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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,177 +1,415 @@
+<!--
+  This file is the runnable scripths source for dataframe-persistent's README.
+  Every ```haskell block executes in order in one shared session against
+  ./data/chinook.db. Regenerate the rendered README with:
+
+      scripths docs/base_scripts/base_readme.md -o README.md
+
+  Run it from THIS directory (dataframe-persistent/) so ./data/... resolves and
+  the local package is picked up. Every ```haskell block runs, including the
+  compile-time $(declareTable ...) / $(declareEntity ...) splices.
+-->
+
 # dataframe-persistent
 
-Persistent database integration for the Haskell DataFrame library.
+Load SQLite into a [`dataframe`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/dataframe). The schema is read
+for you: at runtime when you're exploring, or at compile time when you want type safety. You don't
+write a `persistent` entity, a `persistLowerCase` block, or any instances.
 
-## Overview
+> **This README is a runnable [scripths](https://github.com/DataHaskell/scripths) notebook.**
+> Every Haskell block runs top-to-bottom in one shared session against
+> [`./data/chinook.db`](./data/chinook.db). Reproduce every output below with
+> `scripths docs/base_scripts/base_readme.md -o README.md` run from `dataframe-persistent/`.
 
-This package provides seamless integration between the `dataframe` library and the `persistent` database library, allowing you to:
+## Three ways in
 
-- Load database entities directly into DataFrames
-- Perform DataFrame operations on database data  
-- Save DataFrame results back to the database
-- Work with type-safe database entities
+| Tier | You write | You get |
+|------|-----------|---------|
+| **Runtime** | `readTable db "artists"` | a `DataFrame`, types inferred from the schema |
+| **Typed** | `$(declareTable db "artists")` + `readTableTyped @Schema` | a compile-time schema type; columns checked by `col @"Name"` |
+| **Persistent** | `$(declareEntity db "artists")` | a full `persistent` entity: typed `Filter` DSL, write-back |
 
-## Installation
+## Tier 0: runtime reads
 
-Add to your `package.yaml`:
+This is the quickest way in, similar to pandas' `read_sql_table` / `read_sql`. You point at a file
+and a table.
 
-```yaml
-dependencies:
-- dataframe ^>= 0.4
-- dataframe-persistent ^>= 0.1
-- persistent >= 2.14
-- persistent-sqlite >= 2.13  # or your preferred backend
+```haskell
+-- cabal: build-depends: dataframe, dataframe-persistent, text
+-- cabal: default-extensions: OverloadedStrings, TemplateHaskell, DataKinds
+-- cabal: default-extensions: TypeApplications, TypeOperators, FlexibleContexts
+import qualified DataFrame as D
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read
+import Data.Function ((&))
 ```
 
-Or to your `.cabal` file:
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
 
-```cabal
-build-depends:
-  dataframe ^>= 0.4,
-  dataframe-persistent ^>= 0.1,
-  persistent >= 2.14,
-  persistent-sqlite >= 2.13
+What tables are in this database?
+
+```haskell
+listTables "./data/chinook.db"
 ```
 
-## Quick Start
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> ["albums","artists","customers","employees","genres","invoice_items","invoices","media_types","playlist_track","playlists","tracks"]
 
+`describeTable` shows a table's columns and their inferred types before you load it (it returns a
+`describeColumns`-style `DataFrame`):
+
 ```haskell
-{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+D.toMarkdown' <$> describeTable "./data/chinook.db" "artists"
+```
 
-import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
-import Database.Persist
-import Database.Persist.Sqlite
-import Database.Persist.TH
-import qualified DataFrame as DF
-import qualified DataFrame.Functions as F
-import DataFrame.IO.Persistent
-import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.TH
-import qualified Data.Vector as V
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | Column Name<br>Text | Type<br>Text | SQLite Type<br>Text | Nullable<br>Bool | Primary Key<br>Bool |
+> | --------------------|--------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------- |
+> | ArtistId            | Int          | INTEGER             | False            | True                |
+> | Name                | Maybe Text   | NVARCHAR(120)       | True             | False               |
 
-import DataFrame.Functions ((.<))
+Load the whole table. The column types (and nullability) come from the schema:
 
--- Define your entities
-share [mkPersist sqlSettings, mkMigrate "migrateAll"] [persistLowerCase|
-TestUser
-    name Text
-    age Int
-    active Bool
-    deriving Show Eq
-|]
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' . D.take 5 <$> readTable "./data/chinook.db" "artists"
+```
 
--- Derive DataFrame instances
-$(derivePersistentDataFrame ''TestUser)
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int |    Name<br>Maybe Text    |
+> | ----------------|------------------------- |
+> | 1               | Just "AC/DC"             |
+> | 2               | Just "Accept"            |
+> | 3               | Just "Aerosmith"         |
+> | 4               | Just "Alanis Morissette" |
+> | 5               | Just "Alice In Chains"   |
 
--- Example usage
-main :: IO ()
-main = runSqlite "example.db" $ do
-    -- Run migrations
-    runMigration migrateAll
-    
-    -- Insert some test data
-    _ <- insert $ TestUser "Alice" 25 True
-    _ <- insert $ TestUser "Bob" 30 False
-    _ <- insert $ TestUser "Charlie" 35 True
-    
-    -- Load from database
-    allUsersDF <- fromPersistent @TestUser []
-    liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Loaded " ++ show (nRows allUsersDF) ++ " users"
-    
-    -- Load with filters
-    activeUsersDF <- fromPersistent @TestUser [TestUserActive ==. True]
-    liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Active users: " ++ show (nRows activeUsersDF)
-    
-    -- Process with DataFrame operations
-    -- Expressions are automaticaly generated.
-    let youngUsers = DF.filterWhere (test_user_age .< 30) allUsersDF
-        ages = V.toList $ DF.columnAsVector test_user_age youngUsers
-    liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Young user ages: " ++ show ages
-    
-    -- Custom configuration
-    let config = defaultPersistentConfig 
-                    { pcIdColumnName = "user_id"
-                    , pcIncludeId = True
-                    }
-    customDF <- fromPersistentWith @TestUser config []
-    liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Columns with custom config: " ++ show (DF.columnNames customDF)
+Tables larger than memory? Filter them in the database. Raw SQL works as you'd expect:
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' <$> readSql "./data/chinook.db" "SELECT * FROM artists WHERE Name LIKE 'A%' LIMIT 5"
 ```
 
-## Features
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int |   Name<br>Text    |
+> | ----------------|------------------ |
+> | 1               | AC/DC             |
+> | 2               | Accept            |
+> | 3               | Aerosmith         |
+> | 4               | Alanis Morissette |
+> | 5               | Alice In Chains   |
 
-- **Type-safe conversions** between Persistent entities and DataFrames
-- **Template Haskell support** for automatic instance generation
-- **Configurable loading** with batch size and column selection
-- **Column name cleaning** - removes table prefixes automatically (e.g., `test_user_name` → `name`)
-- **Automatically generate typed expressions** - creates expressions in snake case prefixed by table name (e.g `test_user_name`).
-- **Type preservation** - maintains proper types for Text, Int, Bool, Day, etc.
-- **Empty DataFrame support** - preserves column structure even with no data
-- **Support for all Persistent backends** (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
+Or push a `WHERE` / `LIMIT` down to a named table with a `ReadQuery` value:
 
-## Configuration Options
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' <$> readTableWith "./data/chinook.db" "artists" (allRows & limit 3)
+```
 
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int | Name<br>Maybe Text |
+> | ----------------|------------------- |
+> | 1               | Just "AC/DC"       |
+> | 2               | Just "Accept"      |
+> | 3               | Just "Aerosmith"   |
+
+## Tier 1: typed schema
+
+`declareTable` reads the schema at compile time and emits just the schema type. You read into it
+with `readTableTyped`, where the schema is a type argument and the database and table are ordinary
+values. Column references go through `col @"Name"`, checked against the schema, so a typo or a wrong
+type is a compile error. Nothing is keyed on a generated function name.
+
 ```haskell
-data PersistentConfig = PersistentConfig
-    { pcBatchSize :: Int        -- Number of records to fetch at once (default: 10000)
-    , pcIncludeId :: Bool       -- Whether to include entity ID as column (default: True)
-    , pcIdColumnName :: Text    -- Name for the ID column (default: "id")
-    }
+import qualified DataFrame.Typed as DT
+import DataFrame.Typed ((.==.))
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema (declareTable)
 ```
 
-## Advanced Usage
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
 
-### Custom Field Extraction
+The splice brings one thing into scope, the type
+`type ArtistsSchema = '[Column "ArtistId" Int, Column "Name" (Maybe Text)]`:
 
-You can also extract fields from individual entities:
+```haskell
+$(declareTable "./data/chinook.db" "artists")
+```
 
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+
+`readTableTyped @ArtistsSchema` reads any database/table into a `TypedDataFrame ArtistsSchema` (it
+validates the schema as it reads). You can bind your own reader:
+
 ```haskell
-let user = TestUser "Alice" 25 True
-    columns = persistFieldsToColumns user
--- Result: [("name", SomeColumn ["Alice"]), ("age", SomeColumn [25]), ("active", SomeColumn [True])]
+artists = readTableTyped @ArtistsSchema "./data/chinook.db" "artists"
 ```
 
-### Working with Vector Data
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
 
+`thaw` drops a typed frame back to an untyped `DataFrame`:
+
 ```haskell
--- Extract specific column data
-let names = V.toList $ DF.columnAsVector test_user_name df
-    ages = V.toList $ DF.columnAsVector test_user_age df
-    activeFlags = V.toList $ DF.columnAsVector test_user_active df
+D.toMarkdown' . D.take 5 . DT.thaw <$> artists
 ```
 
