diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index.aql
index ee418e4..4f22e84 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index.aql
@@ -9,27 +9,40 @@
 create dataverse test;
 use dataverse test;
 
-create type LineIDType as closed {
+create type LineItemType as closed {
   l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
   l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
 }
 
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
   partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
 
-create index linenum_index on LineID(l_linenumber);
+create index part_index on LineItem(l_partkey);
 
-load dataset LineID 
+load dataset LineItem 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/empty.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
-load dataset LineID 
+load dataset LineItem 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_empty-load-with-index.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
 order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
 limit 1
 return $c
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load.aql
index 5f51b93..f9db086 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load.aql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* 
- * Test case Name  : empty-load.aql
- * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on a primary index
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary index 
  * Expected Result : Success
  * Date            : May 2 2012
  */
@@ -9,25 +9,40 @@
 create dataverse test;
 use dataverse test;
 
-create type LineIDType as closed {
+create type LineItemType as closed {
   l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
   l_linenumber: int32, 
-  l_suppkey: int32
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
 }
 
-create dataset LineID(LineIDType)
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
   partitioned by key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
 
-load dataset LineID 
+create index part_index on LineItem(l_partkey);
+
+load dataset LineItem 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/empty.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
-load dataset LineID 
+load dataset LineItem 
 using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
 (("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 write output to nc1:"rttest/dml_empty-load.adm";      
-for $c in dataset('LineID')
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
 order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
 limit 1
-return $c 
+return $c