diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 106dcdc..9731bef 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 clap = { version = "4.5.32", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 figment = { version = "0.10.19", features = ["toml"] }
-sea-schema = "0.16.1"
+sea-orm-codegen = "1.1.8"
+sea-schema = { version = "0.16.1", features = ["sqlx-all"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.3", features = ["mysql", "postgres", "sqlite"] }
 syn = { version = "2.0.100", features = ["extra-traits", "full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.44.1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
diff --git a/src/generate.rs b/src/generate.rs
index 3c6c621..57b9abc 100644
--- a/src/generate.rs
+++ b/src/generate.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,37 @@
+use core::time;
+
 use color_eyre::{
-    eyre::{eyre, ContextCompat},
+    eyre::{eyre, ContextCompat, Report},
     Result,
 };
+use sea_schema::sea_query::TableCreateStatement;
 use url::Url;
-pub async fn generate(database_url: String) -> Result<()> {
+
+use crate::Config;
+pub async fn get_tables(
+    database_url: String,
+    config: Config,
+) -> Result<(Option<String>, Vec<TableCreateStatement>)> {
     let url = Url::parse(&database_url)?;
 
     tracing::trace!(?url);
 
     let is_sqlite = url.scheme() == "sqlite";
+    let filter_tables = |table: &String| -> bool {
+        config.sea_orm.table.only.is_empty() || config.sea_orm.table.only.contains(table)
+    };
 
-    let database_name = (if !is_sqlite {
+    let filter_hidden_tables = |table: &str| -> bool {
+        if false {
+            true
+        } else {
+            !table.starts_with('_')
+        }
+    };
+
+    let filter_skip_tables =
+        |table: &String| -> bool { !config.sea_orm.table.exclude.contains(table) };
+    let database_name: &str = (if !is_sqlite {
         let database_name = url
             .path_segments()
             .context("No database name as part of path")?
@@ -20,10 +41,129 @@ pub async fn generate(database_url: String) -> Result<()> {
         if database_name.is_empty() {
             return Err(eyre!("Database path name is empty"));
         }
-        Ok(database_name)
+        Ok::<&str, Report>(database_name)
     } else {
         Ok(Default::default())
     })?;
 
-    Ok(())
+    let (schema_name, table_stmts) = match url.scheme() {
+        "mysql" => {
+            use sea_schema::mysql::discovery::SchemaDiscovery;
+            use sqlx::MySql;
+
+            tracing::info!("Connecting to MySQL ...");
+            let connection = sqlx_connect::<MySql>(
+                config.sea_orm.max_connections,
+                config.sea_orm.acquire_timeout,
+                url.as_str(),
+                None,
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+            tracing::info!("Discovering schema ...");
+            let schema_discovery = SchemaDiscovery::new(connection, database_name);
+            let schema = schema_discovery.discover().await?;
+            let table_stmts = schema
+                .tables
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|schema| filter_tables(&schema.info.name))
+                .filter(|schema| filter_hidden_tables(&schema.info.name))
+                .filter(|schema| filter_skip_tables(&schema.info.name))
+                .map(|schema| schema.write())
+                .collect();
+            (None, table_stmts)
+        }
+        "sqlite" => {
+            use sea_schema::sqlite::discovery::SchemaDiscovery;
+            use sqlx::Sqlite;
+
+            tracing::info!("Connecting to SQLite ...");
+            let connection = sqlx_connect::<Sqlite>(
+                config.sea_orm.max_connections,
+                config.sea_orm.acquire_timeout,
+                url.as_str(),
+                None,
+            )
+            .await?;
+
+            tracing::info!("Discovering schema ...");
+            let schema_discovery = SchemaDiscovery::new(connection);
+            let schema = schema_discovery
+                .discover()
+                .await?
+                .merge_indexes_into_table();
+            let table_stmts = schema
+                .tables
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|schema| filter_tables(&schema.name))
+                .filter(|schema| filter_hidden_tables(&schema.name))
+                .filter(|schema| filter_skip_tables(&schema.name))
+                .map(|schema| schema.write())
+                .collect();
+            (None, table_stmts)
+        }
+        "postgres" | "potgresql" => {
+            use sea_schema::postgres::discovery::SchemaDiscovery;
+            use sqlx::Postgres;
+
+            tracing::info!("Connecting to Postgres ...");
+            let schema = config
+                .sea_orm
+                .database_schema
+                .as_deref()
+                .unwrap_or("public");
+            let connection = sqlx_connect::<Postgres>(
+                config.sea_orm.max_connections,
+                config.sea_orm.acquire_timeout,
+                url.as_str(),
+                Some(schema),
+            )
+            .await?;
+            tracing::info!("Discovering schema ...");
+            let schema_discovery = SchemaDiscovery::new(connection, schema);
+            let schema = schema_discovery.discover().await?;
+            let table_stmts = schema
+                .tables
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|schema| filter_tables(&schema.info.name))
+                .filter(|schema| filter_hidden_tables(&schema.info.name))
+                .filter(|schema| filter_skip_tables(&schema.info.name))
+                .map(|schema| schema.write())
+                .collect();
+            (config.sea_orm.database_schema, table_stmts)
+        }
+        _ => unimplemented!("{} is not supported", url.scheme()),
+    };
+    tracing::info!("Schema discovered");
+
+    Ok((schema_name, table_stmts))
+}
+
+async fn sqlx_connect<DB>(
+    max_connections: u32,
+    acquire_timeout: u64,
+    url: &str,
+    schema: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<sqlx::Pool<DB>>
+where
+    DB: sqlx::Database,
+    for<'a> &'a mut <DB as sqlx::Database>::Connection: sqlx::Executor<'a>,
+{
+    let mut pool_options = sqlx::pool::PoolOptions::<DB>::new()
+        .max_connections(max_connections)
+        .acquire_timeout(time::Duration::from_secs(acquire_timeout));
+    // Set search_path for Postgres, E.g. Some("public") by default
+    // MySQL & SQLite connection initialize with schema `None`
+    if let Some(schema) = schema {
+        let sql = format!("SET search_path = '{schema}'");
+        pool_options = pool_options.after_connect(move |conn, _| {
+            let sql = sql.clone();
+            Box::pin(async move {
+                sqlx::Executor::execute(conn, sql.as_str())
+                    .await
+                    .map(|_| ())
+            })
+        });
+    }
+    pool_options.connect(url).await.map_err(Into::into)
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1afd334..f257faf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ struct SeaOrmConfig {
     with_serde: bool,
     serde_skip_deserializing_primary_key: bool,
     serde_skip_hidden_column: bool,
+    max_connections: u32,
+    acquire_timeout: u64,
+    database_schema: Option<String>,
 }
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
 struct SeaOrmTableConfig {
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ impl Default for Config {
                     only: Vec::new(),
                     exclude: Vec::new(),
                 },
+                database_schema: None,
+                max_connections: 10,
+                acquire_timeout: 30,
                 expanded_format: false,
                 include_hidden_tables: false,
                 with_serde: false,
@@ -67,6 +73,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .extract()?;
     tracing::info!(?config);
     tracing::info!(?args);
-    generate::generate(args.database_url).await;
+    generate::get_tables(args.database_url, config).await?;
     Ok(())
 }