-## Examples
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int |    Name<br>Maybe Text    |
+> | ----------------|------------------------- |
+> | 1               | Just "AC/DC"             |
+> | 2               | Just "Accept"            |
+> | 3               | Just "Aerosmith"         |
+> | 4               | Just "Alanis Morissette" |
+> | 5               | Just "Alice In Chains"   |
 
-For comprehensive examples and test cases, see:
-- [`tests/PersistentTests.hs`](tests/PersistentTests.hs) - Full test suite with examples
-- [`../docs/persistent_integration.md`](../docs/persistent_integration.md) - Detailed integration guide
+Column access is checked against the schema. `col @"Name"` only compiles because `"Name"` is a
+column of `ArtistsSchema` (its element type is `Maybe Text`):
 
-## Status
+```haskell
+DT.columnAsList @"Name" . DT.take 3 <$> artists
+```
 
-This package is **actively maintained** and tested. Current test coverage includes:
-- ✅ Entity loading with and without filters
-- ✅ Custom configuration options
-- ✅ DataFrame operations on Persistent data
-- ✅ Empty result set handling
-- ✅ Field extraction utilities
-- ✅ Multi-table relationships
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> [Just "AC/DC",Just "Accept",Just "Aerosmith"]
 
-## Documentation
+A filter on a column that doesn't exist (or has the wrong type) is a compile error rather than a
+runtime surprise:
 
-For detailed documentation, see:
-- [Main dataframe documentation](https://github.com/mchav/dataframe)
-- [Persistent integration guide](../docs/persistent_integration.md)
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' . DT.thaw . DT.filterWhere (DT.col @"Name" .==. DT.lit (Just "Accept")) <$> artists
+```
 
-## License
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int | Name<br>Maybe Text |
+> | ----------------|------------------- |
+> | 2               | Just "Accept"      |
 
-GPL-3.0-or-later (same as the main dataframe package)
+Because the database is a value, reading the same table from two sources to join them is just two
+calls with the same `@ArtistsSchema`:
+
+```text
+a <- readTableTyped @ArtistsSchema "europe.sqlite" "artists"
+b <- readTableTyped @ArtistsSchema "us.sqlite"     "artists"
+-- DT.thaw a / DT.thaw b, then DataFrame.innerJoin on "ArtistId", etc.
+```
+
+(`readSqlTyped @cols db "SELECT ... JOIN ..."` does the same for an arbitrary query. The Postgres
+section below reads this same `ArtistsSchema` from a different backend.)
+
+## Tier 2: generate a `persistent` entity
+
+If you want the full `persistent` experience (the typed `Filter` DSL, relations, write-back),
+`declareEntity` builds the entity from the live schema, so you skip the `persistLowerCase` block. It
+needs the usual `persistent` extensions and unqualified `Text` / `Int64` in scope:
+
+```haskell
+-- cabal: build-depends: persistent, persistent-sqlite
+-- cabal: default-extensions: GADTs, TypeFamilies, FlexibleInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses
+-- cabal: default-extensions: StandaloneDeriving, DerivingStrategies, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving
+-- cabal: default-extensions: UndecidableInstances
+import Data.Int (Int64)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Database.Persist (Filter, SelectOpt (..), (<-.), (==.))
+import Database.Persist.Sqlite (runSqlite)
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema (declareEntity)
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+
+This generates the `Albums` entity (`Id`, `title`, `artistId`), bound to the real
+`albums` / `AlbumId` / `Title` / `ArtistId` SQLite names, plus its `EntityField` constructors:
+
+```haskell
+$(declareEntity "./data/chinook.db" "albums")
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+
+Now load it with `selectToDataFrame`. It's a generic loader: it works for any `persistent` entity,
+so the one `declareEntity` splice is all the boilerplate.
+
+```text
+selectToDataFrame
+    :: (MonadIO m, PersistEntity r, PersistEntityBackend r ~ SqlBackend)
+    => [Filter r]      -- persistent's typed WHERE DSL, e.g. [AlbumsArtistId ==. 1]
+    -> [SelectOpt r]   -- ordering / paging,        e.g. [Asc AlbumsTitle, LimitTo 10]
+    -> ReaderT SqlBackend m DataFrame
+```
+
+It runs persistent's `selectList filters opts` and turns the `[Entity Albums]` into a `DataFrame`:
+the entity key becomes an `id` column and each field becomes a column (named by its
+Haskell field, e.g. `title`, `artistId`), with element types decoded from the stored values. The
+`[Filter Albums]` and `[SelectOpt Albums]` you pass are persistent's own, checked against the
+entity, so a filter for the wrong field won't compile.
+
+Find AC/DC's albums (`ArtistId` 1):
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' <$> runSqlite "./data/chinook.db" (selectToDataFrame [AlbumsArtistId ==. 1] [])
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | id<br>Int |             title<br>Text             | artistId<br>Int |
+> | ----------|---------------------------------------|---------------- |
+> | 1         | For Those About To Rock We Salute You | 1               |
+> | 4         | Let There Be Rock                     | 1               |
+
+You can use both arguments together: filter and order/page in one query. Here are the albums by
+AC/DC or Alanis Morissette (`ArtistId` 1 or 4), sorted by title, capped at 5. (`<-.` is persistent's
+"field in list"; an empty filter list loads everything.)
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' <$> runSqlite "./data/chinook.db"
+    (selectToDataFrame [AlbumsArtistId <-. [1, 4]] [Asc AlbumsTitle, LimitTo 5])
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | id<br>Int |             title<br>Text             | artistId<br>Int |
+> | ----------|---------------------------------------|---------------- |
+> | 1         | For Those About To Rock We Salute You | 1               |
+> | 6         | Jagged Little Pill                    | 4               |
+> | 4         | Let There Be Rock                     | 1               |
+
+## Hand-off between dataframe and persistent
+
+The `...Conn` readers run on a `ReaderT SqlBackend m`, so a raw read, an entity read, and ordinary
+`persistent` queries all compose in one `runSqlite` transaction (this works on Postgres/MySQL too).
+Here both reads share one connection and return each frame's `(rows, columns)`:
+
+```haskell
+runSqlite "./data/chinook.db" $ do
+    artists <- readTableConn "artists"                       -- raw → DataFrame
+    albums  <- selectToDataFrame ([] :: [Filter Albums]) []  -- entity → DataFrame
+    pure (D.dimensions artists, D.dimensions albums)
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> ((275,2),(347,3))
+
+## PostgreSQL (and other backends)
+
+Everything except the file-path helpers and the compile-time splices is backend-agnostic: the
+`...Conn` readers and `selectToDataFrame` run on any `persistent` `SqlBackend`. Introspection picks
+`PRAGMA` for SQLite and `information_schema` for PostgreSQL/MySQL. The library doesn't depend on
+`persistent-postgresql`; you bring the connection.
+
+These examples run against a real PostgreSQL with the same `artists` / `albums` data, and the
+notebook starts it itself. The block below uses GHCi's `:!` shell escape to spin up a throwaway
+cluster on port 54329 and load the two tables from the SQLite fixture. It needs `postgres` and
+`sqlite3` on `PATH` (e.g. `brew install postgresql@16`). A matching teardown runs at the end of the
+section.
+
+```haskell
+:! bash scripts/pg-setup.sh
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> postgres ready on port 54329 (db chinook: artists + albums)
+
+Open a connection (you supply `persistent-postgresql`; `runPg` is the usual `runSqlConn` wrapper):
+
+```haskell
+-- cabal: build-depends: persistent, persistent-postgresql, transformers, resourcet, monad-logger
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (ResourceT, runResourceT)
+import Control.Monad.Logger (NoLoggingT, runNoLoggingT)
+import Database.Persist.Sql (SqlBackend)
+import Database.Persist.Postgresql (runSqlConn, withPostgresqlConn)
+
+runPg :: ReaderT SqlBackend (ResourceT (NoLoggingT IO)) a -> IO a
+runPg act =
+    runNoLoggingT (runResourceT (withPostgresqlConn "host=localhost port=54329 dbname=chinook user=postgres" (runSqlConn act)))
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+
+Discovery and reads use the same functions as SQLite, just `...Conn` wrapped in `runPg`:
+
+```haskell
+runPg listTablesConn
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> ["albums","artists"]
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' <$> runPg (describeTableConn "artists")
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | Column Name<br>Text | Type<br>Text | SQLite Type<br>Text | Nullable<br>Bool | Primary Key<br>Bool |
+> | --------------------|--------------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------- |
+> | ArtistId            | Int          | integer             | False            | True                |
+> | Name                | Maybe Text   | text                | True             | False               |
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' . D.take 5 <$> runPg (readTableConn "artists")
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int |    Name<br>Maybe Text    |
+> | ----------------|------------------------- |
+> | 1               | Just "AC/DC"             |
+> | 2               | Just "Accept"            |
+> | 3               | Just "Aerosmith"         |
+> | 4               | Just "Alanis Morissette" |
+> | 5               | Just "Alice In Chains"   |
+
+The typed reader is backend-agnostic too. The same `ArtistsSchema` generated from the SQLite file in
+Tier 1 validates this PostgreSQL read, so it's one schema type across two databases:
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' . D.take 3 . DT.thaw <$> runPg (readTableTypedConn @ArtistsSchema "artists")
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | ArtistId<br>Int | Name<br>Maybe Text |
+> | ----------------|------------------- |
+> | 1               | Just "AC/DC"       |
+> | 2               | Just "Accept"      |
+> | 3               | Just "Aerosmith"   |
+
+The `Albums` entity generated from SQLite at compile time is a plain `persistent` entity, so the
+same `declareEntity` splice and `selectToDataFrame` run unchanged against PostgreSQL:
+
+```haskell
+D.toMarkdown' <$> runPg (selectToDataFrame [AlbumsArtistId <-. [1, 4]] [Asc AlbumsTitle, LimitTo 5])
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> | id<br>Int |             title<br>Text             | artistId<br>Int |
+> | ----------|---------------------------------------|---------------- |
+> | 1         | For Those About To Rock We Salute You | 1               |
+> | 6         | Jagged Little Pill                    | 4               |
+> | 4         | Let There Be Rock                     | 1               |
+
+Tear the throwaway cluster back down (again via `:!`):
+
+```haskell
+:! bash scripts/pg-teardown.sh
+```
+
+> <!-- scripths:mime text/plain -->
+> postgres stopped and removed
+
+## How types are inferred
+
+SQLite type affinities map to Haskell element types as below. `NOT NULL` columns are non-null,
+everything else becomes `Maybe`. You can override a column with `typeOverride` in `DeclareOptions`
+(`declareTableWith` / `declareEntityWith`).
+
+| SQLite declared type | Haskell type |
+|----------------------|--------------|
+| `INTEGER`, `INT...` | `Int` |
+| `REAL`, `FLOAT`, `DOUBLE`, `NUMERIC`, `DECIMAL` | `Double` |
+| `TEXT`, `VARCHAR`, `CHAR`, `CLOB` | `Text` |
+| `BOOLEAN` | `Bool` |
+| `BLOB` / no declared type | `ByteString` |
+| `DATE` | `Day` |
+| `DATETIME`, `TIMESTAMP` | `UTCTime` |
+| `TIME` | `TimeOfDay` |
+
+## Install
+
+```
+build-depends: dataframe, dataframe-persistent, persistent-sqlite
+```
+
+The classic path still works and is unchanged: hand-write a `persistent` entity with
+`share`/`persistLowerCase` and `derivePersistentDataFrame`, then load with `fromPersistent`.
diff --git a/dataframe-persistent.cabal b/dataframe-persistent.cabal
--- a/dataframe-persistent.cabal
+++ b/dataframe-persistent.cabal
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cabal-version:      2.4
 name:               dataframe-persistent
-version:            0.2.0.0
+version:            0.3.0.0
 
