diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/LimboResultSet.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/LimboResultSet.java
index 4e6877fc7..0f38e72c0 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/LimboResultSet.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/core/LimboResultSet.java
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ public final class LimboResultSet {
     this.open = false;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  public Object get(String columnName) throws SQLException {
+    final int columnsLength = this.columnNames.length;
+    for (int i = 0; i < columnsLength; i++) {
+      if (this.columnNames[i].equals(columnName)) {
+        return get(i + 1);
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new SQLException("column name " + columnName + " not found");
+  }
+
   // Note that columnIndex starts from 1
   @Nullable
   public Object get(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaData.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaData.java
index fd159d2bd..ca233e234 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -687,16 +687,85 @@ public final class JDBC4DatabaseMetaData implements DatabaseMetaData {
     return null;
   }
 
+  // TODO: make use of getSearchStringEscape
   @Override
-  @SkipNullableCheck
   public ResultSet getTables(
       @Nullable String catalog,
       @Nullable String schemaPattern,
       String tableNamePattern,
       @Nullable String[] types)
       throws SQLException {
-    // TODO: after union is supported
-    return null;
+    // SQLite doesn't support catalogs or schemas — reject if non-empty values provided
+    if (catalog != null && !catalog.isEmpty()) {
+      return connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM sqlite_schema WHERE 1=0").executeQuery();
+    }
+
+    if (schemaPattern != null && !schemaPattern.isEmpty()) {
+      return connection.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM sqlite_schema WHERE 1=0").executeQuery();
+    }
+
+    // Start building query
+    StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder(
+            "SELECT " +
+            "NULL AS TABLE_CAT, " +
+            "NULL AS TABLE_SCHEM, " +
+            "name AS TABLE_NAME, " +
+            "CASE type " +
+            "  WHEN 'table' THEN 'TABLE' " +
+            "  WHEN 'view' THEN 'VIEW' " +
+            "  ELSE UPPER(type) " +
+            "END AS TABLE_TYPE, " +
+            "NULL AS REMARKS, " +
+            "NULL AS TYPE_CAT, " +
+            "NULL AS TYPE_SCHEM, " +
+            "NULL AS TYPE_NAME, " +
+            "NULL AS SELF_REFERENCING_COL_NAME, " +
+            "NULL AS REF_GENERATION " +
+            "FROM sqlite_schema " +
+            "WHERE 1=1"
+    );
+
+    // Apply type filtering if needed
+    if (types != null && types.length > 0) {
+      sql.append(" AND type IN (");
+      for (int i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
+        if (i > 0) sql.append(", ");
+        sql.append("?");
+      }
+      sql.append(")");
+    }
+
+    // Apply table name pattern filtering
+    if (tableNamePattern != null) {
+      sql.append(" AND name LIKE ?");
+    }
+
+    // Comply with spec: sort by TABLE_TYPE, TABLE_CAT, TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME
+    sql.append(" ORDER BY TABLE_TYPE, TABLE_CAT, TABLE_SCHEM, TABLE_NAME");
+
+    // Prepare and bind statement
+    PreparedStatement stmt = connection.prepareStatement(sql.toString());
+    int paramIndex = 1;
+
+    if (types != null && types.length > 0) {
+      for (String type : types) {
+        String sqliteType;
+        if ("TABLE".equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {
+          sqliteType = "table";
+        } else if ("VIEW".equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {
+          sqliteType = "view";
+        } else {
+          sqliteType = type.toLowerCase();
+        }
+        stmt.setString(paramIndex++, sqliteType);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (tableNamePattern != null) {
+      stmt.setString(paramIndex, tableNamePattern);
+    }
+
+    return stmt.executeQuery();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSet.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSet.java
index 9fbead092..4efc8a61e 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSet.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSet.java
@@ -190,8 +190,12 @@ public final class JDBC4ResultSet implements ResultSet, ResultSetMetaData {
 
   @Override
   public String getString(String columnLabel) throws SQLException {
-    // TODO
-    return "";
+    final Object result = this.resultSet.get(columnLabel);
+    if (result == null) {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    return wrapTypeConversion(() -> (String) result);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSetMetadata.java b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSetMetadata.java
index 73f6a4be7..a1982a713 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSetMetadata.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/main/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4ResultSetMetadata.java
@@ -2,150 +2,152 @@ package tech.turso.jdbc4;
 
 import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import tech.turso.annotations.SkipNullableCheck;
 
 public class JDBC4ResultSetMetadata implements ResultSetMetaData {
 
-    private final JDBC4ResultSet resultSet;
+  private final JDBC4ResultSet resultSet;
 
