diff --git a/lib/src/dbs/channel.rs b/lib/src/dbs/channel.rs
index b3b35032..050223ff 100644
--- a/lib/src/dbs/channel.rs
+++ b/lib/src/dbs/channel.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					chn.send((None, val)).await?;
 				}
 				Iterable::Thing(v) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Fetch the data from the store
 					let key = thing::new(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, &v.id);
 					let val = txn.clone().lock().await.get(key).await?;
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					chn.send((Some(v), val)).await?;
 				}
 				Iterable::Mergeable(v, o) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Fetch the data from the store
 					let key = thing::new(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, &v.id);
 					let val = txn.clone().lock().await.get(key).await?;
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					chn.send((Some(v), val)).await?;
 				}
 				Iterable::Relatable(f, v, w) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Fetch the data from the store
 					let key = thing::new(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, &v.id);
 					let val = txn.clone().lock().await.get(key).await?;
@@ -70,6 +76,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					chn.send((Some(v), val)).await?;
 				}
 				Iterable::Table(v) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Prepare the start and end keys
 					let beg = thing::prefix(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v);
 					let end = thing::suffix(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v);
diff --git a/lib/src/dbs/iterate.rs b/lib/src/dbs/iterate.rs
index c1d66e58..e979b631 100644
--- a/lib/src/dbs/iterate.rs
+++ b/lib/src/dbs/iterate.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					ite.process(ctx, opt, txn, stm, None, val).await;
 				}
 				Iterable::Thing(v) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Fetch the data from the store
 					let key = thing::new(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, &v.id);
 					let val = txn.clone().lock().await.get(key).await?;
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					ite.process(ctx, opt, txn, stm, Some(v), val).await;
 				}
 				Iterable::Mergeable(v, o) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Fetch the data from the store
 					let key = thing::new(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, &v.id);
 					let val = txn.clone().lock().await.get(key).await?;
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					ite.process(ctx, opt, txn, stm, Some(v), val).await;
 				}
 				Iterable::Relatable(f, v, w) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Fetch the data from the store
 					let key = thing::new(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v.tb, &v.id);
 					let val = txn.clone().lock().await.get(key).await?;
@@ -70,6 +76,8 @@ impl Iterable {
 					ite.process(ctx, opt, txn, stm, Some(v), val).await;
 				}
 				Iterable::Table(v) => {
+					// Check that the table exists
+					txn.lock().await.check_ns_db_tb(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v, opt.strict).await?;
 					// Prepare the start and end keys
 					let beg = thing::prefix(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v);
 					let end = thing::suffix(opt.ns(), opt.db(), &v);
diff --git a/lib/src/kvs/tx.rs b/lib/src/kvs/tx.rs
index 7b51069a..79766392 100644
--- a/lib/src/kvs/tx.rs
+++ b/lib/src/kvs/tx.rs
@@ -1134,6 +1134,26 @@ impl Transaction {
 			Ok(v) => Ok(v),
 		}
 	}
+	/// Retrieve and cache a specific table definition.
+	pub async fn check_ns_db_tb(
+		&mut self,
+		ns: &str,
+		db: &str,
+		tb: &str,
+		strict: bool,
+	) -> Result<(), Error> {
+		match strict {
+			// Strict mode is disabled
+			false => Ok(()),
+			// Strict mode is enabled
+			true => {
+				self.get_and_cache_ns(ns).await?;
+				self.get_and_cache_db(ns, db).await?;
+				self.get_and_cache_tb(ns, db, tb).await?;
+				Ok(())
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	/// Writes the full database contents as binary SQL.