 synopsis: Persistent database integration for the dataframe library
 
 description: This package provides integration between the dataframe library and the Persistent database library, allowing you to load database entities into DataFrames and save DataFrames back to the database.
 
 bug-reports: https://github.com/mchav/dataframe/issues
-license:            GPL-3.0-or-later
+license:            MIT
 license-file:       ./LICENSE
 author:             Michael Chavinda, Junji Hashimoto
 maintainer:         mschavinda@gmail.com
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 copyright: (c) 2024-2025 Michael Chavinda
 category: Data, Database
 tested-with: GHC ==9.4.8 || ==9.6.7 || ==9.8.4 || ==9.10.3 || ==9.12.2
-extra-doc-files: ./CHANGELOG.md ./README.md
+extra-doc-files: CHANGELOG.md README.md
 
 source-repository head
   type:     git
@@ -33,12 +33,22 @@
     import: warnings
     default-extensions: Strict
     exposed-modules: DataFrame.IO.Persistent,
-                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.TH
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.TH,
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read,
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Columns,
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Sqlite,
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema,
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Common,
+                    DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect
     build-depends:    base >= 4 && <5,
-                      bytestring >= 0.11 && < 0.13,
+                      bytestring >= 0.10 && < 0.13,
+                      conduit >= 1.3 && < 1.4,
                       containers >= 0.6.7 && < 0.9,
-                      dataframe ^>= 0.4,
+                      dataframe-core ^>= 1.0,
+                      dataframe-operations ^>= 1.0,
                       persistent >= 2.14 && < 3,
+                      persistent-sqlite >= 2.13 && < 3,
+                      resourcet >= 1.2 && < 2,
                       template-haskell >= 2.0 && < 3,
                       text >= 2.0 && < 3,
                       time >= 1.12 && < 2,
@@ -51,9 +61,12 @@
     import: warnings
     type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
     main-is: Main.hs
-    other-modules: PersistentTests
+    other-modules: PersistentTests,
+                   SchemaTHTests
     build-depends:  base >= 4 && < 5,
-                    dataframe ^>= 0.4,
+                    dataframe >= 1 && < 3,
+                    dataframe-core ^>= 1.0,
+                    dataframe-operations ^>= 1.0,
                     dataframe-persistent,
                     HUnit ^>= 1.6,
                     monad-logger >= 0.3 && < 0.4,
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent.hs
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-}
@@ -42,19 +41,16 @@
 import Control.Monad (forM)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT)
-import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
 import Data.Proxy (Proxy (..))
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
-import Data.Time (Day, TimeOfDay, UTCTime)
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
 import qualified DataFrame.Internal.Column as DFCol
 import DataFrame.Internal.DataFrame (DataFrame (..))
 import qualified DataFrame.Internal.DataFrame as DF
 import Database.Persist
 import Database.Persist.Sql hiding (Column)
-import Database.Persist.Types (fieldHaskell, getEntityFields, unFieldNameHS)
 import Unsafe.Coerce (unsafeCoerce)
 
 -- | Get number of rows in a DataFrame
@@ -147,7 +143,7 @@
                 numCols = length colNames
                 dimensions = (0, numCols)
                 emptyColumns = replicate numCols (DFCol.fromList ([] :: [Text]))
-            return $ DataFrame (V.fromList emptyColumns) indices dimensions
+            return $ DataFrame (V.fromList emptyColumns) indices dimensions M.empty
         else do
             -- Create columns from entity data
             columns <- createColumnsFromEntities @record config entities
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@
                 numRows = if null entities then 0 else length entities
                 numCols = length colNames
                 dimensions = (numRows, numCols)
-            return $ DataFrame (V.fromList columns) indices dimensions
+            return $ DataFrame (V.fromList columns) indices dimensions M.empty
 
 -- | Create columns from entities
 createColumnsFromEntities ::
@@ -217,11 +213,10 @@
     ReaderT SqlBackend m [Key record]
 toPersistent df = do
     let rowCount = nRows df
-    keys <- forM [0 .. rowCount - 1] $ \i -> do
+    forM [0 .. rowCount - 1] $ \i -> do
         case rowToEntity i df of
             Left err -> error $ "Failed to convert row " <> show i <> ": " <> err
             Right entity -> insert (entityVal entity)
-    return keys
 
