for int32 in integer</expected-error>
-        <expected-error>ASX0006: Invalid format for int64 in bigint</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0001: Field type null cannot be promoted to type tinyint</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0001: Field type null cannot be promoted to type smallint</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0001: Field type null cannot be promoted to type integer</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0001: Field type null cannot be promoted to type bigint</expected-error>
+        <source-location>false</source-location>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
   </test-group>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp_parser.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp_parser.xml
index 7177797..aff0dcd 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp_parser.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp_parser.xml
@@ -1123,11 +1123,6 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
-      <compilation-unit name="duration_02">
-        <output-dir compare="AST">duration_02</output-dir>
-      </compilation-unit>
-    </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="float_01">
         <output-dir compare="AST">float_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
@@ -1138,12 +1133,6 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
-      <compilation-unit name="int_02">
-        <expected-error>Syntax error: Could not parse numeric literal</expected-error>
-        <output-dir compare="AST">int_01</output-dir>
-      </compilation-unit>
-    </test-case>
-    <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="interval">
         <output-dir compare="AST">interval</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/ABinarySerializerDeserializer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/ABinarySerializerDeserializer.java
index 016a632..c7b8340 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/ABinarySerializerDeserializer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/dataflow/data/nontagged/serde/ABinarySerializerDeserializer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABinary;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.ByteArrayPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.marshalling.ByteArraySerializerDeserializer;
 
 public class ABinarySerializerDeserializer implements ISerializerDeserializer<ABinary> {
@@ -44,4 +45,12 @@
     public void serialize(ABinary binary, DataOutput out) throws HyracksDataException {
         ByteArraySerializerDeserializer.serialize(binary.getBytes(), binary.getStart(), binary.getLength(), out);
     }
+
+    public static int getContentLength(byte[] bytes, int offset) {
+        return ByteArrayPointable.getContentLength(bytes, offset);
+    }
+
+    public static int getMetaLength(int contentLength) {
+        return ByteArrayPointable.getNumberBytesToStoreMeta(contentLength);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/ADateParserFactory.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/ADateParserFactory.java
index a4abbd6..ce2be26 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/ADateParserFactory.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/ADateParserFactory.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal;
 
-import static org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
-
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@
      */
     public static int parseDatePartInDays(String dateString, int start, int length) throws HyracksDataException {
         long chronon = parseDatePart(dateString, start, length);
-        return convertParsedMillisecondsToDays(chronon);
+        return GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getChrononInDays(chronon);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -368,18 +366,6 @@
      */
     public static int parseDatePartInDays(char[] dateString, int start, int length) throws HyracksDataException {
         long chronon = parseDatePart(dateString, start, length);
-        return convertParsedMillisecondsToDays(chronon);
-    }
-
-    public static int convertParsedMillisecondsToDays(long chronon) throws HyracksDataException {
-        if (chronon >= 0) {
-            return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY);
-        } else {
-            if (chronon % CHRONON_OF_DAY != 0) {
-                return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY - 1);
-            } else {
-                return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY);
-            }
-        }
+        return GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getChrononInDays(chronon);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java
index deb15c8c..e342e8c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/base/temporal/GregorianCalendarSystem.java
@@ -254,15 +254,8 @@
     }
 
     public int getChrononInDays(long chronon) {
-        if (chronon >= 0) {
-            return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY);
-        } else {
-            if (chronon % CHRONON_OF_DAY != 0) {
-                return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY - 1);
-            } else {
-                return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY);
-            }
-        }
+        int temp = (chronon < 0) && (chronon % CHRONON_OF_DAY != 0) ? 1 : 0;
+        return (int) (chronon / CHRONON_OF_DAY - temp);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
index a2e235e..bd3b216 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@
         // and then, Asterix builtin functions
         addPrivateFunction(CHECK_UNKNOWN, NotUnknownTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(ANY_COLLECTION_MEMBER, CollectionMemberResultType.INSTANCE_MISSABLE, true);
-        addFunction(BOOLEAN_CONSTRUCTOR, ABooleanTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(BOOLEAN_CONSTRUCTOR, ABooleanTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
         addFunction(CIRCLE_CONSTRUCTOR, ACircleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(CONCAT_NON_NULL, ConcatNonNullTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(GROUPING, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1656,23 +1656,23 @@
         addFunction(CREATE_UUID, AUUIDTypeComputer.INSTANCE, false);
         addFunction(UUID, AUUIDTypeComputer.INSTANCE, false);
         addPrivateFunction(CREATE_QUERY_UID, ABinaryTypeComputer.INSTANCE, false);
-        addFunction(UUID_CONSTRUCTOR, AUUIDTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(UUID_CONSTRUCTOR, AUUIDTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
         addFunction(RANDOM, ADoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, false);
         addFunction(RANDOM_WITH_SEED, NumericUnaryTypeComputer.INSTANCE_DOUBLE, false);
 
-        addFunction(DATE_CONSTRUCTOR, ADateTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(DATETIME_CONSTRUCTOR, ADateTimeTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(DOUBLE_CONSTRUCTOR, ADoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR, ADurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(YEAR_MONTH_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR, AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(DAY_TIME_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR, ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(DATE_CONSTRUCTOR, ADateTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(DATETIME_CONSTRUCTOR, ADateTimeTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(DOUBLE_CONSTRUCTOR, ADoubleTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR, ADurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(YEAR_MONTH_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR, AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(DAY_TIME_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR, ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
         addFunction(EDIT_DISTANCE, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(EDIT_DISTANCE_CHECK, OrderedListOfAnyTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(EDIT_DISTANCE_STRING_IS_FILTERABLE, ABooleanTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(EDIT_DISTANCE_LIST_IS_FILTERABLE, ABooleanTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(EMPTY_STREAM, ABooleanTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
 
-        addFunction(FLOAT_CONSTRUCTOR, AFloatTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(FLOAT_CONSTRUCTOR, AFloatTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(FUZZY_EQ, BooleanFunctionTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(GET_HANDLE, AnyTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(GET_ITEM, NonTaggedGetItemResultType.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -1681,10 +1681,10 @@
         addPrivateFunction(HASHED_GRAM_TOKENS, OrderedListOfAInt32TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(HASHED_WORD_TOKENS, OrderedListOfAInt32TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(INDEX_SEARCH, AnyTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(INT8_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt8TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(INT16_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt16TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(INT32_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt32TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(INT64_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(INT8_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt8TypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(INT16_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt16TypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(INT32_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt32TypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(INT64_CONSTRUCTOR, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
         addFunction(LEN, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(LINE_CONSTRUCTOR, ALineTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(MAKE_FIELD_INDEX_HANDLE, AnyTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -2210,8 +2210,8 @@
         addFunction(ST_POLYGONIZE, AGeometryTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
 
         // Binary functions
-        addFunction(BINARY_HEX_CONSTRUCTOR, ABinaryTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(BINARY_BASE64_CONSTRUCTOR, ABinaryTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(BINARY_HEX_CONSTRUCTOR, ABinaryTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
+        addFunction(BINARY_BASE64_CONSTRUCTOR, ABinaryTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
 
         addPrivateFunction(SUBSET_COLLECTION, SubsetCollectionTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(SWITCH_CASE, SwitchCaseComputer.INSTANCE, true);
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@
         addPrivateFunction(CAST_TYPE_LAX, CastTypeLaxComputer.INSTANCE, true);
 
         addFunction(TID, AInt64TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
-        addFunction(TIME_CONSTRUCTOR, ATimeTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(TIME_CONSTRUCTOR, ATimeTypeComputer.INSTANCE_NULLABLE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(TYPE_OF, AnyTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addPrivateFunction(UNORDERED_LIST_CONSTRUCTOR, UnorderedListConstructorTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(WORD_TOKENS, OrderedListOfAStringTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABinaryTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABinaryTypeComputer.java
index 9332633..f60268a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABinaryTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABinaryTypeComputer.java
@@ -19,21 +19,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ABinaryTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
-    public static final ABinaryTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ABinaryTypeComputer();
+public class ABinaryTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    private ABinaryTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ABinaryTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ABinaryTypeComputer(false);
 
-    }
+    public static final ABinaryTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ABinaryTypeComputer(true);
 
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ABINARY;
+    private ABinaryTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ABINARY, nullable);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABooleanTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABooleanTypeComputer.java
index 2a054bf..16349d0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABooleanTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ABooleanTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,23 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 
-public class ABooleanTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ABooleanTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final ABooleanTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ABooleanTypeComputer();
+    public static final ABooleanTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ABooleanTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private ABooleanTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ABooleanTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ABooleanTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private ABooleanTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType)
+                || ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDomain(inputType.getTypeTag()) == ATypeHierarchy.Domain.NUMERIC;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTimeTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTimeTypeComputer.java
index 2e2667a..19915c6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTimeTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTimeTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ADateTimeTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ADateTimeTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final ADateTimeTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADateTimeTypeComputer();
+    public static final ADateTimeTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADateTimeTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private ADateTimeTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ADateTimeTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ADateTimeTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private ADateTimeTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ADATETIME, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ADATETIME;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType) || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.DATE;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTypeComputer.java
index 5ac7613..dc64137 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADateTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ADateTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ADateTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final ADateTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADateTypeComputer();
+    public static final ADateTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADateTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private ADateTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ADateTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ADateTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private ADateTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ADATE, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ADATE;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType) || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.DATETIME;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer.java
index b8cc9b4..d8d3065 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,23 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer();
+    public static final ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer(true);
 
+    private ADayTimeDurationTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ADAYTIMEDURATION, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ADAYTIMEDURATION;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType) || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.DURATION;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADoubleTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADoubleTypeComputer.java
index 00301b6..e1b71a6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADoubleTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADoubleTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,28 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ADoubleTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ADoubleTypeComputer extends AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer {
 
     public static final ADoubleTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADoubleTypeComputer(false);
 
     public static final ADoubleTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ADoubleTypeComputer(true);
 