-    public JDBC4ResultSetMetadata(JDBC4ResultSet resultSet) {
-        this.resultSet = resultSet;
-    }
+  public JDBC4ResultSetMetadata(JDBC4ResultSet resultSet) {
+    this.resultSet = resultSet;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getColumnCount() throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return 0;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public int getColumnCount() throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isAutoIncrement(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAutoIncrement(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isCaseSensitive(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isCaseSensitive(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isSearchable(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSearchable(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isCurrency(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isCurrency(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public int isNullable(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return 0;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public int isNullable(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isSigned(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSigned(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getColumnDisplaySize(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return 0;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public int getColumnDisplaySize(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getColumnLabel(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getColumnLabel(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getColumnName(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getColumnName(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getSchemaName(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getSchemaName(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getPrecision(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return 0;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public int getPrecision(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getScale(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return 0;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public int getScale(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getTableName(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getTableName(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getCatalogName(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getCatalogName(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getColumnType(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return 0;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public int getColumnType(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return 0;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getColumnTypeName(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getColumnTypeName(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isReadOnly(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isReadOnly(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isDefinitelyWritable(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getColumnClassName(int column) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return "";
-    }
+  @Override
+  public String getColumnClassName(int column) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return "";
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public <T> T unwrap(Class<T> iface) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return null;
-    }
+  @Override
+  @SkipNullableCheck
+  public <T> T unwrap(Class<T> iface) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return null;
+  }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean isWrapperFor(Class<?> iface) throws SQLException {
-        // TODO
-        return false;
-    }
+  @Override
+  public boolean isWrapperFor(Class<?> iface) throws SQLException {
+    // TODO
+    return false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaDataTest.java b/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaDataTest.java
index 149516039..41c797580 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaDataTest.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/test/java/tech/turso/jdbc4/JDBC4DatabaseMetaDataTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 package tech.turso.jdbc4;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import tech.turso.TestUtils;
 
@@ -44,4 +51,108 @@ class JDBC4DatabaseMetaDataTest {
   void getDriverVersion_should_not_return_empty_string() {
     assertFalse(metaData.getDriverVersion().isEmpty());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void getTables_with_non_empty_catalog_should_return_empty() throws SQLException {
+    ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables("nonexistent", null, null, null);
+    assertNotNull(rs);
+    assertFalse(rs.next());
+    rs.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void getTables_with_non_empty_schema_should_return_empty() throws SQLException {
+    ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables(null, "schema", null, null);
+    assertNotNull(rs);
+    assertFalse(rs.next());
+    rs.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void getTables_should_return_correct_table_info() throws SQLException {
+    try (Statement stmt = connection.createStatement()) {
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE test_table (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)");
+    }
+
+    ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables(null, null, null, null);
+
+    assertNotNull(rs);
+
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+
+    assertEquals("test_table", rs.getString("TABLE_NAME"));
+    assertEquals("TABLE", rs.getString("TABLE_TYPE"));
+
+    assertFalse(rs.next());
+
+    rs.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void getTables_with_pattern_should_filter_results() throws SQLException {
+    // Create test tables
+    try (Statement stmt = connection.createStatement()) {
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE test1 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)");
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE test2 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)");
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE other (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)");
+    }
+
+    ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables(null, null, "test%", null);
+
+    assertNotNull(rs);
+
+    int tableCount = 0;
+    while (rs.next()) {
+      String tableName = rs.getString("TABLE_NAME");
+      assertTrue(tableName.startsWith("test"));
+      tableCount++;
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(2, tableCount);
+
+    rs.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Disabled("CREATE VIEW not supported yet")
+  void getTables_with_type_filter_should_return_only_views() throws SQLException {
+    try (Statement stmt = connection.createStatement()) {
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE my_table (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)");
+      stmt.execute("CREATE VIEW my_view AS SELECT * FROM my_table");
+    }
+
+    ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables(null, null, null, new String[] {"VIEW"});
+
+    assertNotNull(rs);
+
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("my_view", rs.getString("TABLE_NAME"));
+    assertEquals("VIEW", rs.getString("TABLE_TYPE"));
+
+    assertFalse(rs.next());
+
+    rs.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Disabled("CREATE VIEW not supported yet")
+  void getTables_with_pattern_and_type_filter_should_work_together() throws SQLException {
+    try (Statement stmt = connection.createStatement()) {
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE alpha (id INTEGER)");
+      stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE beta (id INTEGER)");
+      stmt.execute("CREATE VIEW alpha_view AS SELECT * FROM alpha");
+    }
+
+    ResultSet rs = metaData.getTables(null, null, "alpha%", new String[] {"VIEW"});
+
+    assertNotNull(rs);
+
+    assertTrue(rs.next());
+    assertEquals("alpha_view", rs.getString("TABLE_NAME"));
+    assertEquals("VIEW", rs.getString("TABLE_TYPE"));
+
+    assertFalse(rs.next());
+
+    rs.close();
+  }
 }