diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue236.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue236.aql
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index 0000000..3d8ab69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/open-closed/query-issue236.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : This test case is to verify the fix for issue236
+ 				: https://code.google.com/p/asterixdb/issues/detail?id=236
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : 20 Dec. 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse SocialNetworkData if exists;
+
+create dataverse SocialNetworkData;
+use dataverse SocialNetworkData;
+
+create type TwitterUserType as open {
+screen-name: string,
+lang: string,
+friends_count: int32,
+statuses_count: int32,
+name: string,
+followers_count: int32
+}
+
+create type TweetMessageType as closed {
+tweetid: string,
+tweetid-copy: string,
+user: TwitterUserType,
+sender-location: point?,
+send-time: datetime,
+send-time-copy: datetime,
+referred-topics: {{ string }},
+message-text: string
+}
+
+create dataset TweetMessages(TweetMessageType)
+partitioned by key tweetid;
+
+
+insert into dataset TweetMessages(
+{ 
+"tweetid": "1111387810", 
+"tweetid-copy": "1111387810", 
+"user": { "screen-name": "TonyNapier#786", "lang": "en", "friends_count": 4241366, 
+"statuses_count": 97, "name": "Tony Napier", "followers_count": 5984113 }, 
+"sender-location": point("29.24,78.35"), 
+"send-time": datetime("2011-11-24T14:24:51.000Z"), 
+"send-time-copy": datetime("2011-11-24T14:24:51.000Z"), 
+"referred-topics": {{ "sprint", "wireless" }}, 
+"message-text": " love sprint its wireless is mind-blowing:)" 
+});
+
+write output to nc1:"rttest/open-closed_query-issue236.adm";
+for $r in dataset('TweetMessages')
+return $r
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/open-closed/query-issue236.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/open-closed/query-issue236.adm
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index 0000000..65bdb8f
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/open-closed/query-issue236.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "tweetid": "1111387810", "tweetid-copy": "1111387810", "user": { "screen-name": "TonyNapier#786", "lang": "en", "friends_count": 4241366, "statuses_count": 97, "name": "Tony Napier", "followers_count": 5984113 }, "sender-location": point("29.24,78.35"), "send-time": datetime("2011-11-24T14:24:51.000Z"), "send-time-copy": datetime("2011-11-24T14:24:51.000Z"), "referred-topics": {{ "sprint", "wireless" }}, "message-text": " love sprint its wireless is mind-blowing:)" }
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index 1e2f235..b175159 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -2399,6 +2399,11 @@
         <output-file compare="Text">query-issue208.adm</output-file>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="open-closed">
+      <compilation-unit name="query-issue236">
+       <output-file compare="Text">query-issue236.adm</output-file>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <!--
     <test-case FilePath="open-closed">
       <compilation-unit name="open-closed-15">
@@ -3817,4 +3822,4 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
   </test-group>
-</test-suite>
\ No newline at end of file
+</test-suite>