diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index 35e85d0..d652caf 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package spannerdriver
 
 import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -265,7 +266,11 @@ func (r *rows) Next(dest []driver.Value) error {
 					return err
 				}
 				dest[i] = v
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("unsupported element type ARRAY<%v>", col.Type.ArrayElementType.Code)
 			}
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported element type %v", col.Type.Code)
 		}
 		// TODO: Implement struct
 	}
diff --git a/rows_test.go b/rows_test.go
index 81409ac..a3dca4c 100644
--- a/rows_test.go
+++ b/rows_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/spanner"
 	sppb "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/apiv1/spannerpb"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/structpb"
 )
 
 type testIterator struct {
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@ func TestRows_Next(t *testing.T) {
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			break
 		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		row := make([]driver.Value, 3)
 		copy(row, dest)
 		values = append(values, row)
@@ -109,3 +113,37 @@ func TestRows_Next(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRows_Next_Unsupported(t *testing.T) {
+	unspecifiedType := &sppb.Type{Code: sppb.TypeCode_TYPE_CODE_UNSPECIFIED}
+
+	it := testIterator{
+		metadata: &sppb.ResultSetMetadata{
+			RowType: &sppb.StructType{
+				Fields: []*sppb.StructType_Field{
+					{Name: "COL1", Type: unspecifiedType},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		rows: []*spanner.Row{
+			newRow(t, []string{"COL1"}, []any{
+				spanner.GenericColumnValue{
+					Type:  unspecifiedType,
+					Value: &structpb.Value{},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	rows := rows{it: &it}
+
+	dest := make([]driver.Value, 1)
+	err := rows.Next(dest)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error, but got nil")
+	}
+	const expectedError = "unsupported element type TYPE_CODE_UNSPECIFIED"
+	if err.Error() != expectedError {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error %q, but got %q", expectedError, err.Error())
+	}
+}