diff --git a/README-PYPI.md b/README-PYPI.md
index 54bf884..09d28f4 100644
--- a/README-PYPI.md
+++ b/README-PYPI.md
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Convert [Polars LazyFrames](https://docs.pola.rs/api/python/stable/reference/laz
 
 Polars and Ibis have similar APIs, but while Polars supports computation in-memory and on [Polars Cloud](https://cloud.pola.rs/), Ibis by itself does not handle computation: Instead it translates the dataframe expression into idiomatic SQL for a particular database.
 
-The public interface of `polars_to_ibis` consists of exactly one function: `convert_polars_to_ibis`.
-
 ## Example
 
 ```python
@@ -55,6 +53,17 @@ Finally, we can execute in SQLite the query which we constructed in Polars and t
 
 ```
 
+In this example we somewhat artificially started with a Polars LazyFrame.
+In the real world, you more likely would start with a database.
+To read a database table's schema and create from that a LazyFrame, use `scan_database`:
+
+```python
+>>> from polars_to_ibis import scan_database
+>>> dict(scan_database(connection, table_name).collect_schema())
+{'ints': Int64}
+
+```
+
 
 ## Limitations
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9eb32eb..d7ed938 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Convert [Polars LazyFrames](https://docs.pola.rs/api/python/stable/reference/laz
 
 Polars and Ibis have similar APIs, but while Polars supports computation in-memory and on [Polars Cloud](https://cloud.pola.rs/), Ibis by itself does not handle computation: Instead it translates the dataframe expression into idiomatic SQL for a particular database.
 
-The public interface of `polars_to_ibis` consists of exactly one function: `convert_polars_to_ibis`.
-
 ## Example
 
 ```python
@@ -55,6 +53,17 @@ Finally, we can execute in SQLite the query which we constructed in Polars and t
 
 ```
 
+In this example we somewhat artificially started with a Polars LazyFrame.
+In the real world, you more likely would start with a database.
+To read a database table's schema and create from that a LazyFrame, use `scan_database`:
+
+```python
+>>> from polars_to_ibis import scan_database
+>>> dict(scan_database(connection, table_name).collect_schema())
+{'ints': Int64}
+
+```
+
 
 ## Limitations
 
diff --git a/polars_to_ibis/__init__.py b/polars_to_ibis/__init__.py
index 3671470..ff775fc 100644
--- a/polars_to_ibis/__init__.py
+++ b/polars_to_ibis/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ def _check_version():
         )
 
 
+def scan_database(connection: Any, table_name: str):
+    """
+    Get the schema from a database table and convert it to Polars.
+    """
+    ibis_schema = connection.get_schema(table_name)
+    return pl.LazyFrame(schema=ibis_schema.to_polars())
+
+
 def convert_polars_to_ibis(lf: pl.LazyFrame, table_name: str) -> ibis.Table:
     """
     Convert a Polars LazyFrame to an Ibis unbound table.
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.py b/tests/test_parser.py
index 1fe2bbe..1c59a2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import polars as pl
 import pytest
 
-from polars_to_ibis import convert_polars_to_ibis
+from polars_to_ibis import convert_polars_to_ibis, scan_database
 from polars_to_ibis._parse.table_handlers import update_polars_to_ibis
 
 from .fixtures import Fixture, fixtures, input_data
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ def get_connection(df: pl.DataFrame, table_name: str, backend: str):
 # Test fixtures:
 
 backends = [
-    "polars",
+    # Polars could be tested, but there's an error getting the schema,
+    # and since it's not a realistic target for us, drop it from coverage.
     "sqlite",
     "duckdb",
     pytest.param("postgres", marks=pytest.mark.extra_install),
@@ -73,22 +74,23 @@ def assert_error_or_none(
     return result
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "fixture", fixtures, ids=lambda fixture: f"{fixture.category}-{fixture.expression}"
+)
+def test_fixture_consistency(fixture: Fixture):
+    # Does the polars expression have the expected result?
+    globals = {"lf": pl.LazyFrame(input_data[fixture.category]), "pl": pl}
+    polars_output = eval(fixture.expression, globals).collect().to_dict(as_series=False)
+    assert polars_output == fixture.expected_output, "Typo in fixture?"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "fixture", fixtures, ids=lambda fixture: f"{fixture.category}-{fixture.expression}"
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", backends)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("exporter_key", exporters.keys())  # type: ignore
-def test_translate_table(fixture: Fixture, backend: str, exporter_key: str):
-    # Sanity check: Does the polars expression have the expected result?
-    lf = pl.LazyFrame(input_data[fixture.category])
-    polars_output = eval(fixture.expression).collect().to_dict(as_series=False)
-    assert polars_output == fixture.expected_output, "Typo in test?"
-
-    # Convert polars to ibis, but without any data:
-    lf = pl.LazyFrame(schema=lf.collect_schema())
-    lf = eval(fixture.expression)
+def test_translate_table_new(fixture: Fixture, backend: str, exporter_key: str):
     table_name = "default_table"
-    ibis_table = convert_polars_to_ibis(lf, table_name)
 
     # Set up target database, with data:
     input_df = pl.DataFrame(input_data[fixture.category])
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ def test_translate_table(fixture: Fixture, backend: str, exporter_key: str):
         lambda: get_connection(input_df, table_name=table_name, backend=backend),
     )
 
+    globals = {"lf": scan_database(connection, table_name), "pl": pl}
+    lf = eval(fixture.expression, globals)
+
+    ibis_table = convert_polars_to_ibis(lf, table_name)
+
     # Run query on target database:
     export = exporters[exporter_key]  # type: ignore
     expected_backend_error = fixture.backend_errors.get(