-    private final IAType type;
-
     private ADoubleTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
-        IAType t = BuiltinType.ADOUBLE;
-        type = nullable ? AUnionType.createNullableType(t) : t;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return type;
+        super(BuiltinType.ADOUBLE, nullable);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADurationTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADurationTypeComputer.java
index 4f23ed0..ecc21a3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADurationTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ADurationTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,23 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ADurationTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ADurationTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final ADurationTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADurationTypeComputer();
+    public static final ADurationTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ADurationTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private ADurationTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ADurationTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ADurationTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private ADurationTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ADURATION, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ADURATION;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType) || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.YEARMONTHDURATION
+                || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.DAYTIMEDURATION;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AFloatTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AFloatTypeComputer.java
index 77c01e1..29d2078 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AFloatTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AFloatTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AFloatTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AFloatTypeComputer extends AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AFloatTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AFloatTypeComputer();
+    public static final AFloatTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AFloatTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private AFloatTypeComputer() {
+    public static final AFloatTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AFloatTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private AFloatTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.AFLOAT, nullable);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.AFLOAT;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt16TypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt16TypeComputer.java
index 1fbc603..c5be15e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt16TypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt16TypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AInt16TypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AInt16TypeComputer extends AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AInt16TypeComputer INSTANCE = new AInt16TypeComputer();
+    public static final AInt16TypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AInt16TypeComputer(true);
 
-    private AInt16TypeComputer() {
+    private AInt16TypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.AINT16, nullable);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.AINT16;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt32TypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt32TypeComputer.java
index 8f676ae..0edf633 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt32TypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt32TypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AInt32TypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AInt32TypeComputer extends AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AInt32TypeComputer INSTANCE = new AInt32TypeComputer();
+    public static final AInt32TypeComputer INSTANCE = new AInt32TypeComputer(false);
 
-    private AInt32TypeComputer() {
+    public static final AInt32TypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AInt32TypeComputer(true);
+
+    private AInt32TypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.AINT32, nullable);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.AINT32;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt64TypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt64TypeComputer.java
index d495acf..34699d2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt64TypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt64TypeComputer.java
@@ -18,28 +18,15 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AInt64TypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AInt64TypeComputer extends AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer {
 
     public static final AInt64TypeComputer INSTANCE = new AInt64TypeComputer(false);
 
     public static final AInt64TypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AInt64TypeComputer(true);
 
-    private final IAType type;
-
     private AInt64TypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
-        IAType t = BuiltinType.AINT64;
-        type = nullable ? AUnionType.createNullableType(t) : t;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return type;
+        super(BuiltinType.AINT64, nullable);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt8TypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt8TypeComputer.java
index 4fe6dc3..29e9843 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt8TypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AInt8TypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AInt8TypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AInt8TypeComputer extends AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AInt8TypeComputer INSTANCE = new AInt8TypeComputer();
+    public static final AInt8TypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AInt8TypeComputer(true);
 
-    private AInt8TypeComputer() {
+    private AInt8TypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.AINT8, nullable);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.AINT8;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AStringTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AStringTypeComputer.java
index d392e8d..cd7bd54 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AStringTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AStringTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,27 +18,43 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AStringTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AStringTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AStringTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AStringTypeComputer(BuiltinType.ASTRING);
-    public static final AStringTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE =
-            new AStringTypeComputer(AUnionType.createNullableType(BuiltinType.ASTRING));
+    public static final AStringTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AStringTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private final IAType outputType;
+    public static final AStringTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AStringTypeComputer(true);
 
-    private AStringTypeComputer(IAType outputType) {
-        this.outputType = outputType;
+    private AStringTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ASTRING, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return outputType;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        if (super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        switch (inputType.getTypeTag()) {
+            case TINYINT:
+            case SMALLINT:
+            case INTEGER:
+            case BIGINT:
+            case FLOAT:
+            case DOUBLE:
+            case BOOLEAN:
+            case DATETIME:
+            case DATE:
+            case TIME:
+            case DURATION:
+            case YEARMONTHDURATION:
+            case DAYTIMEDURATION:
+            case UUID:
+            case BINARY:
+                return true;
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ATimeTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ATimeTypeComputer.java
index 359a9e4..f395946 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ATimeTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/ATimeTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class ATimeTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class ATimeTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final ATimeTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ATimeTypeComputer();
+    public static final ATimeTypeComputer INSTANCE = new ATimeTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private ATimeTypeComputer() {
+    public static final ATimeTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new ATimeTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private ATimeTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.ATIME, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.ATIME;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType) || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.DATETIME;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AUUIDTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AUUIDTypeComputer.java
index d241585..9063844 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AUUIDTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AUUIDTypeComputer.java
@@ -19,22 +19,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AUUIDTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AUUIDTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AUUIDTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AUUIDTypeComputer();
+    public static final AUUIDTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AUUIDTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private AUUIDTypeComputer() {
+    public static final AUUIDTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AUUIDTypeComputer(true);
+
+    private AUUIDTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.AUUID, nullable);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.AUUID;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.java
index 7885a75..023f4d4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer.java
@@ -18,23 +18,22 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 
-public class AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+public class AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
 
-    public static final AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer();
+    public static final AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer(false);
 
-    private AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer() {
+    public static final AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer INSTANCE_NULLABLE = new AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer(true);
 
