diff --git a/frontend/src/components/sidebar/sidebarMetadataLoaders.test.ts b/frontend/src/components/sidebar/sidebarMetadataLoaders.test.ts
index a26252e..c591239 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/sidebar/sidebarMetadataLoaders.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/sidebar/sidebarMetadataLoaders.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("../../../wailsjs/go/app/App", () => ({
   DBQuery: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
-import { buildSchemasMetadataQuerySpecs } from "./sidebarMetadataLoaders";
+import { DBQuery } from "../../../wailsjs/go/app/App";
+import { buildSchemasMetadataQuerySpecs, loadViews } from "./sidebarMetadataLoaders";
+
+const mockedDBQuery = vi.mocked(DBQuery);
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  mockedDBQuery.mockReset();
+});
 
 describe("buildSchemasMetadataQuerySpecs", () => {
   it("returns schema queries for independent-schema targets", () => {
@@ -25,4 +32,35 @@ describe("buildSchemasMetadataQuerySpecs", () => {
   it("keeps unsupported dialects empty", () => {
     expect(buildSchemasMetadataQuerySpecs("mysql", "app")).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  it("deduplicates MySQL view metadata when fallback queries omit schema names", async () => {
+    mockedDBQuery.mockImplementation(async (_config: unknown, _dbName: string, sql: string) => {
+      if (sql.includes("information_schema.views")) {
+        return {
+          success: true,
+          data: [{ view_name: "CHARACTER_SETS", schema_name: "information_schema" }],
+        };
+      }
+      if (sql.includes("information_schema.tables")) {
+        return {
+          success: true,
+          data: [{ view_name: "CHARACTER_SETS", schema_name: "information_schema", table_type: "SYSTEM VIEW" }],
+        };
+      }
+      if (sql.includes("SHOW FULL TABLES FROM `information_schema` WHERE Table_type = 'VIEW'")) {
+        return {
+          success: true,
+          data: [{ Tables_in_information_schema: "CHARACTER_SETS", Table_type: "VIEW" }],
+        };
+      }
+      return { success: false, data: [] };
+    });
+
+    const result = await loadViews({ config: { type: "mysql" } }, "information_schema");
+
+    expect(result.supported).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.views).toEqual([
+      { viewName: "CHARACTER_SETS", schemaName: "information_schema" },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.test.ts b/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.test.ts
index b09107a..b99ece8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ describe('sidebarMetadata', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('falls back to the current database when MySQL-compatible view rows omit schema metadata', () => {
+    expect(normalizeSidebarViewMetadataEntry('mysql', 'information_schema', '', 'CHARACTER_SETS')).toEqual({
+      viewName: 'CHARACTER_SETS',
+      schemaName: 'information_schema',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('uses MySQL metadata queries for custom MySQL-compatible domestic drivers', () => {
     expect(resolveSidebarMetadataDialect('goldendb')).toBe('mysql');
     expect(resolveSidebarMetadataDialect('custom', 'gdb')).toBe('mysql');
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.ts b/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.ts
index c971afe..2b7beb5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/sidebarMetadata.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,14 @@ export const normalizeSidebarViewMetadataEntry = (
 
   const parsedViewName = splitQualifiedNameLast(viewName);
   const parsedNormalizedViewName = splitQualifiedNameLast(normalizedViewName);
+  const normalizedDialect = String(dialect || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  const normalizedDbName = String(dbName || '').trim();
+  const resolvedSchemaName = String(
+    schemaName || parsedNormalizedViewName.parentPath || parsedViewName.parentPath || '',
+  ).trim();
   return {
     viewName: normalizedViewName,
-    schemaName: String(schemaName || parsedNormalizedViewName.parentPath || parsedViewName.parentPath || '').trim(),
+    schemaName: resolvedSchemaName || (normalizedDialect === 'mysql' ? normalizedDbName : ''),
   };
 };