 -- | Convert entity fields to columns (helper for implementations)
 entityToColumns ::
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      : DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read
+License     : MIT
+
+The runtime front door for loading SQLite into a 'DataFrame'. Mirrors the
+ergonomics of @readCsv@: point at a file and a table and get a 'DataFrame', with
+column types inferred from the SQLite schema. No Template Haskell, no entity
+boilerplate, and it works directly in GHCi.
+
+For compile-time typed schemas use "DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema"; for the
+@persistent@ entity path use "DataFrame.IO.Persistent".
+-}
+module DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read (
+    -- * Reading a whole table (types from the schema)
+    readTable,
+    readTableWith,
+    readTableConn,
+    readTableConnWith,
+
+    -- * Reading an arbitrary query (types sniffed from values)
+    readSql,
+    readSqlWith,
+
+    -- * Reading straight into a typed schema (schema as a type argument)
+    readTableTyped,
+    readTableTypedConn,
+    readSqlTyped,
+
+    -- * Loading @persistent@ entities generically (no instance required)
+    selectToDataFrame,
+
+    -- * Discovery
+    listTables,
+    listTablesConn,
+    describeTable,
+    describeTableConn,
+
+    -- * Filtering pushed down to SQLite
+    ReadQuery (..),
+    allRows,
+    where_,
+    limit,
+    orderBy,
+
+    -- * Column builders (used by generated readers)
+    ColumnReader,
+    buildColumn,
+    buildNullableColumn,
+    inferColumn,
+    freezeOrThrow,
+
+    -- * Re-exports
+    ColumnInfo (..),
+) where
+
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (MonadResource)
+import Data.List (transpose)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Database.Persist
+import Database.Persist.Sql (SqlBackend)
+import Database.Persist.Sqlite (runSqlite)
+
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Columns
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Sqlite (runNamedQuery)
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect
+import DataFrame.Internal.Column (fromList)
+import DataFrame.Internal.DataFrame (DataFrame, fromNamedColumns)
+import DataFrame.Typed.Schema (KnownSchema)
+import DataFrame.Typed.Types (TypedDataFrame)
+
+{- | A SQLite-side filter pushed into the generated @SELECT@. Build with
+'allRows' and the '&'-friendly combinators 'where_', 'limit', 'orderBy'.
+-}
+data ReadQuery = ReadQuery
+    { rqWhere :: Maybe Text
+    -- ^ A @WHERE@ body (without the @WHERE@ keyword); may contain @?@ placeholders.
+    , rqParams :: [PersistValue]
+    -- ^ Values bound to the placeholders in 'rqWhere'.
+    , rqOrderBy :: Maybe Text
+    -- ^ An @ORDER BY@ body (without the keyword).
+    , rqLimit :: Maybe Int
+    , rqOffset :: Maybe Int
+    }
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+-- | The unfiltered query: every row, every column.
+allRows :: ReadQuery
+allRows = ReadQuery Nothing [] Nothing Nothing Nothing
+
+-- | Add a @WHERE@ clause (with bound parameters) to a 'ReadQuery'.
+where_ :: Text -> [PersistValue] -> ReadQuery -> ReadQuery
+where_ clause params q = q{rqWhere = Just clause, rqParams = params}
+
+-- | Limit the number of rows fetched.
+limit :: Int -> ReadQuery -> ReadQuery
+limit n q = q{rqLimit = Just n}
+
+-- | Add an @ORDER BY@ clause.
+orderBy :: Text -> ReadQuery -> ReadQuery
+orderBy clause q = q{rqOrderBy = Just clause}
+
+{- | Read an entire table into a 'DataFrame', inferring column types (and
+nullability) from the SQLite schema. The @pd.read_sql_table@ analogue.
+-}
+readTable :: FilePath -> Text -> IO DataFrame
+readTable path table = readTableWith path table allRows
+
+-- | 'readTable' with a SQLite-side filter (e.g. for tables larger than memory).
+readTableWith :: FilePath -> Text -> ReadQuery -> IO DataFrame
+readTableWith path table q = do
+    readers <- columnReadersFor path table
+    runSqlite (T.pack path) (readColumnsConn table readers q)
+
+{- | 'readTable' over an existing @persistent@ connection (any 'SqlBackend',
+so it shares a transaction with @fromPersistent@ / @insert@).
+-}
+readTableConn :: (MonadResource m) => Text -> ReaderT SqlBackend m DataFrame
+readTableConn table = readTableConnWith table allRows
+
+-- | 'readTableConn' with a SQLite-side filter.
+readTableConnWith ::
+    (MonadResource m) => Text -> ReadQuery -> ReaderT SqlBackend m DataFrame
+readTableConnWith table q = do
+    cols <- introspectTableConn table
+    readColumnsConn table (map columnInfoReader cols) q
+
+columnReadersFor :: FilePath -> Text -> IO [(Text, ColumnReader)]
+columnReadersFor path table =
+    map columnInfoReader <$> introspectTable path (T.unpack table)
+
+columnInfoReader :: ColumnInfo -> (Text, ColumnReader)
+columnInfoReader ci =
+    (ciName ci, columnReaderFor (inferType (ciDeclType ci)) (not (ciNotNull ci)))
+
+{- | Run an arbitrary SQL query into a 'DataFrame'. Result columns keep their
+query names (aliases included); types are inferred from the returned values.
+-}
+readSql :: FilePath -> Text -> IO DataFrame
+readSql path sql = readSqlWith path sql []
+
+-- | 'readSql' with bound query parameters (injection-safe).
+readSqlWith :: FilePath -> Text -> [PersistValue] -> IO DataFrame
+readSqlWith path sql params = do
+    (names, rows) <- runNamedQuery (T.pack path) sql params
+    pure (assembleInferred names rows)
+
+{- | Read a whole table straight into a typed 'TypedDataFrame', validating the
+schema at the boundary. The schema is a /type argument/ while the database and
+table are ordinary values, so the same table name in two different databases is
+just two calls with the same @\@Schema@, no generated names to collide:
+
+@
+a <- readTableTyped \@ArtistsSchema "db1.sqlite" "artists"
+b <- readTableTyped \@ArtistsSchema "db2.sqlite" "artists"
+-- ... then join a and b
+@
+-}
+readTableTyped ::
+    forall cols. (KnownSchema cols) => FilePath -> Text -> IO (TypedDataFrame cols)
+readTableTyped path table = readTable path table >>= freezeOrThrow
+
+-- | 'readTableTyped' over an existing connection (any backend).
+readTableTypedConn ::
+    forall cols m.
+    (KnownSchema cols, MonadResource m) =>
+    Text -> ReaderT SqlBackend m (TypedDataFrame cols)
+readTableTypedConn table = readTableConn table >>= freezeOrThrow
+
+-- | Read an arbitrary query (e.g. a join) straight into a typed 'TypedDataFrame'.
+readSqlTyped ::
+    forall cols. (KnownSchema cols) => FilePath -> Text -> IO (TypedDataFrame cols)
+readSqlTyped path sql = readSql path sql >>= freezeOrThrow
+
+-- | List the user tables in a SQLite database.
+listTables :: FilePath -> IO [Text]
+listTables = introspectTableNames
+
+{- | 'listTables' over an existing connection (works on any backend, e.g. a
+PostgreSQL 'SqlBackend' opened with @withPostgresqlConn@).
+-}
+listTablesConn :: (MonadResource m) => ReaderT SqlBackend m [Text]
+listTablesConn = introspectTableNamesConn
+
+{- | A @describeColumns@-style summary of a table's schema (one row per column),
+read from the schema without scanning the data.
+-}
+describeTable :: FilePath -> Text -> IO DataFrame
+describeTable path table = schemaFrame <$> introspectTable path (T.unpack table)
+
+-- | 'describeTable' over an existing connection (any backend).
+describeTableConn :: (MonadResource m) => Text -> ReaderT SqlBackend m DataFrame
+describeTableConn table = schemaFrame <$> introspectTableConn table
+
+schemaFrame :: [ColumnInfo] -> DataFrame
+schemaFrame cols =
+    fromNamedColumns
+        [ ("Column Name", fromList (map ciName cols))
+        , ("Type", fromList (map columnHaskellType cols))
+        , ("SQLite Type", fromList (map ciDeclType cols))
+        , ("Nullable", fromList (map (not . ciNotNull) cols))
+        , ("Primary Key", fromList (map ciPk cols))
+        ]
+
+columnHaskellType :: ColumnInfo -> Text
+columnHaskellType c =
+    let base = haskellTypeName (inferType (ciDeclType c))
+     in if ciNotNull c then base else "Maybe " <> base
+
+{- | Load any @persistent@ entity into a 'DataFrame' without deriving an
+instance: filters give you the typed @persistent@ DSL, the rows are decoded
+generically. Powers the @declareEntity@ workflow.
+-}
+selectToDataFrame ::
+    forall r m.
+    ( MonadIO m
+    , PersistEntity r
+    , PersistEntityBackend r ~ SqlBackend
+    ) =>
+    [Filter r] -> [SelectOpt r] -> ReaderT SqlBackend m DataFrame
+selectToDataFrame filters opts =
+    entitiesToDataFrame <$> selectList filters opts
+
+entitiesToDataFrame :: forall r. (PersistEntity r) => [Entity r] -> DataFrame
+entitiesToDataFrame ents =
+    assembleInferred ("id" : entityFieldNames @r) (map entityRow ents)
+
+-- @keyToValues@ decodes any key (single or backend) without a @ToBackendKey@
+-- constraint; single-column keys (the common case) yield the @id@ column.
+entityRow :: (PersistEntity r) => Entity r -> [PersistValue]
+entityRow (Entity k v) = keyToValues k ++ toPersistFields v
+
+entityFieldNames :: forall r. (PersistEntity r) => [Text]
+entityFieldNames =
+    map
+        (unFieldNameHS . fieldHaskell)
+        (getEntityFields (entityDef (Nothing :: Maybe r)))
+
+{- | The streaming engine behind every table reader: build the @SELECT@, fetch
+rows, transpose into columns, and apply each column's reader.
+-}
+readColumnsConn ::
+    (MonadResource m) =>
+    Text -> [(Text, ColumnReader)] -> ReadQuery -> ReaderT SqlBackend m DataFrame
+readColumnsConn table cols q = do
+    rows <- runRawRows (selectSql table (map fst cols) q) (rqParams q)
+    pure (assembleColumns cols rows)
+
+assembleColumns :: [(Text, ColumnReader)] -> [[PersistValue]] -> DataFrame
+assembleColumns cols rows =
+    fromNamedColumns (zipWith apply cols (cells (length cols) rows))
+  where
+    apply (name, rdr) pvs = (name, rdr pvs)
+
+assembleInferred :: [Text] -> [[PersistValue]] -> DataFrame
+assembleInferred names rows =
+    fromNamedColumns (zip names (map inferColumn (cells (length names) rows)))
+
+{- | Transpose rows into per-column value lists, padding to @n@ empty columns
+when there are no rows (so column structure survives an empty result).
+-}
+cells :: Int -> [[PersistValue]] -> [[PersistValue]]
+cells n [] = replicate n []
