diff --git a/flow/connectors/mysql/qrep.go b/flow/connectors/mysql/qrep.go
index fb4bceb14..83c35b176 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/mysql/qrep.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/mysql/qrep.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/mysql"
@@ -150,7 +151,6 @@ func (c *MySqlConnector) PullQRepRecords(
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	query = fmt.Sprintf("select * from %s", config.WatermarkTable)
 
 	totalRecords := 0
 	onResult := func(rs *mysql.Result) error {
@@ -179,18 +179,17 @@ func (c *MySqlConnector) PullQRepRecords(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	/*
-		// testing
-		rs, err := c.Execute(ctx, "show databases")
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("mymymy err %w", err)
-		}
-		for rowIdx, row := range rs.Values {
-			for idx, val := range row {
-				c.logger.Info("mymymy show", slog.Int("rowIdx", rowIdx), slog.Int("idx", idx), slog.Any("field", string(val.AsString())))
-			}
+	// testing
+	schema, _, _ := strings.Cut(config.WatermarkTable, ".")
+	rs, err := c.Execute(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("show tables from %s", schema))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("mymymy err %w", err)
+	}
+	for rowIdx, row := range rs.Values {
+		for idx, val := range row {
+			c.logger.Info("mymymy show", slog.Int("rowIdx", rowIdx), slog.Int("idx", idx), slog.Any("field", string(val.AsString())))
 		}
-	*/
+	}
 
 	if last.FullTablePartition {
 		// this is a full table partition, so just run the query