+    private AYearMonthDurationTypeComputer(boolean nullable) {
+        super(BuiltinType.AYEARMONTHDURATION, nullable);
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
-        return BuiltinType.AYEARMONTHDURATION;
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType) || inputType.getTypeTag() == ATypeTag.DURATION;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AbstractConstructorTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AbstractConstructorTypeComputer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1db49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AbstractConstructorTypeComputer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AUnionType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
+
+public abstract class AbstractConstructorTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+
+    protected final IAType primeType;
+
+    protected final boolean nullable;
+
+    protected AbstractConstructorTypeComputer(IAType primeType, boolean nullable) {
+        this.primeType = Objects.requireNonNull(primeType);
+        this.nullable = nullable;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected final IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        if (!nullable || (strippedInputTypes.length == 1 && isAlwaysCastable(strippedInputTypes[0]))) {
+            return primeType;
+        } else {
+            return AUnionType.createNullableType(primeType);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return primeType.deepEqual(inputType);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..080dc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
+
+public abstract class AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer extends AbstractConstructorTypeComputer {
+
+    protected AbstractNumericConstructorTypeComputer(IAType primeType, boolean nullable) {
+        super(primeType, nullable);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isAlwaysCastable(IAType inputType) {
+        return super.isAlwaysCastable(inputType)
+                || ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDomain(inputType.getTypeTag()) == ATypeHierarchy.Domain.NUMERIC;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/NumberUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/NumberUtils.java
index 5fd7892..7a02fd2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/NumberUtils.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/common/NumberUtils.java
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableDouble;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableFloat;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt16;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt64;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt8;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 
 /**
@@ -66,6 +70,31 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Parses string as float
+     * @param textPtr input string
+     * @param result placeholder for the result
+     * @return {@code true} if parsing was successful, {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean parseFloat(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableFloat result) {
+        float v;
+        if (POSITIVE_INF.compareTo(textPtr) == 0) {
+            v = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+        } else if (NEGATIVE_INF.compareTo(textPtr) == 0) {
+            v = Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
+        } else if (NAN.compareTo(textPtr) == 0) {
+            v = Float.NaN;
+        } else {
+            try {
+                v = Float.parseFloat(textPtr.toString());
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        result.setValue(v);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Parses string as bigint
      * @param textPtr input string
      * @param result placeholder for the result
@@ -109,7 +138,149 @@
         if (value < 0 && positive) {
             value *= -1;
         }
+        result.setValue(value);
+        return true;
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Parses string as integer
+     * @param textPtr input string
+     * @param result placeholder for the result
+     * @return {@code true} if parsing was successful, {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean parseInt32(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableInt32 result) {
+        byte[] bytes = textPtr.getByteArray();
+        int offset = textPtr.getCharStartOffset();
+        //accumulating value in negative domain
+        //otherwise Integer.MIN_VALUE = -(Integer.MAX_VALUE + 1) would have caused overflow
+        int value = 0;
+        boolean positive = true;
+        int limit = -Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        if (bytes[offset] == '+') {
+            offset++;
+        } else if (bytes[offset] == '-') {
+            offset++;
+            positive = false;
+            limit = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        }
+        int end = textPtr.getStartOffset() + textPtr.getLength();
+        for (; offset < end; offset++) {
+            int digit;
+            if (bytes[offset] >= '0' && bytes[offset] <= '9') {
+                value *= 10;
+                digit = bytes[offset] - '0';
+            } else if (bytes[offset] == 'i' && bytes[offset + 1] == '3' && bytes[offset + 2] == '2'
+                    && offset + 3 == end) {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (value < limit + digit) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            value -= digit;
+        }
+        if (value > 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (value < 0 && positive) {
+            value *= -1;
+        }
+        result.setValue(value);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses string as smallint
+     * @param textPtr input string
+     * @param result placeholder for the result
+     * @return {@code true} if parsing was successful, {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean parseInt16(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableInt16 result) {
+        byte[] bytes = textPtr.getByteArray();
+        int offset = textPtr.getCharStartOffset();
+        //accumulating value in negative domain
+        //otherwise Short.MIN_VALUE = -(Short.MAX_VALUE + 1) would have caused overflow
+        short value = 0;
+        boolean positive = true;
+        short limit = -Short.MAX_VALUE;
+        if (bytes[offset] == '+') {
+            offset++;
+        } else if (bytes[offset] == '-') {
+            offset++;
+            positive = false;
+            limit = Short.MIN_VALUE;
+        }
+        int end = textPtr.getStartOffset() + textPtr.getLength();
+        for (; offset < end; offset++) {
+            int digit;
+            if (bytes[offset] >= '0' && bytes[offset] <= '9') {
+                value = (short) (value * 10);
+                digit = bytes[offset] - '0';
+            } else if (bytes[offset] == 'i' && bytes[offset + 1] == '1' && bytes[offset + 2] == '6'
+                    && offset + 3 == end) {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (value < limit + digit) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            value = (short) (value - digit);
+        }
+        if (value > 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (value < 0 && positive) {
+            value *= -1;
+        }
+        result.setValue(value);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses string as tinyint
+     * @param textPtr input string
+     * @param result placeholder for the result
+     * @return {@code true} if parsing was successful, {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean parseInt8(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableInt8 result) {
+        byte[] bytes = textPtr.getByteArray();
+        int offset = textPtr.getCharStartOffset();
+        //accumulating value in negative domain
+        //otherwise Byte.MIN_VALUE = -(Byte.MAX_VALUE + 1) would have caused overflow
+        byte value = 0;
+        boolean positive = true;
+        byte limit = -Byte.MAX_VALUE;
+        if (bytes[offset] == '+') {
+            offset++;
+        } else if (bytes[offset] == '-') {
+            offset++;
+            positive = false;
+            limit = Byte.MIN_VALUE;
+        }
+        int end = textPtr.getStartOffset() + textPtr.getLength();
+        for (; offset < end; offset++) {
+            int digit;
+            if (bytes[offset] >= '0' && bytes[offset] <= '9') {
+                value = (byte) (value * 10);
+                digit = bytes[offset] - '0';
+            } else if (bytes[offset] == 'i' && bytes[offset + 1] == '8' && offset + 2 == end) {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (value < limit + digit) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            value = (byte) (value - digit);
+        }
+        if (value > 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (value < 0 && positive) {
+            value *= -1;
+        }
         result.setValue(value);
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryBase64StringConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryBase64StringConstructorDescriptor.java
index d2f7665..737fcb7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryBase64StringConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryBase64StringConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableBinary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.ByteArrayBase64ParserFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.bytes.Base64Parser;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ABinaryBase64StringConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -47,8 +49,27 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor.ABinaryConstructorEvaluator(args[0],
-                        ByteArrayBase64ParserFactory.INSTANCE, ctx, sourceLoc);
+                return new AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+
+                    private final Base64Parser parser = new Base64Parser();
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected boolean parseBinary(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableBinary result) {
+                        try {
+                            parser.generatePureByteArrayFromBase64String(textPtr.getByteArray(),
+                                    textPtr.getCharStartOffset(), textPtr.getUTF8Length());
+                        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        result.setValue(parser.getByteArray(), 0, parser.getLength());
+                        return true;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ABinaryBase64StringConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
+                };
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor.java
index 505b650..04bf5be 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -19,32 +19,19 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableBinary;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.ByteArrayHexParserFactory;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParser;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.bytes.HexParser;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -63,7 +50,26 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new ABinaryConstructorEvaluator(args[0], ByteArrayHexParserFactory.INSTANCE, ctx, sourceLoc);
+                return new AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                    private final HexParser parser = new HexParser();
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected boolean parseBinary(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableBinary result) {
+                        try {
+                            parser.generateByteArrayFromHexString(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset(),
+                                    textPtr.getUTF8Length());
+                        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        result.setValue(parser.getByteArray(), 0, parser.getLength());
+                        return true;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ABinaryHexStringConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
+                };
             }
         };
     }
@@ -72,59 +78,4 @@
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.BINARY_HEX_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
-    static class ABinaryConstructorEvaluator implements IScalarEvaluator {
-        private final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
-        private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-        private final DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-        private final IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-        private final IScalarEvaluator eval;
-        private IValueParser byteArrayParser;
-        private UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
-
-        public ABinaryConstructorEvaluator(IScalarEvaluatorFactory copyEvaluatorFactory,
-                IValueParserFactory valueParserFactory, IEvaluatorContext context, SourceLocation sourceLoc)
-                throws HyracksDataException {
-            this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
-            eval = copyEvaluatorFactory.createScalarEvaluator(context);
-            byteArrayParser = valueParserFactory.createValueParser();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-            try {
-                eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                byte[] binary = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                byte tt = binary[startOffset];
-                if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_BINARY_TYPE_TAG) {
-                    result.set(inputArg);
-                } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-                    resultStorage.reset();
-                    utf8Ptr.set(inputArg.getByteArray(), startOffset + 1, len - 1);
-                    char[] buffer = utf8Ptr.toString().toCharArray();
-                    out.write(ATypeTag.BINARY.serialize());
-                    if (!byteArrayParser.parse(buffer, 0, buffer.length, out)) {
-                        PointableHelper.setNull(result);
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    result.set(resultStorage);
-                } else {
-                    throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, BuiltinFunctions.BINARY_HEX_CONSTRUCTOR, 0, tt,
-                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_BINARY_TYPE_TAG, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, BuiltinFunctions.BINARY_HEX_CONSTRUCTOR, e,
-                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_BINARY_TYPE_TAG);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABooleanConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABooleanConstructorDescriptor.java
index b08ae46..977524c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABooleanConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ABooleanConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
                     protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return ABooleanConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateConstructorDescriptor.java
index 90ec400..9dcc0a4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ADate;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableDate;
@@ -32,10 +30,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -44,9 +40,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ADateConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -65,82 +58,79 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableDate aDate = new AMutableDate(0);
+                    private final AMutableDate aDate = new AMutableDate(0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ADate> dateSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<ADate> dateSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADATE);
-
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            resultStorage.reset();
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATE_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case DATE:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, offset + 1, len - 1);
-                                int stringLength = utf8Ptr.getUTF8Length();
-
-                                // the string to be parsed should be at least 8 characters: YYYYMMDD
-                                if (stringLength < 8) {
-                                    throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATE_TYPE_TAG);
-                                }
-
-                                int startOffset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-                                while (serString[startOffset] == ' ') {
-                                    startOffset++;
-                                }
-                                int endOffset = startOffset + stringLength - 1;
-                                while (serString[endOffset] == ' ') {
-                                    endOffset--;
-                                }
-
-                                long chrononTimeInMs = ADateParserFactory.parseDatePart(serString, startOffset,
-                                        endOffset - startOffset + 1);
-                                short temp = 0;
-                                if (chrononTimeInMs < 0
-                                        && chrononTimeInMs % GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY != 0) {
-                                    temp = 1;
-                                }
-                                aDate.setValue((int) (chrononTimeInMs / GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY) - temp);
+                                break;
+                            case DATETIME:
+                                long chronon = ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aDate.setValue(GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getChrononInDays(chronon));
+                                resultStorage.reset();
                                 dateSerde.serialize(aDate, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATE_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseDate(utf8Ptr, aDate)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    dateSerde.serialize(aDate, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ADateConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.ADATE;
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
+    private static boolean parseDate(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableDate result) {
+        int stringLength = textPtr.getUTF8Length();
+        if (stringLength < 8) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        try {
+            long chronon = ADateParserFactory.parseDatePart(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset(),
+                    stringLength);
+            int chrononInDays = GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getChrononInDays(chronon);
+            result.setValue(chrononInDays);
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.DATE_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateTimeConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateTimeConstructorDescriptor.java
index 8d6d151..aa1068b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateTimeConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADateTimeConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,24 +18,21 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ADateTime;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableDateTime;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal.ADateParserFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal.ATimeParserFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ADateTimeConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -65,82 +59,92 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableDateTime aDateTime = new AMutableDateTime(0L);
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+
+                    private final AMutableDateTime aDateTime = new AMutableDateTime(0L);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ADateTime> datetimeSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<ADateTime> datetimeSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADATETIME);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            resultStorage.reset();
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case DATETIME:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, offset + 1, len - 1);
-                                int stringLength = utf8Ptr.getUTF8Length();
-                                int startOffset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-                                // the string to be parsed should be at least 14 characters: YYYYMMDDhhmmss
-                                if (stringLength < 14) {
-                                    throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG);
-                                }
-                                // +1 if it is negative (-)
-                                short timeOffset = (short) ((serString[startOffset] == '-') ? 1 : 0);
-
-                                timeOffset += 8;
-
-                                if (serString[startOffset + timeOffset] != 'T') {
-                                    timeOffset += 2;
-                                    if (serString[startOffset + timeOffset] != 'T') {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                }
-
-                                long chrononTimeInMs =
-                                        ADateParserFactory.parseDatePart(serString, startOffset, timeOffset);
-
-                                chrononTimeInMs += ATimeParserFactory.parseTimePart(serString,
-                                        startOffset + timeOffset + 1, stringLength - timeOffset - 1);
-
-                                aDateTime.setValue(chrononTimeInMs);
+                                break;
+                            case DATE:
+                                int chrononInDays = ADateSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aDateTime.setValue(chrononInDays * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY);
+                                resultStorage.reset();
                                 datetimeSerde.serialize(aDateTime, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DATETIME_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseDateTime(utf8Ptr, aDateTime)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    datetimeSerde.serialize(aDateTime, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.ADATETIME;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ADateTimeConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
+    private static boolean parseDateTime(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableDateTime result) {
+        int stringLength = textPtr.getUTF8Length();
+        // the string to be parsed should be at least 14 characters: YYYYMMDDhhmmss
+        if (stringLength < 14) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        byte[] bytes = textPtr.getByteArray();
+        int charStartOffset = textPtr.getCharStartOffset();
+        // +1 if it is negative (-)
+        short timeOffset = (short) ((bytes[charStartOffset] == '-') ? 1 : 0);
+        timeOffset += 8;
+        if (bytes[charStartOffset + timeOffset] != 'T') {
+            timeOffset += 2;
+            if (bytes[charStartOffset + timeOffset] != 'T') {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        try {
+            long chronon = ADateParserFactory.parseDatePart(bytes, charStartOffset, timeOffset);
+            int timeInMs = ATimeParserFactory.parseTimePart(bytes, charStartOffset + timeOffset + 1,
+                    stringLength - timeOffset - 1);
+            chronon += timeInMs;
+            result.setValue(chronon);
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.DATETIME_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADayTimeDurationConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADayTimeDurationConstructorDescriptor.java
index fde5c23..c7d4a34 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADayTimeDurationConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADayTimeDurationConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ADayTimeDuration;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableDayTimeDuration;
@@ -31,10 +30,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -43,9 +40,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ADayTimeDurationConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -66,67 +60,74 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableDayTimeDuration aDayTimeDuration = new AMutableDayTimeDuration(0);
+                    private final AMutableDayTimeDuration aDayTimeDuration = new AMutableDayTimeDuration(0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ADayTimeDuration> dayTimeDurationSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<ADayTimeDuration> dayTimeDurationSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
                                     .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADAYTIMEDURATION);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DAY_TIME_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case DAYTIMEDURATION:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case DURATION:
+                                long millis = ADurationSerializerDeserializer.getDayTime(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aDayTimeDuration.setMilliseconds(millis);
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, offset + 1, len - 1);
-                                int stringLength = utf8Ptr.getUTF8Length();
-                                int startOffset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-
-                                ADurationParserFactory.parseDuration(serString, startOffset, stringLength,
-                                        aDayTimeDuration, ADurationParseOption.DAY_TIME);
-
                                 dayTimeDurationSerde.serialize(aDayTimeDuration, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (Exception e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DAY_TIME_DURATION_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseDayTimeDuration(utf8Ptr, aDayTimeDuration)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    dayTimeDurationSerde.serialize(aDayTimeDuration, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
 