+cells _ rows = transpose rows
+
+selectSql :: Text -> [Text] -> ReadQuery -> Text
+selectSql table cols q =
+    T.unwords (filter (not . T.null) clauses)
+  where
+    colList = if null cols then "*" else T.intercalate ", " (map quoteIdent cols)
+    clauses =
+        [ "SELECT " <> colList
+        , "FROM " <> quoteIdent table
+        , maybe "" ("WHERE " <>) (rqWhere q)
+        , maybe "" ("ORDER BY " <>) (rqOrderBy q)
+        , maybe "" (("LIMIT " <>) . tshow) (rqLimit q)
+        , maybe "" (("OFFSET " <>) . tshow) (rqOffset q)
+        ]
+
+tshow :: (Show a) => a -> Text
+tshow = T.pack . show
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read/Columns.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read/Columns.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read/Columns.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+-- 'buildNullableColumn' deliberately constrains @Columnable (Maybe a)@ (needed to
+-- build a bitmap-backed nullable column); GHC flags that as simplifiable.
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-simplifiable-class-constraints #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      : DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Columns
+License     : MIT
+
+Turning rows of 'PersistValue's into typed dataframe 'Column's: decoders driven
+by a known 'HaskellType', value-sniffing inference for unknown columns, and the
+typed-schema boundary. Shared by the runtime readers and the generated readers.
+-}
+module DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Columns (
+    ColumnReader,
+    buildColumn,
+    buildNullableColumn,
+    columnReaderFor,
+    inferColumn,
+    freezeOrThrow,
+) where
+
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import Data.List (find)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Time (Day, TimeOfDay, UTCTime)
+import Data.Typeable (Proxy (..), typeRep)
+import Database.Persist (PersistField (fromPersistValue), PersistValue (..))
+
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect (HaskellType (..))
+import DataFrame.Internal.Column (Column, Columnable, fromList)
+import DataFrame.Internal.DataFrame (DataFrame)
+import DataFrame.Typed.Freeze (freezeWithError)
+import DataFrame.Typed.Schema (KnownSchema)
+import DataFrame.Typed.Types (TypedDataFrame)
+
+-- | A function that turns one column's worth of 'PersistValue's into a 'Column'.
+type ColumnReader = [PersistValue] -> Column
+
+-- | Build a non-null column, decoding each value with 'fromPersistValue'.
+buildColumn :: forall a. (Columnable a, PersistField a) => ColumnReader
+buildColumn pvs = case traverse fromPersistValue pvs of
+    Left err -> error (decodeError (typeName @a) err)
+    Right (xs :: [a]) -> fromList xs
+
+-- | Build a nullable column (@PersistNull@ becomes @Nothing@).
+buildNullableColumn ::
+    forall a. (Columnable (Maybe a), PersistField a) => ColumnReader
+buildNullableColumn pvs = case traverse fromPersistValue pvs of
+    Left err -> error (decodeError (typeName @(Maybe a)) err)
+    Right (xs :: [Maybe a]) -> fromList xs
+
+{- | Infer a column's type by sniffing the first non-null value; nullable if any
+value is @PersistNull@. Used for arbitrary queries and generic entity loads.
+-}
+inferColumn :: [PersistValue] -> Column
+inferColumn pvs = columnReaderFor (inferHaskellType pvs) (any isNull pvs) pvs
+
+columnReaderFor :: HaskellType -> Bool -> ColumnReader
+columnReaderFor ht True = nullableReaderFor ht
+columnReaderFor ht False = readerFor ht
+
+readerFor :: HaskellType -> ColumnReader
+readerFor HTInt = buildColumn @Int
+readerFor HTDouble = buildColumn @Double
+readerFor HTText = buildColumn @Text
+readerFor HTBool = buildColumn @Bool
+readerFor HTByteString = buildColumn @ByteString
+readerFor HTDay = buildColumn @Day
+readerFor HTUTCTime = buildColumn @UTCTime
+readerFor HTTimeOfDay = buildColumn @TimeOfDay
+
+nullableReaderFor :: HaskellType -> ColumnReader
+nullableReaderFor HTInt = buildNullableColumn @Int
+nullableReaderFor HTDouble = buildNullableColumn @Double
+nullableReaderFor HTText = buildNullableColumn @Text
+nullableReaderFor HTBool = buildNullableColumn @Bool
+nullableReaderFor HTByteString = buildNullableColumn @ByteString
+nullableReaderFor HTDay = buildNullableColumn @Day
+nullableReaderFor HTUTCTime = buildNullableColumn @UTCTime
+nullableReaderFor HTTimeOfDay = buildNullableColumn @TimeOfDay
+
+inferHaskellType :: [PersistValue] -> HaskellType
+inferHaskellType = maybe HTText haskellTypeOf . find (not . isNull)
+
+haskellTypeOf :: PersistValue -> HaskellType
+haskellTypeOf (PersistInt64 _) = HTInt
+haskellTypeOf (PersistDouble _) = HTDouble
+haskellTypeOf (PersistBool _) = HTBool
+haskellTypeOf (PersistByteString _) = HTByteString
+haskellTypeOf (PersistDay _) = HTDay
+haskellTypeOf (PersistUTCTime _) = HTUTCTime
+haskellTypeOf (PersistTimeOfDay _) = HTTimeOfDay
+haskellTypeOf _ = HTText
+
+isNull :: PersistValue -> Bool
+isNull PersistNull = True
+isNull _ = False
+
+typeName :: forall a. (Columnable a) => String
+typeName = show (typeRep (Proxy @a))
+
+decodeError :: String -> Text -> String
+decodeError ty err = "buildColumn: failed to decode column as " <> ty <> ": " <> T.unpack err
+
+{- | Validate an untyped 'DataFrame' against a typed schema and wrap it, throwing
+an 'IOError' on mismatch. The generated @declareTable@ readers call this; the
+schema came from the same database, so success is the normal case.
+-}
+freezeOrThrow ::
+    forall cols m.
+    (KnownSchema cols, MonadIO m) =>
+    DataFrame -> m (TypedDataFrame cols)
+freezeOrThrow df =
+    either (liftIO . ioError . userError . T.unpack) pure (freezeWithError @cols df)
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read/Sqlite.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read/Sqlite.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Read/Sqlite.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{- |
+Module      : DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Sqlite
+License     : MIT
+
+A minimal direct-SQLite query that returns result column /names/ alongside the
+values. @persistent@'s @rawQuery@ drops the names, so for arbitrary @readSql@
+queries we prepare the statement ourselves and read @sqlite3_column_name@, which
+works even for aliased expressions and empty result sets.
+-}
+module DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.Sqlite (
+    runNamedQuery,
+) where
+
+import Control.Exception (bracket)
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as TE
+import Database.Persist (PersistValue)
+import Database.Sqlite (
+    StepResult (Done, Row),
+    bind,
+    close,
+    columns,
+    finalize,
+    open,
+    prepare,
+    step,
+ )
+import Database.Sqlite.Internal (Statement (Statement))
+import Foreign.C.String (CString)
+import Foreign.C.Types (CInt (..))
+import Foreign.Ptr (Ptr)
+
+-- @sqlite3_column_count@ / @sqlite3_column_name@ are not re-exported by
+-- @Database.Sqlite@, so we bind them directly against the statement pointer.
+foreign import ccall unsafe "sqlite3_column_count"
+    c_sqlite3_column_count :: Ptr () -> IO CInt
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "sqlite3_column_name"
+    c_sqlite3_column_name :: Ptr () -> CInt -> IO CString
+
+{- | Run @sql@ (with bound @params@) against the database at @dbPath@ and return
+the result column names together with every row's values.
+-}
+runNamedQuery :: Text -> Text -> [PersistValue] -> IO ([Text], [[PersistValue]])
+runNamedQuery dbPath sql params =
+    bracket (open dbPath) close $ \conn ->
+        bracket (prepare conn sql) finalize $ \stmt@(Statement p) -> do
+            bind stmt params
+            n <- fromIntegral <$> c_sqlite3_column_count p
+            names <- mapM (columnName p) [0 .. n - 1]
+            rows <- stepRows stmt
+            pure (names, rows)
+
+columnName :: Ptr () -> Int -> IO Text
+columnName p i = do
+    cstr <- c_sqlite3_column_name p (fromIntegral i)
+    TE.decodeUtf8 <$> BS.packCString cstr
+
+stepRows :: Statement -> IO [[PersistValue]]
+stepRows stmt = do
+    result <- step stmt
+    case result of
+        Row -> (:) <$> columns stmt <*> stepRows stmt
+        Done -> pure []
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskellQuotes #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      : DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema
+License     : MIT
+
+Template Haskell that reads a SQLite table's schema __at compile time__ and
+generates either a typed-schema type synonym ('declareTable') or a @persistent@
+entity ('declareEntity'). Both replace the hand-written @persistLowerCase@ +
+@derivePersistentDataFrame@ boilerplate.
+
+'declareTable' emits only the schema /type/. You read into it with the generic
+'DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.readTableTyped', so the database and table are
+runtime values and the same schema can be reused across databases.
+
+@
+-- Typed schema, checked at compile time:
+\$('declareTable' "chinook.db" "artists")
+-- generates: type ArtistsSchema = '[Column "ArtistId" Int, Column "Name" (Maybe Text)]
+-- read any database/table into it:
+--   readTableTyped \@ArtistsSchema "chinook.db" "artists" :: IO (TypedDataFrame ArtistsSchema)
+
+-- Persistent entity: full Filter DSL, write-back, no hand-written schema.
+\$('declareEntity' "chinook.db" "artists")
+-- then: runSqlite "chinook.db" (selectToDataFrame [ArtistsName ==. Just "Accept"] [])
+@
+-}
+module DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema (
+    -- * Typed schema
+    declareTable,
+    declareTableWith,
+    declareTableFromSchema,
+
+    -- * Persistent entity generation
+    declareEntity,
+    declareEntityWith,
+
+    -- * Options + re-exports
+    DeclareOptions (..),
+    defaultDeclareOptions,
+    ColumnInfo (..),
+    HaskellType (..),
+) where
+
+import Data.List (partition)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Language.Haskell.TH
+
+import Database.Persist.Quasi (lowerCaseSettings, parse)
+import Database.Persist.Quasi.Internal (UnboundEntityDef)
+import Database.Persist.TH (mkPersist, sqlSettings)
+
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Common
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect
