diff --git a/columnq/src/table/database.rs b/columnq/src/table/database.rs
index 9c2932d..3fc6a40 100644
--- a/columnq/src/table/database.rs
+++ b/columnq/src/table/database.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub enum DatabaseLoader {
     feature = "database-postgres"
 ))]
 mod imp {
+    use crate::table::TableLoadOption;
     use crate::table::{self, TableSource};
     use connectorx::prelude::*;
     use log::debug;
@@ -39,7 +40,16 @@ mod imp {
             t: &TableSource,
         ) -> Result<datafusion::datasource::MemTable, table::Error> {
             debug!("loading database table data...");
-            let queries = CXQuery::naked(format!("SELECT * FROM {}", t.name));
+
+            let table_name = match &t.option {
+                Some(TableLoadOption::mysql { table }) => table.clone(),
+                Some(TableLoadOption::postgres { table }) => table.clone(),
+                Some(TableLoadOption::sqlite { table }) => table.clone(),
+                _ => None,
+            }
+            .unwrap_or(t.name.clone());
+
+            let queries = CXQuery::naked(format!("SELECT * FROM {}", table_name));
             let source = SourceConn::try_from(t.get_uri_str())
                 .context(SourceSnafu)
                 .context(table::LoadDatabaseSnafu)?;
diff --git a/columnq/src/table/mod.rs b/columnq/src/table/mod.rs
index 3926bee..49798c9 100644
--- a/columnq/src/table/mod.rs
+++ b/columnq/src/table/mod.rs
@@ -323,9 +323,15 @@ pub enum TableLoadOption {
     delta(TableOptionDelta),
     arrow {},
     arrows {},
-    mysql {},
-    sqlite {},
-    postgres {},
+    mysql {
+        table: Option<String>,
+    },
+    sqlite {
+        table: Option<String>,
+    },
+    postgres {
+        table: Option<String>,
+    },
 }
 
 impl TableLoadOption {
@@ -420,6 +426,10 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for TableIoSource {
     }
 }
 
+fn table_name_from_path(path: &uriparse::Path) -> Option<String> {
+    Some(path.segments()[0].to_string())
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct TableSource {
@@ -542,9 +552,16 @@ impl TableSource {
                 let uri = URIReference::try_from(uri.as_str()).ok()?;
                 let scheme = uri.scheme()?;
                 match scheme.as_str() {
-                    "mysql" => Some(TableLoadOption::mysql {}),
-                    "sqlite" => Some(TableLoadOption::sqlite {}),
-                    "postgresql" => Some(TableLoadOption::postgres {}),
+                    "mysql" => Some(TableLoadOption::mysql {
+                        table: table_name_from_path(uri.path()),
+                    }),
+                    "sqlite" => Some(TableLoadOption::sqlite {
+                        // for sqlite, db uri only contains the path to the db file
+                        table: None,
+                    }),
+                    "postgresql" => Some(TableLoadOption::postgres {
+                        table: table_name_from_path(uri.path()),
+                    }),
                     _ => None,
                 }
             }
@@ -595,9 +612,9 @@ impl TableSource {
                     None => {
                         // database sources doesn't have suffix extension, parse scheme instead
                         match TableSource::parse_option(&self.io_source) {
-                            Some(TableLoadOption::mysql {}) => "mysql",
-                            Some(TableLoadOption::sqlite {}) => "sqlite",
-                            Some(TableLoadOption::postgres {}) => "postgres",
+                            Some(TableLoadOption::mysql { .. }) => "mysql",
+                            Some(TableLoadOption::sqlite { .. }) => "sqlite",
+                            Some(TableLoadOption::postgres { .. }) => "postgres",
                             _ => {
                                 return Err(Error::Extension {
                                     msg: format!("unsupported extension in uri: {uri}"),
@@ -961,6 +978,18 @@ schema:
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_table_name_from_path() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            table_name_from_path(
+                &URIReference::try_from("mysql://root:123456@1.1.1.1:3306/test")
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .path()
+            ),
+            Some("test".to_string()),
+        );
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "database-sqlite")]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_load_sqlite_table() {