diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/ResultPrinterTest.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/ResultPrinterTest.java
index 6810e19..7e851bf 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/ResultPrinterTest.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/app/result/ResultPrinterTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         try {
             // ensure result is valid json and error will be returned and not results.
             ResultExtractor.extract(IOUtils.toInputStream(resultStr, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        } catch (AsterixException e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
             exceptionThrown = true;
             Assert.assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains(expectedException.getMessage()));
         }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java
index 890667a..a356d23 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/java/org/apache/asterix/test/common/ResultExtractor.java
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@
         return IOUtils.toInputStream(resultBuilder.toString(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
 
-    private static void checkForErrors(ObjectNode result) throws AsterixException {
+    private static void checkForErrors(ObjectNode result) throws Exception {
         final JsonNode errorsField = result.get(ResultField.ERRORS.getFieldName());
         if (errorsField != null) {
             final JsonNode errors = errorsField.get(0).get("msg");
             if (!result.get(ResultField.METRICS.getFieldName()).has("errorCount")) {
-                throw new AsterixException("Request reported error but not an errorCount");
+                throw new Exception("Request reported error but not an errorCount");
             }
-            throw new AsterixException(errors.asText());
+            throw new Exception(errors.asText());
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2355/query-ASTERIXDB-2355.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2355/query-ASTERIXDB-2355.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68d7f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/query-ASTERIXDB-2355/query-ASTERIXDB-2355.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/* Invalid syntax */
+
+ %%%
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 1b49358..3b1363c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@
     <test-case FilePath="dml">
       <compilation-unit name="load-with-autogenerated-no-field">
         <output-dir compare="Text">load-with-autogenerated-no-field</output-dir>
-        <expected-error>org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException: ASX1014: Field "not_id" is not found</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX1014: Field "not_id" is not found</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="dml">
@@ -3715,6 +3715,12 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="misc">
+      <compilation-unit name="query-ASTERIXDB-2355">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
+        <expected-error><![CDATA[ASX1001: Syntax error: In line 22 >> %%%<< Encountered "%" at column 2.]]></expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="misc">
       <compilation-unit name="unsupported_parameter">
         <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
         <expected-error>Query parameter compiler.joinmem is not supported</expected-error>
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 92aac98..175f144 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 200 = External UDF cannot produce expected result. Please check the UDF configuration
 
 # Compile-time check errors
+1001 = Syntax error: %1$s
 1007 = Invalid expression: function %1$s expects its %2$s input parameter to be a %3$s expression, but the actual expression is %4$s
 1008 = Invalid parameter number: function %1$s cannot take %2$s parameters
 1010 = Phrase search in Full-text is not yet supported. Only one keyword per expression is permitted
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index 9af114b..b8b7622 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig.DatasetType;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.config.DatasetConfig.IndexType;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.CompilationException;
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
 import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.FunctionSignature;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.base.Expression;
@@ -296,9 +297,9 @@
             // this is here as the JavaCharStream that's below the lexer somtimes throws Errors that are not handled
             // by the ANTLR-generated lexer or parser (e.g it does this for invalid backslash u + 4 hex digits escapes)
             final String msg = e.getClass().getSimpleName() + (e.getMessage() != null ? ": " + e.getMessage() : "");
-            throw new CompilationException(new ParseException(msg));
+            throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.PARSE_ERROR, msg);
         } catch (ParseException e) {
-            throw new CompilationException("Syntax error: " + getMessage(e));
+            throw new CompilationException(ErrorCode.PARSE_ERROR, getMessage(e));
         }
     }