+import DataFrame.Typed.Types (Column)
+
+{- | Read @table@ from the SQLite database at @path@ and emit a typed schema
+synonym, @type \<Table\>Schema = '[Column ...]@. Read into it with
+'DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.readTableTyped'.
+-}
+declareTable :: FilePath -> String -> Q [Dec]
+declareTable = declareTableWith defaultDeclareOptions
+
+-- | 'declareTable' with custom 'DeclareOptions'.
+declareTableWith :: DeclareOptions -> FilePath -> String -> Q [Dec]
+declareTableWith opts path table = do
+    cols <- introspectQ path table
+    warnOnNumeric cols
+    schemaDecl opts (T.pack table) cols
+
+{- | Like 'declareTable' but from an explicit column list, so __no database is
+opened at build time__ (use in CI / cross-compilation / sdist consumers).
+-}
+declareTableFromSchema :: [ColumnInfo] -> String -> Q [Dec]
+declareTableFromSchema cols name =
+    schemaDecl defaultDeclareOptions (T.pack name) cols
+
+-- | Emit @type \<Table\>Schema = '[Column ...]@ for the selected columns.
+schemaDecl :: DeclareOptions -> Text -> [ColumnInfo] -> Q [Dec]
+schemaDecl opts table cols0 = do
+    let cols = selectColumns opts cols0
+    failOnEmpty table cols
+    pure [TySynD (mkName (schemaTypeNameOf opts table)) [] (schemaType opts cols)]
+
+failOnEmpty :: Text -> [ColumnInfo] -> Q ()
+failOnEmpty table [] =
+    fail ("declareTable: no columns selected for table " <> show (T.unpack table))
+failOnEmpty _ _ = pure ()
+
+schemaType :: DeclareOptions -> [ColumnInfo] -> Type
+schemaType opts cols =
+    buildSchemaType
+        [(ciName c, thType (resolvedType opts c), isNullable opts c) | c <- cols]
+
+-- | Fold @(name, type, nullable)@ triples into a promoted @'[Column name ty]@.
+buildSchemaType :: [(Text, Type, Bool)] -> Type
+buildSchemaType = foldr cons PromotedNilT
+  where
+    cons col acc = PromotedConsT `AppT` columnEntry col `AppT` acc
+
+columnEntry :: (Text, Type, Bool) -> Type
+columnEntry (name, ty, nullable) =
+    ConT ''Column
+        `AppT` LitT (StrTyLit (T.unpack name))
+        `AppT` wrapMaybe nullable ty
+
+wrapMaybe :: Bool -> Type -> Type
+wrapMaybe True ty = ConT ''Maybe `AppT` ty
+wrapMaybe False ty = ty
+
+{- | Read @table@ at compile time and generate a @persistent@ entity for it
+(via 'mkPersist'), giving the full @persistent@ typed-'Filter' DSL with no
+hand-written schema. Load it with 'DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read.selectToDataFrame'.
+-}
+declareEntity :: FilePath -> String -> Q [Dec]
+declareEntity = declareEntityWith defaultDeclareOptions
+
+-- | 'declareEntity' with custom 'DeclareOptions'.
+declareEntityWith :: DeclareOptions -> FilePath -> String -> Q [Dec]
+declareEntityWith opts path table = do
+    cols <- introspectQ path table
+    let tableT = T.pack table
+        ent = T.pack (entityNameOf opts tableT)
+        dsl = renderEntityDsl opts ent tableT (selectColumns opts cols)
+    parseEntityDefs dsl >>= mkPersist sqlSettings
+
+parseEntityDefs :: Text -> Q [UnboundEntityDef]
+parseEntityDefs dsl = case snd (parse lowerCaseSettings [(Nothing, dsl)]) of
+    Left errs -> fail ("declareEntity: could not build entity definition:\n" <> show errs)
+    Right defs -> pure defs
+
+{- | Render the @persistLowerCase@ DSL text for an entity. An integer primary key
+becomes the @Id@ field; every other column is a field bound to its DB name.
+-}
+renderEntityDsl :: DeclareOptions -> Text -> Text -> [ColumnInfo] -> Text
+renderEntityDsl opts ent table cols =
+    T.unlines ((ent <> " sql=" <> table) : idLines <> map (renderField opts) fields)
+  where
+    (pks, others) = partition (isIntPk opts) cols
+    -- Rename persistent's default (ToBackendKey-enabled) key column rather than
+    -- declaring a natural key, so generated entities keep fromSqlKey/ToBackendKey.
+    (idLines, fields) = case pks of
+        [pk] -> (["    Id sql=" <> ciName pk], others)
+        _ -> ([], cols)
+
+isIntPk :: DeclareOptions -> ColumnInfo -> Bool
+isIntPk opts c = ciPk c && resolvedType opts c == HTInt
+
+renderField :: DeclareOptions -> ColumnInfo -> Text
+renderField opts c =
+    "    "
+        <> fieldIdentifier (ciName c)
+        <> " "
+        <> persistType (resolvedType opts c)
+        <> " sql="
+        <> ciName c
+        <> (if isNullable opts c then " Maybe" else "")
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema/Common.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema/Common.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema/Common.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskellQuotes #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      : DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Common
+License     : MIT
+
+Shared options, name mangling, type mapping, and compile-time introspection used
+by both the typed-schema splice (@declareTable@) and the entity splice
+(@declareEntity@) in "DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema".
+-}
+module DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Common (
+    -- * Options
+    DeclareOptions (..),
+    defaultDeclareOptions,
+
+    -- * Compile-time introspection
+    introspectQ,
+    selectColumns,
+
+    -- * Per-column resolution
+    resolvedType,
+    isNullable,
+
+    -- * Type mapping
+    thType,
+    persistType,
+
+    -- * Name helpers
+    pascalCase,
+    schemaTypeNameOf,
+    entityNameOf,
+    fieldIdentifier,
+
+    -- * Warnings
+    warnOnNumeric,
+) where
+
+import Control.Exception (SomeException, try)
+import Control.Monad (when)
+import Data.Char (isAlpha, isAlphaNum, toLower, toUpper)
+import Data.Either (fromRight)
+import Data.List (find, intercalate)
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Time (Day, TimeOfDay, UTCTime)
+import Language.Haskell.TH (Q, Type (ConT), reportWarning)
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (addDependentFile, runIO)
+
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect
+
+{- | Knobs shared by 'DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.declareTable' and
+'DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.declareEntity'. Start from
+'defaultDeclareOptions' and override fields with record syntax.
+-}
+data DeclareOptions = DeclareOptions
+    { honorNotNull :: Bool
+    {- ^ @True@ (default): @NOT NULL@ columns are non-null, others @Maybe@.
+    @False@: every column is treated as nullable.
+    -}
+    , typeOverride :: Text -> Text -> Maybe HaskellType
+    {- ^ Given @(rawColumnName, declaredSqliteType)@, optionally override the
+    inferred Haskell type. Default: never override.
+    -}
+    , includeColumns :: Maybe [Text]
+    -- ^ Restrict to these raw columns (@Nothing@ = all).
+    , excludeColumns :: [Text]
+    -- ^ Drop these raw columns (applied after 'includeColumns').
+    , schemaTypeName :: Maybe String
+    -- ^ Override the generated schema type-synonym name (default @\<Table\>Schema@).
+    , entityName :: Maybe String
+    -- ^ Override the generated entity name (default PascalCased table).
+    }
+
+-- | Sensible defaults: honor @NOT NULL@, no overrides, all columns, derived names.
+defaultDeclareOptions :: DeclareOptions
+defaultDeclareOptions =
+    DeclareOptions
+        { honorNotNull = True
+        , typeOverride = \_ _ -> Nothing
+        , includeColumns = Nothing
+        , excludeColumns = []
+        , schemaTypeName = Nothing
+        , entityName = Nothing
+        }
+
+{- | Introspect a table at compile time: register the DB as a dependency (so a
+schema change forces a rebuild), then fail helpfully if it can't be read.
+-}
+introspectQ :: FilePath -> String -> Q [ColumnInfo]
+introspectQ path table = do
+    addDependentFile path
+    outcome <- runIO (try (introspectTable path table))
+    case outcome of
+        Left (e :: SomeException) -> fail (openError path e)
+        Right [] -> failMissingTable path table
+        Right cols -> pure cols
+
+failMissingTable :: FilePath -> String -> Q a
+failMissingTable path table = do
+    names <-
+        runIO (try (introspectTableNames path) :: IO (Either SomeException [Text]))
+    fail (missingTableMessage path table (fromRight [] names))
+
+openError :: FilePath -> SomeException -> String
+openError path e =
+    "declareTable/declareEntity: could not read " <> path <> ": " <> show e
+
+missingTableMessage :: FilePath -> String -> [Text] -> String
+missingTableMessage path table names =
+    "declareTable/declareEntity: table "
+        <> show table
+        <> " not found in "
+        <> path
+        <> ".\n  Available tables: "
+        <> intercalate ", " (map T.unpack names)
+        <> maybe
+            ""
+            (\s -> "\n  (did you mean " <> show (T.unpack s) <> "?)")
+            (didYouMean table names)
+
+didYouMean :: String -> [Text] -> Maybe Text
+didYouMean target = find ((== map toLower target) . map toLower . T.unpack)
+
+-- | Apply 'includeColumns' / 'excludeColumns'.
+selectColumns :: DeclareOptions -> [ColumnInfo] -> [ColumnInfo]
+selectColumns opts = filter keep
+  where
+    keep c =
+        maybe True (ciName c `elem`) (includeColumns opts)
+            && ciName c `notElem` excludeColumns opts
+
+-- | The Haskell type for a column, honoring 'typeOverride'.
+resolvedType :: DeclareOptions -> ColumnInfo -> HaskellType
+resolvedType opts c =
+    fromMaybe
+        (inferType (ciDeclType c))
+        (typeOverride opts (ciName c) (ciDeclType c))
+
+-- | Whether a column should be modelled as nullable.
+isNullable :: DeclareOptions -> ColumnInfo -> Bool
+isNullable opts c = not (honorNotNull opts) || not (ciNotNull c)
+
+-- | The Template Haskell 'Type' for a 'HaskellType'.
+thType :: HaskellType -> Type
+thType HTInt = ConT ''Int
+thType HTDouble = ConT ''Double
+thType HTText = ConT ''Text
+thType HTBool = ConT ''Bool
+thType HTByteString = ConT ''ByteString
+thType HTDay = ConT ''Day
+thType HTUTCTime = ConT ''UTCTime
+thType HTTimeOfDay = ConT ''TimeOfDay
+
+-- | The @persistent@ DSL type name for a 'HaskellType'.
+persistType :: HaskellType -> Text
+persistType HTInt = "Int64"
+persistType HTDouble = "Double"
+persistType HTText = "Text"
+persistType HTBool = "Bool"
+persistType HTByteString = "ByteString"
