diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_dataset_error_1/issue_255_create_dataset_error_1.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_dataset_error_1/issue_255_create_dataset_error_1.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32ccf6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_dataset_error_1/issue_255_create_dataset_error_1.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : create a dataset partitioned on non-existent field
+ * Expected Res : Failure
+ * Date         : 14 April 2013
+ * Issue        : 272
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type opentype as open {
+id:int32
+}
+
+create dataset testds(opentype) primary key name;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_dataset_error_2/issue_255_create_dataset_error_2.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_dataset_error_2/issue_255_create_dataset_error_2.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..add51df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_dataset_error_2/issue_255_create_dataset_error_2.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : create a dataset partitioned on ARecord type
+ * Expected Res : Failure
+ * Date         : 14 April 2013
+ * Issue        : 272
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type opentype1 as open {
+id:int32
+}
+
+create type opentype2 as open {
+id:int32,
+open-type:opentype1
+}
+
+create dataset testds(opentype2) primary key open-type;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_feed_error/issue_255_create_feed_error.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_feed_error/issue_255_create_feed_error.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..647b93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/queries/exception/issue_255_create_feed_error/issue_255_create_feed_error.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Description  : create a dataset partitioned on non-existent field
+ * Expected Res : Failure
+ * Date         : 14 April 2013
+ * Issue        : 272
+ */
+
+drop dataverse feeds if exists;
+create dataverse feeds;
+use dataverse feeds;
+
+create type TweetType as closed {
+  id: string,
+  username : string,
+  location : string,
+  text : string,
+  timestamp : string
+}      
+
+create feed dataset TweetFeed(TweetType)
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.tools.external.data.RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapterFactory"
+(("output-type-name"="TweetType"),("fs"="localfs"),("path"="nc1://data/twitter/obamatweets.adm"),("format"="adm"),("tuple-interval"="10"))
+primary key name;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/testsuite.xml
index 17d7bf2..fb833b7 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/metadata/testsuite.xml
@@ -224,6 +224,24 @@
         <expected-error>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="exception">
+      <compilation-unit name="issue_255_create_dataset_error_1">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="exception">
+      <compilation-unit name="issue_255_create_dataset_error_2">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="exception">
+      <compilation-unit name="issue_255_create_feed_error">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">none</output-dir>
+        <expected-error>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException</expected-error>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="transaction">
     <test-case FilePath="transaction">