diff --git a/partiql-ast-passes/src/name_resolver.rs b/partiql-ast-passes/src/name_resolver.rs
index 3cacbf4c..57a00de7 100644
--- a/partiql-ast-passes/src/name_resolver.rs
+++ b/partiql-ast-passes/src/name_resolver.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::error::{AstTransformError, AstTransformationError};
 use fnv::FnvBuildHasher;
 use indexmap::{IndexMap, IndexSet};
 use partiql_ast::ast;
-use partiql_ast::ast::{GroupByExpr, GroupKey};
+use partiql_ast::ast::{GroupByExpr, GroupKey, SymbolPrimitive};
 use partiql_ast::visit::{Traverse, Visit, Visitor};
 use partiql_catalog::Catalog;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
@@ -209,6 +209,19 @@ impl<'c> NameResolver<'c> {
     fn push_consume_name(&mut self, name: NameRef) {
         self.keyref_stack.last_mut().unwrap().consume.insert(name);
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn catalog_resolvable(&mut self, name: &SymbolPrimitive) -> bool {
+        // TODO fix the name look up based on case sensitivity:
+        // https://github.com/partiql/partiql-lang-rust/issues/426
+        dbg!(self.catalog);
+
+        if let Some(_) = self.catalog.resolve_type(name.value.as_str()) {
+            true
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'ast, 'c> Visitor<'ast> for NameResolver<'c> {
@@ -358,19 +371,32 @@ impl<'ast, 'c> Visitor<'ast> for NameResolver<'c> {
         // in a From path, a prefix `@` means to look locally before globally Cf. specification section 10
         let name = if is_from_path {
             match &var_ref.qualifier {
-                ast::ScopeQualifier::Unqualified => NameRef {
-                    sym: var_ref.name.clone(),
-                    lookup: vec![NameLookup::Global, NameLookup::Local],
-                },
+                ast::ScopeQualifier::Unqualified => {
+                    if self.catalog_resolvable(&var_ref.name) {
+                        NameRef {
+                            sym: var_ref.name.clone(),
+                            lookup: vec![NameLookup::Global],
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // self.errors.push(AstTransformError::IllegalState(format!(
+                        //     "No schema found for [{:?}] in the Catalog",
+                        //     &var_ref.name
+                        // )));
+                        NameRef {
+                            sym: var_ref.name.clone(),
+                            lookup: vec![NameLookup::Global],
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                 ast::ScopeQualifier::Qualified => NameRef {
                     sym: var_ref.name.clone(),
-                    lookup: vec![NameLookup::Local, NameLookup::Global],
+                    lookup: vec![NameLookup::Local],
                 },
             }
         } else {
             NameRef {
                 sym: var_ref.name.clone(),
-                lookup: vec![NameLookup::Local, NameLookup::Global],
+                lookup: vec![NameLookup::Local],
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/partiql-logical-planner/Cargo.toml b/partiql-logical-planner/Cargo.toml
index 36724e5b..83c0127b 100644
--- a/partiql-logical-planner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/partiql-logical-planner/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 partiql-eval = { path = "../partiql-eval", version = "0.5.*" }
+partiql-types = { path = "../partiql-types", version = "0.5.*"}
diff --git a/partiql-logical-planner/src/lib.rs b/partiql-logical-planner/src/lib.rs
index e1f58630..ad40540e 100644
--- a/partiql-logical-planner/src/lib.rs
+++ b/partiql-logical-planner/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ impl<'c> LogicalPlanner<'c> {
 mod tests {
     use assert_matches::assert_matches;
     use partiql_ast_passes::error::AstTransformationError;
-    use partiql_catalog::PartiqlCatalog;
+    use partiql_catalog::Catalog;
+    use partiql_catalog::{PartiqlCatalog, TypeEnvEntry};
+    use partiql_types::any;
 
     use partiql_eval::env::basic::MapBindings;
 
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn lower(
         parsed: &Parsed,
     ) -> Result<logical::LogicalPlan<logical::BindingsOp>, AstTransformationError> {
-        let catalog = PartiqlCatalog::default();
+        let mut catalog = PartiqlCatalog::default();
+        let _oid = catalog.add_type_entry(TypeEnvEntry::new("customer", &[], any!()));
         let planner = LogicalPlanner::new(&catalog);
         planner.lower(parsed)
     }
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[track_caller]
     fn evaluate(logical: LogicalPlan<BindingsOp>, bindings: MapBindings<Value>) -> Value {
         let catalog = PartiqlCatalog::default();
+
         let mut planner = plan::EvaluatorPlanner::new(EvaluationMode::Permissive, &catalog);
         let mut plan = planner.compile(&logical).expect("Expect no plan error");
         println!("{}", plan.to_dot_graph());
diff --git a/partiql-logical-planner/src/lower.rs b/partiql-logical-planner/src/lower.rs
index e742465e..25f82890 100644
--- a/partiql-logical-planner/src/lower.rs
+++ b/partiql-logical-planner/src/lower.rs
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ impl<'a> AstToLogical<'a> {
             }
         }
 
-        // TODO in the presence of schema, error if the variable reference doesn't correspond to a data table
-
         // assume global
         ValueExpr::VarRef(symprim_to_binding(&varref.name), VarRefType::Global)
     }