+persistType HTDay = "Day"
+persistType HTUTCTime = "UTCTime"
+persistType HTTimeOfDay = "TimeOfDay"
+
+-- | Capitalize the first character (e.g. @"artists" -> "Artists"@).
+pascalCase :: Text -> String
+pascalCase t = case T.unpack t of
+    (c : cs) -> toUpper c : cs
+    [] -> []
+
+schemaTypeNameOf :: DeclareOptions -> Text -> String
+schemaTypeNameOf opts table = fromMaybe (pascalCase table <> "Schema") (schemaTypeName opts)
+
+entityNameOf :: DeclareOptions -> Text -> String
+entityNameOf opts table = fromMaybe (pascalCase table) (entityName opts)
+
+-- | Turn a raw column name into a valid lowercase-initial @persistent@ field name.
+fieldIdentifier :: Text -> Text
+fieldIdentifier raw = T.pack (lowerFirst (ensureLetter cleaned))
+  where
+    cleaned = filter (\ch -> isAlphaNum ch || ch == '_') (T.unpack raw)
+    lowerFirst (c : cs) = toLower c : cs
+    lowerFirst [] = "field"
+    ensureLetter s@(c : _) | isAlpha c = s
+    ensureLetter s = 'f' : s
+
+-- | Warn (at splice time) about @NUMERIC@/@DECIMAL@ columns mapped to 'Double'.
+warnOnNumeric :: [ColumnInfo] -> Q ()
+warnOnNumeric = mapM_ warn1
+  where
+    warn1 c = when (isNumeric (ciDeclType c)) (reportWarning (numericMessage c))
+    isNumeric t = any (`T.isInfixOf` T.toUpper t) ["NUMERIC", "DECIMAL"]
+    numericMessage c =
+        "declareTable: column "
+            <> show (T.unpack (ciName c))
+            <> " has SQLite type "
+            <> show (T.unpack (ciDeclType c))
+            <> "; mapping to Double may lose precision "
+            <> "(override with typeOverride)."
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema/Introspect.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema/Introspect.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/Schema/Introspect.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+{- |
+Module      : DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect
+License     : MIT
+
+Compile-time-safe SQLite schema introspection. Everything here is plain 'IO'
+(callable from a Template Haskell @runIO@ in "DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema")
+plus a pure SQLite-affinity → 'HaskellType' mapping. No Template Haskell and no
+DataFrame dependencies live here, so the logic can be unit-tested directly.
+-}
+module DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema.Introspect (
+    -- * Column metadata
+    ColumnInfo (..),
+    HaskellType (..),
+
+    -- * Introspection (IO)
+    introspectTable,
+    introspectTableConn,
+    introspectTableNames,
+    introspectTableNamesConn,
+
+    -- * Type inference
+    inferType,
+    haskellTypeName,
+
+    -- * Raw-query helper (shared with the runtime reader)
+    runRawRows,
+    quoteIdent,
+) where
+
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (MonadResource)
+import Data.Conduit (runConduit, (.|))
+import qualified Data.Conduit.List as CL
+import Data.List (sortOn)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Database.Persist (PersistValue (..))
+import Database.Persist.Sql (SqlBackend, rawQuery)
+import Database.Persist.SqlBackend (getRDBMS)
+import Database.Persist.Sqlite (runSqlite)
+
+-- | A single column as reported by @PRAGMA table_info@.
+data ColumnInfo = ColumnInfo
+    { ciName :: Text
+    -- ^ Raw column name as stored in SQLite (e.g. @"ArtistId"@).
+    , ciDeclType :: Text
+    -- ^ Declared type string (e.g. @"NVARCHAR(120)"@); may be empty.
+    , ciNotNull :: Bool
+    -- ^ Whether the column carries a @NOT NULL@ constraint.
+    , ciPk :: Bool
+    -- ^ Whether the column participates in the primary key.
+    }
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+{- | The closed set of Haskell element types we map SQLite columns onto. Every
+constructor corresponds to a type that is both 'Database.Persist.PersistField'
+and 'DataFrame.Internal.Column.Columnable'.
+-}
+data HaskellType
+    = HTInt
+    | HTDouble
+    | HTText
+    | HTBool
+    | HTByteString
+    | HTDay
+    | HTUTCTime
+    | HTTimeOfDay
+    deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+{- | Map a declared SQLite type to a 'HaskellType' using SQLite's own
+(case-insensitive, substring) type-affinity rules, with a few semantic
+refinements for dates/booleans. Unknown or empty declarations fall back the
+same way SQLite does (BLOB affinity for empty, numeric otherwise).
+-}
+inferType :: Text -> HaskellType
+inferType declared
+    | "INT" `inUpper` declared = HTInt
+    | anyIn ["CHAR", "CLOB", "TEXT"] declared = HTText
+    | anyIn ["BLOB", "BYTEA"] declared || T.null (T.strip declared) = HTByteString
+    | anyIn ["REAL", "FLOA", "DOUB"] declared = HTDouble
+    | "BOOL" `inUpper` declared = HTBool
+    | anyIn ["DATETIME", "TIMESTAMP"] declared = HTUTCTime
+    | "DATE" `inUpper` declared = HTDay
+    | "TIME" `inUpper` declared = HTTimeOfDay
+    | otherwise = HTDouble
+
+-- | A display name for a 'HaskellType' (the element type, without nullability).
+haskellTypeName :: HaskellType -> Text
+haskellTypeName HTInt = "Int"
+haskellTypeName HTDouble = "Double"
+haskellTypeName HTText = "Text"
+haskellTypeName HTBool = "Bool"
+haskellTypeName HTByteString = "ByteString"
+haskellTypeName HTDay = "Day"
+haskellTypeName HTUTCTime = "UTCTime"
+haskellTypeName HTTimeOfDay = "TimeOfDay"
+
+inUpper :: Text -> Text -> Bool
+inUpper needle hay = needle `T.isInfixOf` T.toUpper hay
+
+anyIn :: [Text] -> Text -> Bool
+anyIn needles hay = any (`inUpper` hay) needles
+
+{- | Read the columns of @table@ from the SQLite database at @path@, ordered by
+their @PRAGMA table_info@ @cid@ (i.e. declaration order).
+-}
+introspectTable :: FilePath -> String -> IO [ColumnInfo]
+introspectTable path table =
+    runSqlite (T.pack path) (introspectTableConn (T.pack table))
+
+{- | 'introspectTable' over an existing connection. Backend-agnostic: SQLite uses
+@PRAGMA table_info@; every other backend (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) uses the
+standard @information_schema.columns@.
+-}
+introspectTableConn ::
+    (MonadResource m) => Text -> ReaderT SqlBackend m [ColumnInfo]
+introspectTableConn table = do
+    rdbms <- getRDBMS
+    if rdbms == "sqlite" then sqlitePragmaColumns table else infoSchemaColumns table
+
+sqlitePragmaColumns ::
+    (MonadResource m) => Text -> ReaderT SqlBackend m [ColumnInfo]
+sqlitePragmaColumns table = do
+    rows <- runRawRows ("PRAGMA table_info(" <> quoteIdent table <> ")") []
+    pure (map snd (sortOn fst (map parsePragmaRow rows)))
+
+infoSchemaColumns ::
+    (MonadResource m) => Text -> ReaderT SqlBackend m [ColumnInfo]
+infoSchemaColumns table = do
+    rows <- runRawRows infoSchemaColumnQuery [PersistText table]
+    pks <- runRawRows infoSchemaPkQuery [PersistText table]
+    let pkNames = [pvText n | (n : _) <- pks]
+    pure (map (parseInfoSchemaRow pkNames) rows)
+
+infoSchemaColumnQuery :: Text
+infoSchemaColumnQuery =
+    "SELECT column_name, data_type, is_nullable FROM information_schema.columns \
+    \WHERE table_name = ? AND table_schema NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema') \
+    \ORDER BY ordinal_position"
+
+infoSchemaPkQuery :: Text
+infoSchemaPkQuery =
+    "SELECT kcu.column_name FROM information_schema.table_constraints tc \
+    \JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage kcu ON kcu.constraint_name = tc.constraint_name \
+    \WHERE tc.table_name = ? AND tc.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY'"
+
+-- | List the user tables (excluding SQLite internal tables) in @path@.
+introspectTableNames :: FilePath -> IO [Text]
+introspectTableNames path = runSqlite (T.pack path) introspectTableNamesConn
+
+-- | 'introspectTableNames' over an existing connection (backend-agnostic).
+introspectTableNamesConn :: (MonadResource m) => ReaderT SqlBackend m [Text]
+introspectTableNamesConn = do
+    rdbms <- getRDBMS
+    rows <-
+        runRawRows
+            (if rdbms == "sqlite" then sqliteTableQuery else infoSchemaTableQuery)
+            []
+    pure [pvText n | (n : _) <- rows]
+
+sqliteTableQuery :: Text
+sqliteTableQuery =
+    "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' \
+    \AND name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%' ORDER BY name"
+
+infoSchemaTableQuery :: Text
+infoSchemaTableQuery =
+    "SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables \
+    \WHERE table_schema NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema') \
+    \AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE' ORDER BY table_name"
+
+-- | Run a raw SQL query and collect every row's column values.
+runRawRows ::
+    (MonadResource m) =>
+    Text -> [PersistValue] -> ReaderT SqlBackend m [[PersistValue]]
+runRawRows sql params = runConduit (rawQuery sql params .| CL.consume)
+
+parsePragmaRow :: [PersistValue] -> (Int, ColumnInfo)
+parsePragmaRow [cid, name, ctype, notnull, _dflt, pk] =
+    ( pvInt cid
+    , ColumnInfo (pvText name) (pvText ctype) (pvInt notnull == 1) (pvInt pk > 0)
+    )
+parsePragmaRow other =
+    error ("introspectTable: unexpected PRAGMA table_info row: " <> show other)
+
+{- | Parse an @information_schema.columns@ row @(name, data_type, is_nullable)@,
+marking 'ciPk' from the table's primary-key column names.
+-}
+parseInfoSchemaRow :: [Text] -> [PersistValue] -> ColumnInfo
+parseInfoSchemaRow pkNames [name, dtype, nullable] =
+    ColumnInfo nm (pvText dtype) (pvText nullable == "NO") (nm `elem` pkNames)
+  where
+    nm = pvText name
+parseInfoSchemaRow _ other =
+    error ("introspectTable: unexpected information_schema row: " <> show other)
+
+pvText :: PersistValue -> Text
+pvText (PersistText t) = t
+pvText PersistNull = ""
+pvText other = T.pack (show other)
+
+pvInt :: PersistValue -> Int
+pvInt (PersistInt64 i) = fromIntegral i
+pvInt _ = 0
+
+-- | Double-quote a SQLite identifier, escaping embedded quotes.
+quoteIdent :: Text -> Text
+quoteIdent t = "\"" <> T.replace "\"" "\"\"" t <> "\""
diff --git a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/TH.hs b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/TH.hs
--- a/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/TH.hs
+++ b/src/DataFrame/IO/Persistent/TH.hs
@@ -14,20 +14,16 @@
     derivePersistentDataFrame,
 ) where
 