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.ADAYTIMEDURATION;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ADayTimeDurationConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
-    /* (non-Javadoc)
-     * @see org.apache.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
-     */
+    private static boolean parseDayTimeDuration(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, ADayTimeDuration result) {
+        try {
+            ADurationParserFactory.parseDuration(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset(),
+                    textPtr.getUTF8Length(), result, ADurationParseOption.DAY_TIME);
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.DAY_TIME_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADoubleConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADoubleConstructorDescriptor.java
index 700fbfe..b67382e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADoubleConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADoubleConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
                     protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return ADoubleConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADurationConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADurationConstructorDescriptor.java
index d87ce13..cc3fec8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADurationConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ADurationConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADayTimeDurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AYearMonthDurationSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ADuration;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableDuration;
@@ -32,10 +31,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ADurationConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -65,58 +59,81 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableDuration aDuration = new AMutableDuration(0, 0);
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+
+                    private final AMutableDuration aDuration = new AMutableDuration(0, 0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ADuration> durationSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<ADuration> durationSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADURATION);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case DURATION:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case YEARMONTHDURATION:
+                                int months =
+                                        AYearMonthDurationSerializerDeserializer.getYearMonth(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aDuration.setValue(months, 0);
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, offset + 1, len - 1);
-                                int stringLength = utf8Ptr.getUTF8Length();
-                                ADurationParserFactory.parseDuration(serString, utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset(),
-                                        stringLength, aDuration, ADurationParseOption.All);
                                 durationSerde.serialize(aDuration, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DURATION_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case DAYTIMEDURATION:
+                                long millis = ADayTimeDurationSerializerDeserializer.getDayTime(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aDuration.setValue(0, millis);
+                                resultStorage.reset();
+                                durationSerde.serialize(aDuration, out);
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseDuration(utf8Ptr, aDuration)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    durationSerde.serialize(aDuration, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.ADURATION;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ADurationConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
+    private static boolean parseDuration(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, ADuration result) {
+        try {
+            ADurationParserFactory.parseDuration(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset(),
+                    textPtr.getUTF8Length(), result, ADurationParseOption.All);
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AFloatConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AFloatConstructorDescriptor.java
index 05abb30..5596be6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AFloatConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AFloatConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AFloat;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableFloat;
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class AFloatConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -64,58 +60,79 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableFloat aFloat = new AMutableFloat(0);
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+
+                    private final AMutableFloat aFloat = new AMutableFloat(0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AFloat> floatSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<AFloat> floatSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AFLOAT);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_FLOAT_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case FLOAT:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case TINYINT:
+                            case SMALLINT:
+                            case INTEGER:
+                            case BIGINT:
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                int utf8offset = offset + 1;
-                                int utf8len = len - 1;
-                                if (NumberUtils.POSITIVE_INF.compareTo(serString, utf8offset, utf8len) == 0) {
-                                    aFloat.setValue(Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
-                                } else if (NumberUtils.NEGATIVE_INF.compareTo(serString, utf8offset, utf8len) == 0) {
-                                    aFloat.setValue(Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
-                                } else if (NumberUtils.NAN.compareTo(serString, utf8offset, utf8len) == 0) {
-                                    aFloat.setValue(Float.NaN);
-                                } else {
-                                    utf8Ptr.set(serString, utf8offset, utf8len);
-                                    aFloat.setValue(Float.parseFloat(utf8Ptr.toString()));
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.FLOAT).convertType(bytes,
+                                            startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                                 }
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case DOUBLE:
+                                resultStorage.reset();
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDemoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.FLOAT, false)
+                                            .convertType(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                                }
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case BOOLEAN:
+                                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aFloat.setValue(b ? 1 : 0);
+                                resultStorage.reset();
                                 floatSerde.serialize(aFloat, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_FLOAT_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (NumberUtils.parseFloat(utf8Ptr, aFloat)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    floatSerde.serialize(aFloat, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.AFLOAT;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return AFloatConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt16ConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt16ConstructorDescriptor.java
index a55db9f..7aedcc0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt16ConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt16ConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt16;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt16;
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class AInt16ConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -64,100 +61,86 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private short value;
-                    private int offset;
-                    private boolean positive;
-                    private AMutableInt16 aInt16 = new AMutableInt16((short) 0);
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+
+                    private final AMutableInt16 aInt16 = new AMutableInt16((short) 0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt16> int16Serde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt16> int16Serde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT16);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[startOffset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT16_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case SMALLINT:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case TINYINT:
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
-                                offset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-                                //accumulating value in negative domain
-                                //otherwise Short.MIN_VALUE = -(Short.MAX_VALUE + 1) would have caused overflow
-                                value = 0;
-                                positive = true;
-                                short limit = -Short.MAX_VALUE;
-                                if (serString[offset] == '+') {
-                                    offset++;
-                                } else if (serString[offset] == '-') {
-                                    offset++;
-                                    positive = false;
-                                    limit = Short.MIN_VALUE;
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.SMALLINT)
+                                            .convertType(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                                 }
-                                int end = startOffset + len;
-                                for (; offset < end; offset++) {
-                                    int digit;
-                                    if (serString[offset] >= '0' && serString[offset] <= '9') {
-                                        value = (short) (value * 10);
-                                        digit = serString[offset] - '0';
-                                    } else if (serString[offset] == 'i' && serString[offset + 1] == '1'
-                                            && serString[offset + 2] == '6' && offset + 3 == end) {
-                                        break;
-                                    } else {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT16_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                    if (value < limit + digit) {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT16_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                    value = (short) (value - digit);
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case INTEGER:
+                            case BIGINT:
+                            case FLOAT:
+                            case DOUBLE:
+                                resultStorage.reset();
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDemoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.SMALLINT, false)
+                                            .convertType(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                                 }
-                                if (value > 0) {
-                                    throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT16_TYPE_TAG);
-                                }
-                                if (value < 0 && positive) {
-                                    value *= -1;
-                                }
-
-                                aInt16.setValue(value);
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case BOOLEAN:
+                                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aInt16.setValue((short) (b ? 1 : 0));
+                                resultStorage.reset();
                                 int16Serde.serialize(aInt16, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT16_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (NumberUtils.parseInt16(utf8Ptr, aInt16)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    int16Serde.serialize(aInt16, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.AINT16;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return AInt16ConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
-
     }
 
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.INT16_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt32ConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt32ConstructorDescriptor.java
index 8a9c91c..06512aa 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt32ConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt32ConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt32;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt32;
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class AInt32ConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -63,91 +60,79 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private int value, offset;
-                    private boolean positive;
-                    private AMutableInt32 aInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
+                    private final AMutableInt32 aInt32 = new AMutableInt32(0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> int32Serde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt32> int32Serde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT32);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[startOffset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT32_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case INTEGER:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case TINYINT:
+                            case SMALLINT:
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
-                                offset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-                                //accumulating value in negative domain
-                                //otherwise Integer.MIN_VALUE = -(Integer.MAX_VALUE + 1) would have caused overflow
-                                value = 0;
-                                positive = true;
-                                int limit = -Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-                                if (serString[offset] == '+') {
-                                    offset++;
-                                } else if (serString[offset] == '-') {
-                                    offset++;
-                                    positive = false;
-                                    limit = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.INTEGER)
+                                            .convertType(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                                 }
-                                int end = startOffset + len;
-                                for (; offset < end; offset++) {
-                                    int digit;
-                                    if (serString[offset] >= '0' && serString[offset] <= '9') {
-                                        value *= 10;
-                                        digit = serString[offset] - '0';
-                                    } else if (serString[offset] == 'i' && serString[offset + 1] == '3'
-                                            && serString[offset + 2] == '2' && offset + 3 == end) {
-                                        break;
-                                    } else {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT32_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                    if (value < limit + digit) {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT32_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                    value -= digit;
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case BIGINT:
+                            case FLOAT:
+                            case DOUBLE:
+                                resultStorage.reset();
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDemoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.INTEGER, false)
+                                            .convertType(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                                 }
-                                if (value > 0) {
-                                    throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT32_TYPE_TAG);
-                                }
-                                if (value < 0 && positive) {
-                                    value *= -1;
-                                }
-
-                                aInt32.setValue(value);
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case BOOLEAN:
+                                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aInt32.setValue(b ? 1 : 0);
+                                resultStorage.reset();
                                 int32Serde.serialize(aInt32, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT32_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (NumberUtils.parseInt32(utf8Ptr, aInt32)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    int32Serde.serialize(aInt32, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.AINT32;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return AInt32ConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
@@ -157,5 +142,4 @@
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.INT32_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt64ConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt64ConstructorDescriptor.java
index 265ccf6..fface7b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt64ConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt64ConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
                     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return AInt64ConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt8ConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt8ConstructorDescriptor.java
index c2986fe..5ee0186 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt8ConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AInt8ConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt8;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt8;
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class AInt8ConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -63,101 +60,77 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private byte value;
-                    private int offset;
-                    private boolean positive;
-                    private AMutableInt8 aInt8 = new AMutableInt8((byte) 0);
+                    private final AMutableInt8 aInt8 = new AMutableInt8((byte) 0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AInt8> int8Serde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt8> int8Serde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT8);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[startOffset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT8_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case TINYINT:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case SMALLINT:
+                            case INTEGER:
+                            case BIGINT:
+                            case FLOAT:
+                            case DOUBLE:
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
-                                offset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-                                //accumulating value in negative domain
-                                //otherwise Byte.MIN_VALUE = -(Byte.MAX_VALUE + 1) would have caused overflow
-                                value = 0;
-                                positive = true;
-                                byte limit = -Byte.MAX_VALUE;
-                                if (serString[offset] == '+') {
-                                    offset++;
-                                } else if (serString[offset] == '-') {
-                                    offset++;
-                                    positive = false;
-                                    limit = Byte.MIN_VALUE;
+                                try {
+                                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDemoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.TINYINT, false)
+                                            .convertType(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                                } catch (IOException e) {
+                                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
                                 }
-                                int end = startOffset + len;
-                                for (; offset < end; offset++) {
-                                    int digit;
-                                    if (serString[offset] >= '0' && serString[offset] <= '9') {
-                                        value = (byte) (value * 10);
-                                        digit = serString[offset] - '0';
-                                    } else if (serString[offset] == 'i' && serString[offset + 1] == '8'
-                                            && offset + 2 == end) {
-                                        break;
-                                    } else {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT8_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                    if (value < limit + digit) {
-                                        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                                ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT8_TYPE_TAG);
-                                    }
-                                    value = (byte) (value - digit);
-                                }
-                                if (value > 0) {
-                                    throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT8_TYPE_TAG);
-                                }
-                                if (value < 0 && positive) {
-                                    value *= -1;
-                                }
-
-                                aInt8.setValue(value);
+                                result.set(resultStorage);
+                                break;
+                            case BOOLEAN:
+                                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aInt8.setValue((byte) (b ? 1 : 0));
+                                resultStorage.reset();
                                 int8Serde.serialize(aInt8, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e1) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e1,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT8_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (NumberUtils.parseInt8(utf8Ptr, aInt8)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    int8Serde.serialize(aInt8, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.AINT8;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return AInt8ConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
-
     }
 
