diff --git a/dbcon/execplan/calpontsystemcatalog.cpp b/dbcon/execplan/calpontsystemcatalog.cpp
index 4955e4e20..316ee10ef 100644
--- a/dbcon/execplan/calpontsystemcatalog.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/execplan/calpontsystemcatalog.cpp
@@ -841,10 +841,12 @@ void CalpontSystemCatalog::getSysData(CalpontSelectExecutionPlan& csep, NJLSysDa
       }
     }
 
-    if (tryCnt >= 5)
+    if (tryCnt >= 5){
       // throw runtime_error("Error occurred when calling system catalog. ExeMgr is not functioning.");
-      Message::Args& args = "Cannot connect to ExeMgr re-connections tries exceeded";
+      Message::Args args;
+      args.add("Cannot connect to ExeMgr re-connections tries exceeded");
       throw IDBExcept(ERR_SYSTEM_CATALOG, args);
+    }
   }
 
   csep.sessionID(fSessionID);
@@ -910,10 +912,11 @@ void CalpontSystemCatalog::getSysData_EC(CalpontSelectExecutionPlan& csep, NJLSy
     {
       if (status >= 1000)  // new error system
         throw IDBExcept(status);
-      else
+      else{
         Message::Args args;
-        args.add("rowGroup status: ", status);
+        args.add("rowGroup status: " + status);
         throw IDBExcept(ERR_SYSTEM_CATALOG, args);
+      }
     }
 
     if (rowCount > 0)
@@ -962,7 +965,9 @@ void CalpontSystemCatalog::getSysData_FE(const CalpontSelectExecutionPlan& csep,
 
   if (bs.length() == 0)
   {
-    throw IDBExcept(ERR_LOST_CONN_EXEMGR);
+    Message::Args args;
+    args.add("look in error.log on node, having dbroot1");
+    throw IDBExcept(ERR_LOST_CONN_EXEMGR, args);
   }
 
   string emsgStr;
@@ -993,8 +998,11 @@ void CalpontSystemCatalog::getSysData_FE(const CalpontSelectExecutionPlan& csep,
 
     // @bug 1782. check ExeMgr connection lost
     if (bs.length() == 0)
-      throw IDBExcept(ERR_LOST_CONN_EXEMGR);
-
+    {
+      Message::Args args;
+      args.add("look in error.log on node, having dbroot1");
+      throw IDBExcept(ERR_LOST_CONN_EXEMGR, args);
+    }
     if (!rowGroup)
     {
       rowGroup.reset(new RowGroup());
diff --git a/dbcon/mysql/ha_mcs_ddl.cpp b/dbcon/mysql/ha_mcs_ddl.cpp
index d270b75e5..0c0bd468c 100644
--- a/dbcon/mysql/ha_mcs_ddl.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/mysql/ha_mcs_ddl.cpp
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ int ProcessDDLStatement(string& ddlStatement, string& schema, const string& /*ta
     //@Bug 3602. Error message for MySql syntax for autoincrement
     algorithm::to_upper(ddlStatement);
 
-    std::string errMsg = "The syntax "
+    std::string errMsg = "The syntax ";
     if (ddlStatement.find("AUTO_INCREMENT") != string::npos)
     {
        errMsg +=  "auto_increment is not supported in Columnstore.";
diff --git a/writeengine/shared/we_define.cpp b/writeengine/shared/we_define.cpp
index bc0aa2265..49bfeac18 100644
--- a/writeengine/shared/we_define.cpp
+++ b/writeengine/shared/we_define.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ std::string WErrorCodes::errorString(int code)
     case ERR_FILE_DISK_SPACE:
     {
       logging::Message::Args args;
-      args.add("configured by WriteEngine.MaxFileSystemDiskUsagePct in columnstore.xml");
+      args.add("configured by WriteEngine.MaxFileSystemDiskUsagePct in Columnstore.xml");
       return logging::IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(logging::ERR_EXTENT_DISK_SPACE, args);
       break;
     }