diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
index cb05529..f463577 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     protected final ARecordType recType;
     protected final IHyracksTaskContext ctx;
 
-    public AbstractTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) {
+    public AbstractTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) throws HyracksDataException {
         appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
         frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
         this.recType = recType;
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java
index a9287c8..98c4cfc 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParser;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParserFactory;
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return new AdmTupleParser(ctx, recType);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java
index 9be4c00..674693d 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 /**
  * An extension of AbstractTupleParser that provides functionality for
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 public class AdmTupleParser extends AbstractTupleParser {
 
-    public AdmTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) {
+    public AdmTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, recType);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java
index c029b64..f6ed906 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
     private final DelimitedDataParser dataParser;
 
     public DelimitedDataTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType,
-            IValueParserFactory[] valueParserFactories, char fieldDelimter) {
+            IValueParserFactory[] valueParserFactories, char fieldDelimter) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, recType);
         dataParser = new DelimitedDataParser(recType, valueParserFactories, fieldDelimter);
     }
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java
index 86fba12..060f087 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParser;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParserFactory;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return new DelimitedDataTupleParser(ctx, recordType, valueParserFactories, fieldDelimiter);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java b/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java
index 84b989d..9808fe4 100644
--- a/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java
+++ b/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@
 
     }
 
-    protected ITupleParser getRateControlledDelimitedDataTupleParser(ARecordType recordType) throws AsterixException {
+    protected ITupleParser getRateControlledDelimitedDataTupleParser(ARecordType recordType) throws AsterixException,
+            HyracksDataException {
         ITupleParser parser;
         int n = recordType.getFieldTypes().length;
         IValueParserFactory[] fieldParserFactories = new IValueParserFactory[n];
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return new RateControlledTupleParser(ctx, recordType, dataParser, configuration);
     }
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@
     public static final String INTER_TUPLE_INTERVAL = "tuple-interval";
 
     public RateControlledTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType, IDataParser dataParser,
-            Map<String, String> configuration) {
+            Map<String, String> configuration) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, recType);
         this.dataParser = dataParser;
         String propValue = configuration.get(INTER_TUPLE_INTERVAL);
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java
index 7ecfa69..201d25a 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@
         newTuple.resetByTupleOffset(logLocator.getBuffer().getByteBuffer(), offset);
         offset += newValueSize;
 
-        ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE,
-                NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
-
         try {
+            ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
+
             if (resourceType == ResourceType.LSM_BTREE) {
 
                 /* old operation */
@@ -135,10 +134,9 @@
         newTuple.resetByTupleOffset(logLocator.getBuffer().getByteBuffer(), offset);
         offset += newValueSize;
 
-        ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE,
-                NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
-
         try {
+            ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
+
             if (newOperation == IndexOperation.INSERT.ordinal()) {
                 indexAccessor.insert(newTuple);
             } else if (newOperation == IndexOperation.DELETE.ordinal()) {