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.INT8_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AStringConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AStringConstructorDescriptor.java
index 1ed8d43..f2fda66 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AStringConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AStringConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
                     protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return AStringConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ATimeConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ATimeConstructorDescriptor.java
index 277cf6a..714abad 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ATimeConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/ATimeConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableTime;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ATime;
@@ -32,10 +30,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -44,9 +40,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ATimeConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -65,73 +58,83 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableTime aTime = new AMutableTime(0);
+                    private final AMutableTime aTime = new AMutableTime(0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<ATime> timeSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<ATime> timeSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ATIME);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_TIME_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case TIME:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case DATETIME:
+                                long chronon = ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                int chrononTime = (int) (chronon / GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY);
+                                aTime.setValue(chrononTime);
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, offset + 1, len - 1);
-                                int stringLength = utf8Ptr.getUTF8Length();
-                                int startOffset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-
-                                // the string to be parsed should be at least 6 characters: hhmmss
-                                if (stringLength < 6) {
-                                    throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
-                                            ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_TIME_TYPE_TAG);
-                                }
-
-                                int chrononTimeInMs =
-                                        ATimeParserFactory.parseTimePart(serString, startOffset, stringLength);
-
-                                if (chrononTimeInMs < 0) {
-                                    chrononTimeInMs += GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
-                                }
-
-                                aTime.setValue(chrononTimeInMs);
                                 timeSerde.serialize(aTime, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_POLYGON_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseTime(utf8Ptr, aTime)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    timeSerde.serialize(aTime, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.ATIME;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return ATimeConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
+    private static boolean parseTime(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableTime result) {
+        int stringLength = textPtr.getUTF8Length();
+        // the string to be parsed should be at least 6 characters: hhmmss
+        if (stringLength < 6) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        try {
+            int chronon = ATimeParserFactory.parseTimePart(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset(),
+                    stringLength);
+            if (chronon < 0) {
+                chronon += GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
+            }
+            result.setValue(chronon);
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.TIME_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AUUIDFromStringConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AUUIDFromStringConstructorDescriptor.java
index 6693877..ec2b9db 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AUUIDFromStringConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AUUIDFromStringConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableUUID;
@@ -28,9 +26,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -39,9 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 /**
  * Receives a canonical representation of UUID and construct a UUID value.
@@ -61,61 +55,66 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableUUID uuid = new AMutableUUID();
+                    private final AMutableUUID uuid = new AMutableUUID();
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AUUID> uuidSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<AUUID> uuidSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AUUID);
-
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int start = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[start];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_UUID_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case UUID:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-                                resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, start + 1, len - 1);
-
-                                // first byte: tag, next x bytes: length
-                                int offset = utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset();
-                                uuid.parseUUIDHexBytes(serString, offset);
-                                uuidSerde.serialize(uuid, out);
-                                result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
-                            e.setSourceLocation(sourceLoc);
-                            throw e;
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseUUID(utf8Ptr, uuid)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    uuidSerde.serialize(uuid, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.AUUID;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return AUUIDFromStringConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
+    private static boolean parseUUID(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableUUID result) {
+        try {
+            // first byte: tag, next x bytes: length
+            result.parseUUIDHexBytes(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset());
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.UUID_CONSTRUCTOR;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AYearMonthDurationConstructorDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AYearMonthDurationConstructorDescriptor.java
index aa304ce..d423559 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AYearMonthDurationConstructorDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AYearMonthDurationConstructorDescriptor.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableYearMonthDuration;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AYearMonthDuration;
@@ -32,10 +30,8 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
@@ -44,9 +40,6 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class AYearMonthDurationConstructorDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
@@ -66,61 +59,72 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new IScalarEvaluator() {
+                return new AbstractConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
 
-                    private ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-                    private DataOutput out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-                    private IPointable inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-                    private IScalarEvaluator eval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
-                    private AMutableYearMonthDuration aYearMonthDuration = new AMutableYearMonthDuration(0);
+                    private final AMutableYearMonthDuration aYearMonthDuration = new AMutableYearMonthDuration(0);
                     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private ISerializerDeserializer<AYearMonthDuration> yearMonthDurationSerde =
+                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<AYearMonthDuration> yearMonthDurationSerde =
                             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE
                                     .getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AYEARMONTHDURATION);
                     private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
                     @Override
-                    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        try {
-                            eval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-
-                            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                                return;
-                            }
-
-                            byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                            int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-
-                            byte tt = serString[offset];
-                            if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_YEAR_MONTH_DURATION_TYPE_TAG) {
+                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+                        switch (inputType) {
+                            case YEARMONTHDURATION:
                                 result.set(inputArg);
-                            } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
+                                break;
+                            case DURATION:
+                                int months = ADurationSerializerDeserializer.getYearMonth(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                                aYearMonthDuration.setMonths(months);
                                 resultStorage.reset();
-                                utf8Ptr.set(serString, offset + 1, len - 1);
-                                int stringLength = utf8Ptr.getUTF8Length();
-                                ADurationParserFactory.parseDuration(serString, utf8Ptr.getCharStartOffset(),
-                                        stringLength, aYearMonthDuration, ADurationParseOption.YEAR_MONTH);
                                 yearMonthDurationSerde.serialize(aYearMonthDuration, out);
                                 result.set(resultStorage);
-                            } else {
-                                throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt,
-                                        ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-                            }
-                        } catch (IOException e) {
-                            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e,
-                                    ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_YEAR_MONTH_DURATION_TYPE_TAG);
+                                break;
+                            case STRING:
+                                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                                if (parseYearMonthDuration(utf8Ptr, aYearMonthDuration)) {
+                                    resultStorage.reset();
+                                    yearMonthDurationSerde.serialize(aYearMonthDuration, out);
+                                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                                } else {
+                                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                                }
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
 
+                    @Override
+                    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+                        return BuiltinType.AYEARMONTHDURATION;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+                        return AYearMonthDurationConstructorDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
+                    }
                 };
             }
         };
     }
 
-    /* (non-Javadoc)
-     * @see org.apache.asterix.om.functions.AbstractFunctionDescriptor#getIdentifier()
-     */
+    private static boolean parseYearMonthDuration(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableYearMonthDuration result) {
+        try {
+            ADurationParserFactory.parseDuration(textPtr.getByteArray(), textPtr.getCharStartOffset(),
+                    textPtr.getUTF8Length(), result, ADurationParseOption.YEAR_MONTH);
+            return true;
+        } catch (HyracksDataException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
         return BuiltinFunctions.YEAR_MONTH_DURATION_CONSTRUCTOR;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6960273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABinary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableBinary;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
+
+abstract class AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator extends AbstractConstructorEvaluator {
+
+    protected final AMutableBinary aBinary = new AMutableBinary(new byte[0], 0, 0);
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    protected final ISerializerDeserializer<ABinary> binarySerde =
+            SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ABINARY);
+    protected final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
+
+    protected AbstractBinaryConstructorEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx, IScalarEvaluator inputEval,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        super(ctx, inputEval, sourceLoc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+        switch (inputType) {
+            case BINARY:
+                result.set(inputArg);
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                utf8Ptr.set(inputArg.getByteArray(), startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                if (parseBinary(utf8Ptr, aBinary)) {
+                    resultStorage.reset();
+                    binarySerde.serialize(aBinary, out);
+                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                } else {
+                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+        return BuiltinType.ABINARY;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract boolean parseBinary(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, AMutableBinary result);
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator.java
index 7e1e35b..6777feb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator.java
@@ -19,32 +19,33 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADoubleSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AFloatSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt16SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt8SerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.BinaryComparatorFactoryProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ABoolean;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.util.string.UTF8StringUtil;
 
-public abstract class AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator implements IScalarEvaluator {
+public abstract class AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator extends AbstractConstructorEvaluator {
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    protected static final ISerializerDeserializer<ABoolean> BOOLEAN_SERDE =
+    protected final ISerializerDeserializer<ABoolean> booleanSerde =
             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN);
 
     protected static final IBinaryComparator UTF8_BINARY_CMP =
@@ -53,60 +54,85 @@
     protected static final byte[] TRUE = UTF8StringUtil.writeStringToBytes("true");
     protected static final byte[] FALSE = UTF8StringUtil.writeStringToBytes("false");
 