 	pub async fn export(&mut self, ns: &str, db: &str, chn: Sender<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 		// Output OPTIONS
diff --git a/lib/tests/strict.rs b/lib/tests/strict.rs
index 73a0864b..c773e1fa 100644
--- a/lib/tests/strict.rs
+++ b/lib/tests/strict.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ async fn strict_mode_no_namespace() -> Result<(), Error> {
 		DEFINE TABLE test;
 		DEFINE FIELD extra ON test VALUE true;
 		CREATE test:tester;
+		SELECT * FROM test;
 	";
 	let dbs = Datastore::new("memory").await?;
 	let ses = Session::for_kv().with_ns("test").with_db("test");
 	let res = &mut dbs.execute(&sql, &ses, None, true).await?;
-	assert_eq!(res.len(), 4);
+	assert_eq!(res.len(), 5);
+	//
+	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
+	assert!(matches!(tmp.err(), Some(Error::NsNotFound)));
 	//
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(matches!(tmp.err(), Some(Error::NsNotFound)));
@@ -42,11 +46,12 @@ async fn strict_mode_no_database() -> Result<(), Error> {
 		DEFINE TABLE test;
 		DEFINE FIELD extra ON test VALUE true;
 		CREATE test:tester;
+		SELECT * FROM test;
 	";
 	let dbs = Datastore::new("memory").await?;
 	let ses = Session::for_kv().with_ns("test").with_db("test");
 	let res = &mut dbs.execute(&sql, &ses, None, true).await?;
-	assert_eq!(res.len(), 4);
+	assert_eq!(res.len(), 5);
 	//
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(tmp.is_ok());
@@ -60,6 +65,9 @@ async fn strict_mode_no_database() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(matches!(tmp.err(), Some(Error::DbNotFound)));
 	//
+	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
+	assert!(matches!(tmp.err(), Some(Error::DbNotFound)));
+	//
 	Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -71,11 +79,12 @@ async fn strict_mode_no_table() -> Result<(), Error> {
 		-- DEFINE TABLE test;
 		DEFINE FIELD extra ON test VALUE true;
 		CREATE test:tester;
+		SELECT * FROM test;
 	";
 	let dbs = Datastore::new("memory").await?;
 	let ses = Session::for_kv().with_ns("test").with_db("test");
 	let res = &mut dbs.execute(&sql, &ses, None, true).await?;
-	assert_eq!(res.len(), 4);
+	assert_eq!(res.len(), 5);
 	//
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(tmp.is_ok());
@@ -89,6 +98,9 @@ async fn strict_mode_no_table() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(matches!(tmp.err(), Some(Error::TbNotFound)));
 	//
+	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
+	assert!(matches!(tmp.err(), Some(Error::TbNotFound)));
+	//
 	Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -100,11 +112,12 @@ async fn strict_mode_all_ok() -> Result<(), Error> {
 		DEFINE TABLE test;
 		DEFINE FIELD extra ON test VALUE true;
 		CREATE test:tester;
+		SELECT * FROM test;
 	";
 	let dbs = Datastore::new("memory").await?;
 	let ses = Session::for_kv().with_ns("test").with_db("test");
 	let res = &mut dbs.execute(&sql, &ses, None, true).await?;
-	assert_eq!(res.len(), 5);
+	assert_eq!(res.len(), 6);
 	//
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(tmp.is_ok());
@@ -122,6 +135,10 @@ async fn strict_mode_all_ok() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let val = Value::parse("[{ id: test:tester, extra: true }]");
 	assert_eq!(tmp, val);
 	//
+	let tmp = res.remove(0).result?;
+	let val = Value::parse("[{ id: test:tester, extra: true }]");
+	assert_eq!(tmp, val);
+	//
 	Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +147,7 @@ async fn loose_mode_all_ok() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let sql = "
 		DEFINE FIELD extra ON test VALUE true;
 		CREATE test:tester;
+		SELECT * FROM test;
 		INFO FOR KV;
 		INFO FOR NS;
 		INFO FOR DB;
@@ -138,7 +156,7 @@ async fn loose_mode_all_ok() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let dbs = Datastore::new("memory").await?;
 	let ses = Session::for_kv().with_ns("test").with_db("test");
 	let res = &mut dbs.execute(&sql, &ses, None, false).await?;
-	assert_eq!(res.len(), 6);
+	assert_eq!(res.len(), 7);
 	//
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result;
 	assert!(tmp.is_ok());
@@ -148,6 +166,10 @@ async fn loose_mode_all_ok() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	assert_eq!(tmp, val);
 	//
 	let tmp = res.remove(0).result?;
+	let val = Value::parse("[{ id: test:tester, extra: true }]");
+	assert_eq!(tmp, val);
+	//
+	let tmp = res.remove(0).result?;
 	let val = Value::parse(
 		"{
 			ns: { test: 'DEFINE NAMESPACE test' },