diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 28cb998..027fbbe 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@
                 }
             }
             // # check whether any function in current dataverse is being used by others
-            List<Function> functionsInDataverse = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.getDataverseFunctions(mdTxnCtx,
-                    dataverseName);
+            List<Function> functionsInDataverse =
+                    MetadataManager.INSTANCE.getDataverseFunctions(mdTxnCtx, dataverseName);
             for (Function function : functionsInDataverse) {
                 if (checkWhetherFunctionIsBeingUsed(mdTxnCtx, function.getDataverseName(), function.getName(),
                         function.getArity(), dataverseName)) {
@@ -1331,8 +1331,7 @@
                     MetadataManager.INSTANCE.commitTransaction(mdTxnCtx.getValue());
                     return;
                 } else {
-                    throw new AlgebricksException("There is no dataset with this name " + datasetName + " in dataverse "
-                            + dataverseName + ".");
+                    throw new AsterixException(ErrorCode.NO_DATASET_WITH_NAME, dataverseName, datasetName);
                 }
             }
             ds.drop(metadataProvider, mdTxnCtx, jobsToExecute, bActiveTxn, progress, hcc, dropCorrespondingNodeGroup);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
index 5aed5f2..143f7d1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     public static final int UPGRADE_FAILED_LOCK_WAS_NOT_ACQUIRED = 1047;
     public static final int DOWNGRADE_FAILED_LOCK_WAS_NOT_ACQUIRED = 1048;
     public static final int LOCK_WAS_ACQUIRED_DIFFERENT_OPERATION = 1049;
+    public static final int NO_DATASET_WITH_NAME = 1050;
 
     // Feed errors
     public static final int DATAFLOW_ILLEGAL_STATE = 3001;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
index a7a1990..715c27d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 1047 = Metadata lock cannot be upgraded! because it was not acquired before
 1048 = Metadata lock cannot be downgraded! because it was not acquired before
 1049 = Metadata lock cannot be acquired for %1$s since it is already acquired for %2$s
+1050 = There is no dataset with name %2$s in dataverse %1$s
 
 # Feed Errors
 3001 = Illegal state.