-    protected final IScalarEvaluator inputEval;
-    protected final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
-    protected final IPointable inputArg;
-    protected final ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage;
-    protected final DataOutput out;
+    private final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
-    protected AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator(IScalarEvaluator inputEval, SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
-        this.inputEval = inputEval;
-        this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
-        inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-        resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-        out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
+    protected AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx, IScalarEvaluator inputEval,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        super(ctx, inputEval, sourceLoc);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-        try {
-            inputEval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-            resultStorage.reset();
-
-            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            evaluateImpl(result);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_BOOLEAN_TYPE_TAG);
-        }
-    }
-
     protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
         byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
         int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-        byte tt = bytes[startOffset];
-        if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_BOOLEAN_TYPE_TAG) {
-            result.set(inputArg);
-        } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-            int len = inputArg.getLength();
-            if (UTF8_BINARY_CMP.compare(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, TRUE, 0, TRUE.length) == 0) {
-                setBoolean(result, true);
-            } else if (UTF8_BINARY_CMP.compare(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1, FALSE, 0, FALSE.length) == 0) {
-                setBoolean(result, false);
-            } else {
-                throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_BOOLEAN_TYPE_TAG);
-            }
-        } else {
-            throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
+        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+        switch (inputType) {
+            case BOOLEAN:
+                result.set(inputArg);
+                break;
+            case TINYINT:
+                setInteger(AInt8SerializerDeserializer.getByte(bytes, startOffset + 1), result);
+                break;
+            case SMALLINT:
+                setInteger(AInt16SerializerDeserializer.getShort(bytes, startOffset + 1), result);
+                break;
+            case INTEGER:
+                setInteger(AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, startOffset + 1), result);
+                break;
+            case BIGINT:
+                setInteger(AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, startOffset + 1), result);
+                break;
+            case FLOAT:
+                setDouble(AFloatSerializerDeserializer.getFloat(bytes, startOffset + 1), result);
+                break;
+            case DOUBLE:
+                setDouble(ADoubleSerializerDeserializer.getDouble(bytes, startOffset + 1), result);
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                Boolean v = parseBoolean(bytes, startOffset, len);
+                if (v != null) {
+                    setBoolean(result, v);
+                } else {
+                    utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                break;
         }
     }
 
-    protected void setBoolean(IPointable result, boolean value) throws HyracksDataException {
-        BOOLEAN_SERDE.serialize(ABoolean.valueOf(value), out);
+    protected Boolean parseBoolean(byte[] bytes, int offset, int len) throws HyracksDataException {
+        if (UTF8_BINARY_CMP.compare(bytes, offset + 1, len - 1, TRUE, 0, TRUE.length) == 0) {
+            return true;
+        } else if (UTF8_BINARY_CMP.compare(bytes, offset + 1, len - 1, FALSE, 0, FALSE.length) == 0) {
+            return false;
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected final void setBoolean(IPointable result, boolean value) throws HyracksDataException {
+        resultStorage.reset();
+        booleanSerde.serialize(ABoolean.valueOf(value), out);
         result.set(resultStorage);
     }
 
-    protected abstract FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier();
+    protected final void setInteger(long v, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+        setBoolean(result, v != 0);
+    }
+
+    protected final void setDouble(double v, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+        long bits = Double.doubleToLongBits(v);
+        boolean zeroOrNaN = bits == NumberUtils.POSITIVE_ZERO_BITS || bits == NumberUtils.NEGATIVE_ZERO_BITS
+                || bits == NumberUtils.NAN_BITS;
+        setBoolean(result, !zeroOrNaN);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+        return BuiltinType.ABOOLEAN;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractConstructorEvaluator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractConstructorEvaluator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6287fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractConstructorEvaluator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.exceptions.ExceptionUtil;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IWarningCollector;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.Warning;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.LogRedactionUtil;
+
+public abstract class AbstractConstructorEvaluator implements IScalarEvaluator {
+
+    protected final IEvaluatorContext ctx;
+    protected final IScalarEvaluator inputEval;
+    protected final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
+    protected final IPointable inputArg;
+    protected final ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage;
+    protected final DataOutput out;
+
+    protected AbstractConstructorEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx, IScalarEvaluator inputEval,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        this.ctx = ctx;
+        this.inputEval = inputEval;
+        this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
+        this.inputArg = new VoidPointable();
+        this.resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+        this.out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+        inputEval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
+        if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        evaluateImpl(result);
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException;
+
+    protected abstract FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier();
+
+    protected abstract BuiltinType getTargetType();
+
+    protected void handleUnsupportedType(ATypeTag inputType, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+        warnUnsupportedType(inputType);
+        PointableHelper.setNull(result);
+    }
+
+    protected void warnUnsupportedType(ATypeTag inputType) {
+        ExceptionUtil.warnUnsupportedType(ctx, sourceLoc, getIdentifier().getName() + "()", inputType);
+    }
+
+    protected void handleParseError(UTF8StringPointable textPtr, IPointable result) {
+        warnParseError(textPtr);
+        PointableHelper.setNull(result);
+    }
+
+    protected void warnParseError(UTF8StringPointable textPtr) {
+        IWarningCollector warningCollector = ctx.getWarningCollector();
+        if (warningCollector.shouldWarn()) {
+            warningCollector.warn(Warning.of(sourceLoc, ErrorCode.INVALID_FORMAT,
+                    getTargetType().getTypeTag().toString(), LogRedactionUtil.userData(textPtr.toString())));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator.java
index 04220ce..b38b5e2 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator.java
@@ -19,90 +19,87 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ADouble;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableDouble;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
-public abstract class AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator implements IScalarEvaluator {
+public abstract class AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator extends AbstractConstructorEvaluator {
+
+    protected final AMutableDouble aDouble = new AMutableDouble(0);
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    protected static final ISerializerDeserializer<ADouble> DOUBLE_SERDE =
+    protected final ISerializerDeserializer<ADouble> doubleSerde =
             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ADOUBLE);
+    protected final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
-    protected final IScalarEvaluator inputEval;
-    protected final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
-    protected final ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage;
-    protected final DataOutput out;
-    protected final IPointable inputArg;
-    protected final AMutableDouble aDouble;
-    protected final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr;
-
-    protected AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator(IScalarEvaluator inputEval, SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
-        this.inputEval = inputEval;
-        this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
-        resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-        out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-        inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-        aDouble = new AMutableDouble(0);
-        utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
+    protected AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx, IScalarEvaluator inputEval,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        super(ctx, inputEval, sourceLoc);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-        try {
-            inputEval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-            resultStorage.reset();
-
-            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            evaluateImpl(result);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DOUBLE_TYPE_TAG);
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws IOException {
+    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
         byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
         int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-        byte tt = bytes[startOffset];
-        if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DOUBLE_TYPE_TAG) {
-            result.set(inputArg);
-        } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-            utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, inputArg.getLength() - 1);
-            if (NumberUtils.parseDouble(utf8Ptr, aDouble)) {
-                DOUBLE_SERDE.serialize(aDouble, out);
+        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+        switch (inputType) {
+            case DOUBLE:
+                result.set(inputArg);
+                break;
+            case TINYINT:
+            case SMALLINT:
+            case INTEGER:
+            case BIGINT:
+            case FLOAT:
+                resultStorage.reset();
+                try {
+                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.DOUBLE).convertType(bytes,
+                            startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                }
                 result.set(resultStorage);
-            } else {
-                handleUparseableString(result);
-            }
-        } else {
-            throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
+                break;
+            case BOOLEAN:
+                resultStorage.reset();
+                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                aDouble.setValue(b ? 1 : 0);
+                doubleSerde.serialize(aDouble, out);
+                result.set(resultStorage);
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                if (NumberUtils.parseDouble(utf8Ptr, aDouble)) {
+                    resultStorage.reset();
+                    doubleSerde.serialize(aDouble, out);
+                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                } else {
+                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                break;
         }
     }
 
-    protected void handleUparseableString(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_DOUBLE_TYPE_TAG);
+    @Override
+    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+        return BuiltinType.ADOUBLE;
     }
-
-    protected abstract FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier();
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator.java
index cab2db4..b751cae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator.java
@@ -19,91 +19,96 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AInt64;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AMutableInt64;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.TypeMismatchException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.UTF8StringPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
 
-public abstract class AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator implements IScalarEvaluator {
+public abstract class AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator extends AbstractConstructorEvaluator {
+
+    protected final AMutableInt64 aInt64 = new AMutableInt64(0);
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    protected static final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt64> INT64_SERDE =
+    protected final ISerializerDeserializer<AInt64> int64Serde =
             SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.AINT64);
+    protected final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
 
-    protected final IScalarEvaluator inputEval;
-    protected final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
-    protected final IPointable inputArg;
-    protected final ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage;
-    protected final DataOutput out;
-    protected final AMutableInt64 aInt64;
-    protected final UTF8StringPointable utf8Ptr;
-
-    protected AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator(IScalarEvaluator inputEval, SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
-        this.inputEval = inputEval;
-        this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
-        inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-        resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-        out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-        aInt64 = new AMutableInt64(0);
-        utf8Ptr = new UTF8StringPointable();
+    protected AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx, IScalarEvaluator inputEval,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        super(ctx, inputEval, sourceLoc);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-        try {
-            inputEval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-            resultStorage.reset();
-
-            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            evaluateImpl(result);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT64_TYPE_TAG);
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws IOException {
+    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
         byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
         int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-
-        byte tt = bytes[startOffset];
-        if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT64_TYPE_TAG) {
-            result.set(inputArg);
-        } else if (tt == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG) {
-            utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, inputArg.getLength() - 1);
-            if (NumberUtils.parseInt64(utf8Ptr, aInt64)) {
-                INT64_SERDE.serialize(aInt64, out);
+        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+        switch (inputType) {
+            case BIGINT:
+                result.set(inputArg);
+                break;
+            case TINYINT:
+            case SMALLINT:
+            case INTEGER:
+                resultStorage.reset();
+                try {
+                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.BIGINT).convertType(bytes,
+                            startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                }
                 result.set(resultStorage);
-            } else {
-                handleUnparseableString(result);
-            }
-        } else {
-            throw new TypeMismatchException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), 0, tt, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
+                break;
+            case FLOAT:
+            case DOUBLE:
+                resultStorage.reset();
+                try {
+                    ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDemoteComputer(inputType, ATypeTag.BIGINT, false).convertType(bytes,
+                            startOffset + 1, len - 1, out);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+                }
+                result.set(resultStorage);
+                break;
+            case BOOLEAN:
+                resultStorage.reset();
+                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                aInt64.setValue(b ? 1 : 0);
+                int64Serde.serialize(aInt64, out);
+                result.set(resultStorage);
+                break;
+            case STRING:
+                utf8Ptr.set(bytes, startOffset + 1, len - 1);
+                if (NumberUtils.parseInt64(utf8Ptr, aInt64)) {
+                    resultStorage.reset();
+                    int64Serde.serialize(aInt64, out);
+                    result.set(resultStorage);
+                } else {
+                    handleParseError(utf8Ptr, result);
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                break;
         }
     }
 
-    protected void handleUnparseableString(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-        throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_INT64_TYPE_TAG);
+    @Override
+    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+        return BuiltinType.AINT64;
     }
-
-    protected abstract FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier();
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator.java
index 5ce7853..f306e86 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/constructors/AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator.java
@@ -19,103 +19,85 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors;
 