-import Control.Monad (forM, when)
-import Data.List (foldl')
-import Data.Text (Text)
+import Control.Monad (forM)
+import Data.Char
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
 import DataFrame.Functions (col)
 import DataFrame.IO.Persistent
-import qualified DataFrame.Internal.Column as DFCol
 import DataFrame.Internal.Expression
 import Database.Persist
-import Database.Persist.Sql (fromSqlKey)
-import Database.Persist.TH
 import Language.Haskell.TH
-import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (Lift, lift)
+import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax (lift)
 
 import Debug.Trace (trace)
 
@@ -71,13 +67,13 @@
             dataframeExprs <- forM fields $ \(raw, _, ty) -> do
                 let nm = camelToSnake (nameBase raw)
                 let colName = camelToSnake (drop (length entityNameStr) (nameBase raw))
-                trace ((nm <> " :: Expr " <> (show ty))) pure ()
+                trace (nm <> " :: Expr " <> show ty) pure ()
                 let n = mkName nm
                 sig <- sigD n [t|Expr $(pure ty)|]
                 val <- valD (varP n) (normalB [|col $(lift colName)|]) []
                 pure [sig, val]
 
-            return ([instanceDec] ++ concat dataframeExprs)
+            return (instanceDec : concat dataframeExprs)
         _ ->
             fail $
                 "deriveEntityToDataFrame: " ++ show entityName ++ " must be a record type"
@@ -190,5 +186,5 @@
     go (c : cs)
         | isUpper c = '_' : toLower c : go cs
         | otherwise = c : go cs
-    isUpper c = c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z'
+    isUpper = isAsciiUpper
     toLower c = if isUpper c then toEnum (fromEnum c + 32) else c
diff --git a/tests/Main.hs b/tests/Main.hs
--- a/tests/Main.hs
+++ b/tests/Main.hs
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 import qualified System.Exit as Exit
 
 import PersistentTests
+import SchemaTHTests
 
 import Test.HUnit
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    result <- runTestTT persistentTests
+    result <- runTestTT (TestList [persistentTests, schemaThTests])
     if failures result > 0 || errors result > 0
         then Exit.exitFailure
         else Exit.exitSuccess
diff --git a/tests/PersistentTests.hs b/tests/PersistentTests.hs
--- a/tests/PersistentTests.hs
+++ b/tests/PersistentTests.hs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
 
 module PersistentTests where
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 import Test.HUnit
 import UnliftIO.Resource (ResourceT)
 
-import DataFrame.Functions ((.<))
+import DataFrame.Functions ((.<.))
 
 -- Define test entities
 share
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
         assertBool "Has active column" ("active" `elem` cols)
 
         -- Check data values
-        let names = V.toList (DF.columnAsVector test_user_name df)
+        let names = DF.columnAsList test_user_name df
 
         assertEqual "Names match" ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "Diana"] names
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
             print cols
             assertBool "Has id column" ("id" `elem` cols)
             assertBool "Has name column" ("name" `elem` cols)
-            let names = V.toList (DF.columnAsVector artist_name (DF.take 5 df))
+            let names = DF.columnAsList artist_name (DF.take 5 df)
 
             assertEqual
                 "Names match"
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@
         assertEqual "Active users count" 3 (nRows df)
 
         -- Check all loaded users are active
-        let activeFlags = V.toList $ DF.columnAsVector test_user_active df
+        let activeFlags = DF.columnAsList test_user_active df
         assertBool "All active" (and activeFlags)
 
 -- Test custom configuration
@@ -196,15 +197,15 @@
         assertEqual "Young users count" 2 (nRows youngUsers)
 
         -- Sort operation
-        let sorted = DF.sortBy [DF.Asc "age"] df
-        let ages = V.toList $ DF.columnAsVector test_user_age sorted
+        let sorted = DF.sortBy [DF.Asc (F.col @Int "age")] df
+        let ages = DF.columnAsList test_user_age sorted
         assertEqual "Ages sorted" [25, 28, 30, 35] ages
 
         -- Derive column
         let withAgeGroup =
                 DF.derive @Text
                     "age_group"
-                    (F.ifThenElse (test_user_age .< 30) "young" "adult")
+                    (F.ifThenElse (test_user_age .<. 30) "young" "adult")
                     df
         assertEqual "Has age_group column" 5 (length $ DF.columnNames withAgeGroup)
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@
         assertEqual "Empty DataFrame" 0 (nRows df)
         -- Should still have column names
         let cols = DF.columnNames df
-        assertBool "Has columns" (length cols > 0)
+        assertBool "Has columns" (not (null cols))
 
 -- Test persistFieldsToColumns function
 testPersistFieldsToColumns :: Test
diff --git a/tests/SchemaTHTests.hs b/tests/SchemaTHTests.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SchemaTHTests.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+
+{- |
+End-to-end tests for the compile-time SQLite schema splices and the runtime
+readers, exercised against the committed @data/chinook.db@ fixture.
+-}
+module SchemaTHTests (schemaThTests) where
+
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+import Data.Function ((&))
+import Data.Int (Int64)
+import Data.Maybe (listToMaybe)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Database.Persist (Filter, (==.))
+import Database.Persist.Sqlite (runSqlite)
+import Test.HUnit
+
+import qualified DataFrame as DF
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent (nRows)
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Read
+import DataFrame.IO.Persistent.Schema
+import qualified DataFrame.Typed as DT
+
+-- | Typed reader + schema for the @artists@ table (read at compile time).
+$(declareTable "./data/chinook.db" "artists")
+
+-- | A @persistent@ entity for the @albums@ table (generated from the live DB).
+$(declareEntity "./data/chinook.db" "albums")
+
+chinook :: T.Text
+chinook = "./data/chinook.db"
+
+-- Tier 0: runtime readers --------------------------------------------------
+
+testReadTable :: Test
+testReadTable = TestCase $ do
+    df <- readTable "./data/chinook.db" "artists"
+    assertEqual "row count" 275 (nRows df)
+    let cols = DF.columnNames df
+    assertBool "has raw ArtistId" ("ArtistId" `elem` cols)
+    assertBool "has raw Name" ("Name" `elem` cols)
+
+testReadTableWith :: Test
+testReadTableWith = TestCase $ do
+    df <- readTableWith "./data/chinook.db" "artists" (allRows & limit 5)
+    assertEqual "limit pushed down" 5 (nRows df)
+
+testReadSql :: Test
+testReadSql = TestCase $ do
+    df <- readSql "./data/chinook.db" "SELECT Name FROM artists LIMIT 5"
+    assertEqual "raw query rows" 5 (nRows df)
+
+testListTables :: Test
+testListTables = TestCase $ do
+    ts <- listTables "./data/chinook.db"
+    assertBool "has artists" ("artists" `elem` ts)
+    assertBool "has albums" ("albums" `elem` ts)
+
+testDescribeTable :: Test
+testDescribeTable = TestCase $ do
+    d <- describeTable "./data/chinook.db" "artists"
+    assertEqual
+        "describe-style columns"
+        ["Column Name", "Type", "SQLite Type", "Nullable", "Primary Key"]
+        (DF.columnNames d)
+    assertEqual "one row per column" 2 (nRows d)
+
+-- Tier 1: typed splice -----------------------------------------------------
+
+testDeclareTableTyped :: Test
+testDeclareTableTyped = TestCase $ do
+    -- declareTable emits only the ArtistsSchema type; read into it generically:
+    tdf <- readTableTyped @ArtistsSchema "./data/chinook.db" "artists"
+    assertEqual "typed row count" 275 (nRows (DT.thaw tdf))
+    -- @col \@"Name"@ here is checked against the generated ArtistsSchema:
+    let names = DT.columnAsList @"Name" tdf
+    assertEqual "first artist" (Just (Just "AC/DC")) (listToMaybe names)
+
+-- Tier 2: persistent entity generation -------------------------------------
+
+testDeclareEntity :: Test
+testDeclareEntity = TestCase $ runSqlite chinook $ do
+    df <- selectToDataFrame ([] :: [Filter Albums]) []
+    liftIO $ assertEqual "all albums" 347 (nRows df)
+
+testDeclareEntityFilter :: Test
+testDeclareEntityFilter = TestCase $ runSqlite chinook $ do
+    df <- selectToDataFrame [AlbumsArtistId ==. 1] []
+    liftIO $ assertEqual "AC/DC albums" 2 (nRows df)
+
+-- Hand-off: raw read and entity read share one connection ------------------
+
+testHandOff :: Test
+testHandOff = TestCase $ runSqlite chinook $ do
+    artists <- readTableConn "artists"
+    albums <- selectToDataFrame ([] :: [Filter Albums]) []
+    liftIO $ do
+        assertEqual "artists via raw conn" 275 (nRows artists)
+        assertEqual "albums via entity" 347 (nRows albums)
+
+schemaThTests :: Test
+schemaThTests =
+    TestList
+        [ TestLabel "readTable" testReadTable
+        , TestLabel "readTableWith limit" testReadTableWith
+        , TestLabel "readSql" testReadSql
+        , TestLabel "listTables" testListTables
+        , TestLabel "describeTable" testDescribeTable
+        , TestLabel "declareTable (typed)" testDeclareTableTyped
+        , TestLabel "declareEntity" testDeclareEntity
+        , TestLabel "declareEntity filter" testDeclareEntityFilter
+        , TestLabel "dataframe/persistent hand-off" testHandOff
+        ]
