diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.17.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.17.update.sqlpp
index e956812..9ebd473 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.17.update.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.17.update.sqlpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 select id,name from TestCollection c
     ) toWriter
 TO %adapter%
-PATH (%pathprefix% "copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks16")
+PATH (%pathprefix% "copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks17")
 TYPE ( { id:int, rect: rectangle })
 WITH {
     %template_colons%,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.18.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.18.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e13397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.18.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection2(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection3(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection4(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection5(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.19.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.19.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7add0a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.19.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+
+insert into TestCollection2({"id":10, "names": [ "Virat" , 18 ] });
+
+
+COPY (
+select * from TestCollection2 c
+    ) toWriter
+TO %adapter%
+PATH (%pathprefix% "copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks19")
+WITH {
+    %template_colons%,
+    %additionalProperties%
+    "format":"parquet"
+    }
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.20.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.20.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0a8308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.20.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+
+insert into TestCollection3({"id":10, "names": [ { "first":"Virat"} , 18 ] });
+
+
+COPY (
+select * from TestCollection3 c
+    ) toWriter
+TO %adapter%
+PATH (%pathprefix% "copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks20")
+WITH {
+    %template_colons%,
+    %additionalProperties%
+    "format":"parquet"
+    }
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.21.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.21.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc87b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.21.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+
+insert into TestCollection4({"id":10, "names": [  "Virat" , [18]] });
+
+
+COPY (
+select * from TestCollection4 c
+    ) toWriter
+TO %adapter%
+PATH (%pathprefix% "copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks21")
+WITH {
+    %template_colons%,
+    %additionalProperties%
+    "format":"parquet"
+    }
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.22.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.22.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba501a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/negative/parquet-error-checks/parquet-error-checks.22.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+
+
+insert into TestCollection5({"id":10, "names": [ 18,  { "first":"Virat"} ] });
+
+
+COPY (
+select * from TestCollection5 c
+    ) toWriter
+TO %adapter%
+PATH (%pathprefix% "copy-to-result", "parquet-error-checks22")
+WITH {
+    %template_colons%,
+    %additionalProperties%
+    "format":"parquet"
+    }
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
index db72e10..72d2575 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@
         <expected-error>HYR0133: Schema could not be inferred, empty types found in the result</expected-error>
         <expected-error>HYR0134: Schema Limit exceeded, maximum number of heterogeneous schemas allowed : '2'</expected-error>
         <expected-error>ASX1204: 'rectangle' type not supported in parquet format</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0072: Parquet does not support arrays containing mixed data types</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0072: Parquet does not support arrays containing mixed data types</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0072: Parquet does not support arrays containing mixed data types</expected-error>
+        <expected-error>ASX0072: Parquet does not support arrays containing mixed data types</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="copy-to/negative">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
index 81b71ed..46d63bb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/exceptions/ErrorCode.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     FAILED_TO_READ_KEY(69),
     AVRO_SUPPORTED_TYPE_WITH_OPTION(70),
     CLOUD_IO_FAILURE(71),
+    PARQUET_UNSUPPORTED_MIXED_TYPE_ARRAY(72),
     UNSUPPORTED_JRE(100),
 
     EXTERNAL_UDF_RESULT_TYPE_ERROR(200),
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 c9b8726..d6a171f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/resources/asx_errormsg/en.properties
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 69 = Failed to read key. Reason: %1$s.
 70 = Avro type '%1$s' is not supported by default. To enable type conversion, recreate the external dataset with the option '%2$s' enabled
 71 = Cloud I/O '%1$s' operation failed for file '%2$s' while operating on files '%3$s'.
+72 = Parquet does not support arrays containing mixed data types
 
 100 = Unsupported JRE: %1$s
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetSchemaLazyVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetSchemaLazyVisitor.java
index 70872bb..9ea6d77 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetSchemaLazyVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetSchemaLazyVisitor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet;
 
+import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.PARQUET_UNSUPPORTED_MIXED_TYPE_ARRAY;
 import static org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.ErrorCode.TYPE_UNSUPPORTED_PARQUET_WRITE;
 import static org.apache.asterix.external.writer.printer.parquet.ParquetSchemaTree.buildParquetSchema;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
-import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IValueReference;
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
             schemaNode.setType(new ParquetSchemaTree.RecordType());
         }
         if (!(schemaNode.getType() instanceof ParquetSchemaTree.RecordType)) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA);
+            throw RuntimeDataException.create(PARQUET_UNSUPPORTED_MIXED_TYPE_ARRAY);
         }
         ParquetSchemaTree.RecordType recordType = (ParquetSchemaTree.RecordType) schemaNode.getType();
         for (int i = 0; i < pointable.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
             schemaNode.setType(new ParquetSchemaTree.ListType());
         }
         if (!(schemaNode.getType() instanceof ParquetSchemaTree.ListType)) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA);
+            throw RuntimeDataException.create(PARQUET_UNSUPPORTED_MIXED_TYPE_ARRAY);
         }
         ParquetSchemaTree.ListType listType = (ParquetSchemaTree.ListType) schemaNode.getType();
         for (int i = 0; i < pointable.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@
             return null;
         }
         if (!(schemaNode.getType() instanceof ParquetSchemaTree.FlatType)) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA);
+            throw RuntimeDataException.create(PARQUET_UNSUPPORTED_MIXED_TYPE_ARRAY);
         }
         ParquetSchemaTree.FlatType flatType = (ParquetSchemaTree.FlatType) schemaNode.getType();
         if (!(flatType.getPrimitiveTypeName() == AsterixParquetTypeMap.PRIMITIVE_TYPE_NAME_MAP
                 .get(pointable.getTypeTag()))
                 || !(flatType.getLogicalTypeAnnotation() == AsterixParquetTypeMap.LOGICAL_TYPE_ANNOTATION_MAP
                         .get(pointable.getTypeTag()))) {
-            throw new HyracksDataException(ErrorCode.RESULT_DOES_NOT_FOLLOW_SCHEMA);
+            throw RuntimeDataException.create(PARQUET_UNSUPPORTED_MIXED_TYPE_ARRAY);
         }
         return null;
     }