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABinarySerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADayTimeDurationSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADoubleSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADurationSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AFloatSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt16SerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt8SerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ATimeSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AYearMonthDurationSerializerDeserializer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AUUID;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.base.temporal.GregorianCalendarSystem;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.EnumDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.PointableHelper;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.InvalidDataFormatException;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.exceptions.UnsupportedTypeException;
-import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.SourceLocation;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
-import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.GrowableArray;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.UTF8StringBuilder;
-import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+import org.apache.hyracks.util.bytes.Base64Printer;
 
-public abstract class AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator implements IScalarEvaluator {
+public abstract class AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator extends AbstractConstructorEvaluator {
 
-    protected final IScalarEvaluator inputEval;
-    protected final SourceLocation sourceLoc;
-    protected final IPointable inputArg;
-    protected final ArrayBackedValueStorage resultStorage;
-    protected final DataOutput out;
-    protected final UTF8StringBuilder builder;
-    protected final GrowableArray baaos;
+    protected final UTF8StringBuilder builder = new UTF8StringBuilder();
+    protected final GrowableArray baaos = new GrowableArray();
+    protected final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(32);
 
-    protected AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator(IScalarEvaluator inputEval, SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
-        this.inputEval = inputEval;
-        this.sourceLoc = sourceLoc;
-        resultStorage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
-        out = resultStorage.getDataOutput();
-        inputArg = new VoidPointable();
-        builder = new UTF8StringBuilder();
-        baaos = new GrowableArray();
+    protected AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator(IEvaluatorContext ctx, IScalarEvaluator inputEval,
+            SourceLocation sourceLoc) {
+        super(ctx, inputEval, sourceLoc);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-        try {
-            inputEval.evaluate(tuple, inputArg);
-            resultStorage.reset();
-
-            if (PointableHelper.checkAndSetMissingOrNull(result, inputArg)) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            evaluateImpl(result);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new InvalidDataFormatException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), e, ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws IOException {
-        byte[] serString = inputArg.getByteArray();
-        int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-
-        ATypeTag tt = ATypeTag.VALUE_TYPE_MAPPING[serString[offset]];
-        if (tt == ATypeTag.STRING) {
+    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
+        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+        ATypeTag inputType = EnumDeserializer.ATYPETAGDESERIALIZER.deserialize(bytes[startOffset]);
+        if (inputType == ATypeTag.STRING) {
             result.set(inputArg);
-        } else {
-            int len = inputArg.getLength();
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
             baaos.reset();
             builder.reset(baaos, len);
-            int startOffset = offset + 1;
-            switch (tt) {
-                case TINYINT: {
-                    int i = AInt8SerializerDeserializer.getByte(serString, startOffset);
-                    builder.appendString(String.valueOf(i));
+            sb.setLength(0);
+            switch (inputType) {
+                case TINYINT:
+                    int i = AInt8SerializerDeserializer.getByte(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    sb.append(i);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
                     break;
-                }
-                case SMALLINT: {
-                    int i = AInt16SerializerDeserializer.getShort(serString, startOffset);
-                    builder.appendString(String.valueOf(i));
+                case SMALLINT:
+                    i = AInt16SerializerDeserializer.getShort(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    sb.append(i);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
                     break;
-                }
-                case INTEGER: {
-                    int i = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(serString, startOffset);
-                    builder.appendString(String.valueOf(i));
+                case INTEGER:
+                    i = AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    sb.append(i);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
                     break;
-                }
-                case BIGINT: {
-                    long l = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(serString, startOffset);
-                    builder.appendString(String.valueOf(l));
+                case BIGINT:
+                    long l = AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    sb.append(l);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
                     break;
-                }
-                case DOUBLE: {
-                    double d = ADoubleSerializerDeserializer.getDouble(serString, startOffset);
+                case DOUBLE:
+                    double d = ADoubleSerializerDeserializer.getDouble(bytes, startOffset + 1);
                     if (Double.isNaN(d)) {
                         builder.appendUtf8StringPointable(NumberUtils.NAN);
                     } else if (d == Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY) { // NOSONAR
@@ -123,12 +105,12 @@
                     } else if (d == Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) { // NOSONAR
                         builder.appendUtf8StringPointable(NumberUtils.NEGATIVE_INF);
                     } else {
-                        builder.appendString(String.valueOf(d));
+                        sb.append(d);
+                        builder.appendString(sb);
                     }
                     break;
-                }
-                case FLOAT: {
-                    float f = AFloatSerializerDeserializer.getFloat(serString, startOffset);
+                case FLOAT:
+                    float f = AFloatSerializerDeserializer.getFloat(bytes, startOffset + 1);
                     if (Float.isNaN(f)) {
                         builder.appendUtf8StringPointable(NumberUtils.NAN);
                     } else if (f == Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY) { // NOSONAR
@@ -136,43 +118,75 @@
                     } else if (f == Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) { // NOSONAR
                         builder.appendUtf8StringPointable(NumberUtils.NEGATIVE_INF);
                     } else {
-                        builder.appendString(String.valueOf(f));
+                        sb.append(f);
+                        builder.appendString(sb);
                     }
                     break;
-                }
-                case BOOLEAN: {
-                    boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(serString, startOffset);
+                case BOOLEAN:
+                    boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, startOffset + 1);
                     builder.appendString(String.valueOf(b));
                     break;
-                }
-
-                // NotYetImplemented
-                case CIRCLE:
                 case DATE:
-                case DATETIME:
-                case LINE:
+                    l = ADateSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(bytes, startOffset + 1)
+                            * GregorianCalendarSystem.CHRONON_OF_DAY;
+                    GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getExtendStringRepUntilField(l, 0, sb,
+                            GregorianCalendarSystem.Fields.YEAR, GregorianCalendarSystem.Fields.DAY, false);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
                 case TIME:
-                case DURATION:
+                    i = ATimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getExtendStringRepUntilField(i, 0, sb,
+                            GregorianCalendarSystem.Fields.HOUR, GregorianCalendarSystem.Fields.MILLISECOND, false);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
+                case DATETIME:
+                    l = ADateTimeSerializerDeserializer.getChronon(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getExtendStringRepUntilField(l, 0, sb,
+                            GregorianCalendarSystem.Fields.YEAR, GregorianCalendarSystem.Fields.MILLISECOND, true);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
                 case YEARMONTHDURATION:
+                    i = AYearMonthDurationSerializerDeserializer.getYearMonth(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getDurationExtendStringRepWithTimezoneUntilField(0, i, sb);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
                 case DAYTIMEDURATION:
-                case INTERVAL:
-                case ARRAY:
-                case POINT:
-                case POINT3D:
-                case RECTANGLE:
-                case POLYGON:
-                case OBJECT:
-                case MULTISET:
+                    l = ADayTimeDurationSerializerDeserializer.getDayTime(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getDurationExtendStringRepWithTimezoneUntilField(l, 0, sb);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
+                case DURATION:
+                    i = ADurationSerializerDeserializer.getYearMonth(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    l = ADurationSerializerDeserializer.getDayTime(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    GregorianCalendarSystem.getInstance().getDurationExtendStringRepWithTimezoneUntilField(l, i, sb);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
                 case UUID:
+                    AUUID.appendLiteralOnly(bytes, startOffset + 1, sb);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
+                case BINARY:
+                    int contentLength = ABinarySerializerDeserializer.getContentLength(bytes, startOffset + 1);
+                    int metaLength = ABinarySerializerDeserializer.getMetaLength(contentLength);
+                    Base64Printer.printBase64Binary(bytes, startOffset + 1 + metaLength, contentLength, sb);
+                    builder.appendString(sb);
+                    break;
                 default:
-                    throw new UnsupportedTypeException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(), serString[offset]);
+                    handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
+                    return;
             }
             builder.finish();
+            resultStorage.reset();
             out.write(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_STRING_TYPE_TAG);
             out.write(baaos.getByteArray(), 0, baaos.getLength());
             result.set(resultStorage);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
         }
     }
 
-    protected abstract FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier();
+    @Override
+    protected BuiltinType getTargetType() {
+        return BuiltinType.ASTRING;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CastTypeDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CastTypeDescriptor.java
index c27423b..6a0d6fb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CastTypeDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CastTypeDescriptor.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionTypeInferer;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.TypeComputeUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.functions.FunctionTypeInferers;
@@ -64,14 +63,6 @@
     public void setImmutableStates(Object... states) {
         reqType = (IAType) states[0];
         inputType = (IAType) states[1];
-        // If reqType or inputType is null, or they are the same, it indicates there is a bug in the compiler.
-        if (reqType == null || inputType == null || reqType.equals(inputType)) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(
-                    "Invalid types for casting, required type " + reqType + ", input type " + inputType);
-        }
-        // NULLs and MISSINGs are handled by the generated code, therefore we only need to handle actual types here.
-        this.reqType = TypeComputeUtils.getActualType(reqType);
-        this.inputType = TypeComputeUtils.getActualType(inputType);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBigIntDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBigIntDescriptor.java
index 6040e1c..23c8adc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBigIntDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBigIntDescriptor.java
@@ -19,16 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ITypeConvertComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors.AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
@@ -55,54 +50,23 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(final IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractInt64ConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
-                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws IOException {
-                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                        int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                        ATypeTag tt = ATypeTag.VALUE_TYPE_MAPPING[bytes[offset]];
-                        switch (tt) {
-                            case BOOLEAN:
-                                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, offset + 1);
-                                aInt64.setValue(b ? 1 : 0);
-                                INT64_SERDE.serialize(aInt64, out);
-                                result.set(resultStorage);
-                                break;
-
-                            case TINYINT:
-                            case SMALLINT:
-                            case INTEGER:
-                                ITypeConvertComputer tpcc = ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(tt, ATypeTag.BIGINT);
-                                tpcc.convertType(bytes, offset + 1, inputArg.getLength() - 1, out);
-                                result.set(resultStorage);
-                                break;
-
-                            case FLOAT:
-                            case DOUBLE:
-                                ITypeConvertComputer tdcc =
-                                        ATypeHierarchy.getTypeDemoteComputer(tt, ATypeTag.BIGINT, false);
-                                tdcc.convertType(bytes, offset + 1, inputArg.getLength() - 1, out);
-                                result.set(resultStorage);
-                                break;
-
+                    protected void handleUnsupportedType(ATypeTag inputType, IPointable result)
+                            throws HyracksDataException {
+                        switch (inputType) {
                             case ARRAY:
                             case MULTISET:
                             case OBJECT:
                                 PointableHelper.setNull(result);
                                 break;
-
                             default:
-                                super.evaluateImpl(result);
+                                super.handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
                                 break;
                         }
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    protected void handleUnparseableString(IPointable result) {
-                        PointableHelper.setNull(result);
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
                     protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return ToBigIntDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
                     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBooleanDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBooleanDescriptor.java
index 594b6d8..5fa8424 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBooleanDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToBooleanDescriptor.java
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ADoubleSerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AFloatSerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt16SerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt32SerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt64SerializerDeserializer;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AInt8SerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AOrderedListSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ARecordSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.AUnorderedListSerializerDeserializer;
@@ -34,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
-import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.NumberUtils;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors.AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
@@ -47,7 +40,6 @@
 @MissingNullInOutFunction
 public class ToBooleanDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
     public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
         @Override
         public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
@@ -62,61 +54,35 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(final IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractBooleanConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
-                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+                    protected void handleUnsupportedType(ATypeTag inputType, IPointable result)
+                            throws HyracksDataException {
                         byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                        int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-
-                        ATypeTag tt = ATypeTag.VALUE_TYPE_MAPPING[bytes[offset]];
-                        switch (tt) {
-                            case TINYINT:
-                                setInteger(AInt8SerializerDeserializer.getByte(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
-                            case SMALLINT:
-                                setInteger(AInt16SerializerDeserializer.getShort(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
-                            case INTEGER:
-                                setInteger(AInt32SerializerDeserializer.getInt(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
-                            case BIGINT:
-                                setInteger(AInt64SerializerDeserializer.getLong(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
-                            case FLOAT:
-                                setDouble(AFloatSerializerDeserializer.getFloat(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
-                            case DOUBLE:
-                                setDouble(ADoubleSerializerDeserializer.getDouble(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
-                            case STRING:
-                                setInteger(UTF8StringUtil.getStringLength(bytes, offset + 1), result);
-                                break;
+                        int startOffset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
+                        int len = inputArg.getLength();
+                        switch (inputType) {
                             case ARRAY:
-                                setInteger(AOrderedListSerializerDeserializer.getNumberOfItems(bytes, offset), result);
+                                int n = AOrderedListSerializerDeserializer.getNumberOfItems(bytes, startOffset);
+                                setInteger(n, result);
                                 break;
                             case MULTISET:
-                                setInteger(AUnorderedListSerializerDeserializer.getNumberOfItems(bytes, offset),
-                                        result);
+                                n = AUnorderedListSerializerDeserializer.getNumberOfItems(bytes, startOffset);
+                                setInteger(n, result);
                                 break;
                             case OBJECT:
-                                setBoolean(result, !ARecordSerializerDeserializer.hasNoFields(bytes, offset,
-                                        inputArg.getLength()));
+                                boolean empty = ARecordSerializerDeserializer.hasNoFields(bytes, startOffset, len);
+                                setBoolean(result, !empty);
                                 break;
                             default:
-                                super.evaluateImpl(result);
+                                super.handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
                                 break;
                         }
                     }
 
-                    private void setInteger(long v, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        setBoolean(result, v != 0);
-                    }
-
-                    private void setDouble(double v, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        long bits = Double.doubleToLongBits(v);
-                        boolean zeroOrNaN = bits == NumberUtils.POSITIVE_ZERO_BITS
-                                || bits == NumberUtils.NEGATIVE_ZERO_BITS || bits == NumberUtils.NAN_BITS;
-                        setBoolean(result, !zeroOrNaN);
+                    @Override
+                    protected Boolean parseBoolean(byte[] bytes, int offset, int len) {
+                        return UTF8StringUtil.getStringLength(bytes, offset + 1) != 0;
                     }
 
                     @Override
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToDoubleDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToDoubleDescriptor.java
index 70ed398..95874c6 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToDoubleDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToDoubleDescriptor.java
@@ -19,16 +19,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
-import org.apache.asterix.dataflow.data.nontagged.serde.ABooleanSerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ATypeHierarchy;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.hierachy.ITypeConvertComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors.AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
@@ -55,48 +50,23 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(final IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
+                return new AbstractDoubleConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
-                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws IOException {
-                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                        int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                        ATypeTag tt = ATypeTag.VALUE_TYPE_MAPPING[bytes[offset]];
-                        switch (tt) {
-                            case BOOLEAN:
-                                boolean b = ABooleanSerializerDeserializer.getBoolean(bytes, offset + 1);
-                                aDouble.setValue(b ? 1 : 0);
-                                DOUBLE_SERDE.serialize(aDouble, out);
-                                result.set(resultStorage);
-                                break;
-
-                            case TINYINT:
-                            case SMALLINT:
-                            case INTEGER:
-                            case BIGINT:
-                            case FLOAT:
-                                ITypeConvertComputer tcc = ATypeHierarchy.getTypePromoteComputer(tt, ATypeTag.DOUBLE);
-                                tcc.convertType(bytes, offset + 1, inputArg.getLength() - 1, out);
-                                result.set(resultStorage);
-                                break;
-
+                    protected void handleUnsupportedType(ATypeTag inputType, IPointable result)
+                            throws HyracksDataException {
+                        switch (inputType) {
                             case ARRAY:
                             case MULTISET:
                             case OBJECT:
                                 PointableHelper.setNull(result);
                                 break;
-
                             default:
-                                super.evaluateImpl(result);
+                                super.handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
                                 break;
                         }
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    protected void handleUparseableString(IPointable result) {
-                        PointableHelper.setNull(result);
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
                     protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return ToDoubleDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
                     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToStringDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToStringDescriptor.java
index 6635082..de9224d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToStringDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ToStringDescriptor.java
@@ -19,23 +19,17 @@
 
 package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.asterix.common.annotations.MissingNullInOutFunction;
-import org.apache.asterix.formats.nontagged.SerializerDeserializerProvider;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.base.ANull;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
-import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.constructors.AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IEvaluatorContext;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ISerializerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
 
@@ -56,33 +50,21 @@
 
             @Override
             public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(final IEvaluatorContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
-                return new AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator(args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
-                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                    private final ISerializerDeserializer<ANull> nullSerde =
-                            SerializerDeserializerProvider.INSTANCE.getSerializerDeserializer(BuiltinType.ANULL);
-
+                return new AbstractStringConstructorEvaluator(ctx, args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx), sourceLoc) {
                     @Override
-                    protected void evaluateImpl(IPointable result) throws IOException {
-                        byte[] bytes = inputArg.getByteArray();
-                        int offset = inputArg.getStartOffset();
-                        ATypeTag tt = ATypeTag.VALUE_TYPE_MAPPING[bytes[offset]];
-                        switch (tt) {
+                    protected void handleUnsupportedType(ATypeTag inputType, IPointable result)
+                            throws HyracksDataException {
+                        switch (inputType) {
                             case ARRAY:
                             case MULTISET:
                             case OBJECT:
-                                setNull(result);
+                                PointableHelper.setNull(result);
                                 break;
                             default:
-                                super.evaluateImpl(result);
-                                break;
+                                super.handleUnsupportedType(inputType, result);
                         }
                     }
 
-                    private void setNull(IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
-                        nullSerde.serialize(ANull.NULL, out);
-                        result.set(resultStorage);
-                    }
-
                     @Override
                     protected FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
                         return ToStringDescriptor.this.getIdentifier();
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/binary/BinaryConcatDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/binary/BinaryConcatDescriptor.java
index 907b591..ff19458 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/binary/BinaryConcatDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/binary/BinaryConcatDescriptor.java
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@
                         }
                         try {
                             listAccessor.reset(data, offset);
+                            boolean itemsAreSelfDescribing = listAccessor.itemsAreSelfDescribing();
                             int concatLength = 0;
                             boolean itemIsNull = false;
                             for (int i = 0; i < listAccessor.size(); i++) {
-                                // TODO(ali): itemOffset should be adjusted if list is heterogeneous like string_concat
                                 int itemOffset = listAccessor.getItemOffset(i);
                                 ATypeTag itemType = listAccessor.getItemType(itemOffset);
                                 if (itemType != ATypeTag.BINARY) {
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@
                                     throw new UnsupportedItemTypeException(sourceLoc, getIdentifier(),
                                             itemType.serialize());
                                 }
+                                if (itemsAreSelfDescribing) {
+                                    itemOffset++;
+                                }
                                 concatLength += ByteArrayPointable.getContentLength(data, itemOffset);
                             }
                             if (itemIsNull) {
@@ -132,6 +135,9 @@
 
                             for (int i = 0; i < listAccessor.size(); i++) {
                                 int itemOffset = listAccessor.getItemOffset(i);
+                                if (itemsAreSelfDescribing) {
+                                    itemOffset++;
+                                }
                                 int length = ByteArrayPointable.getContentLength(data, itemOffset);
                                 dataOutput.write(data,
                                         itemOffset + ByteArrayPointable.getNumberBytesToStoreMeta(length), length);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionTypeInferers.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionTypeInferers.java
index 3882222..f5deda0 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionTypeInferers.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionTypeInferers.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.CompilerProperties;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AOrderedList;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.base.AString;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.constants.AsterixConstantValue;
@@ -118,8 +120,15 @@
         public void infer(ILogicalExpression expr, IFunctionDescriptor fd, IVariableTypeEnvironment context,
                 CompilerProperties compilerProps) throws AlgebricksException {
             AbstractFunctionCallExpression funcExpr = (AbstractFunctionCallExpression) expr;
-            IAType rt = TypeCastUtils.getRequiredType(funcExpr);
-            IAType it = (IAType) context.getType(funcExpr.getArguments().get(0).getValue());
+            IAType reqType = TypeCastUtils.getRequiredType(funcExpr);
+            IAType inputType = (IAType) context.getType(funcExpr.getArguments().get(0).getValue());
+            // If reqType or inputType is null it indicates there is a bug in the compiler.
+            if (reqType == null || inputType == null) {
+                throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.COMPILATION_ERROR, expr.getSourceLocation(),
+                        "Invalid types for casting, required type " + reqType + ", input type " + inputType);
+            }
+            IAType rt = TypeComputeUtils.getActualType(reqType);
+            IAType it = TypeComputeUtils.getActualType(inputType);
             fd.setImmutableStates(rt, it);
         }
     }