diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0368652841..8727efecf4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ gem "rake"
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "minitest"
 gem "activerecord"
-gem "sqlite3"
 gem "numo-narray"
 gem "vega"
 
+if ENV["ADAPTER"] == "postgresql"
+  gem "pg"
+else
+  gem "sqlite3"
+end
+
 # https://github.com/lsegal/yard/issues/1321
 gem "yard", require: false
diff --git a/lib/polars/data_frame.rb b/lib/polars/data_frame.rb
index fd1b548f1b..66449e2e4c 100644
--- a/lib/polars/data_frame.rb
+++ b/lib/polars/data_frame.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class DataFrame
     #   this does not yield conclusive results, column orientation is used.
     def initialize(data = nil, schema: nil, columns: nil, schema_overrides: nil, orient: nil, infer_schema_length: 100, nan_to_null: false)
       schema ||= columns
-      raise Todo if schema_overrides
 
       # TODO deprecate in favor of read_sql
       if defined?(ActiveRecord) && (data.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Relation) || data.is_a?(ActiveRecord::Result))
@@ -4946,7 +4945,7 @@ def self._unpack_schema(schema, schema_overrides: nil, n_expected: nil, lookup_n
         end
 
       if schema_overrides && schema_overrides.any?
-        raise Todo
+        column_dtypes.merge!(schema_overrides)
       end
 
       column_dtypes.each do |col, dtype|
diff --git a/lib/polars/io.rb b/lib/polars/io.rb
index 27dbb24879..369d5b0c81 100644
--- a/lib/polars/io.rb
+++ b/lib/polars/io.rb
@@ -622,10 +622,22 @@ def read_database(query)
           raise ArgumentError, "Expected ActiveRecord::Relation, ActiveRecord::Result, or String"
         end
       data = {}
+      schema_overrides = {}
       result.columns.each_with_index do |k, i|
         data[k] = result.rows.map { |r| r[i] }
+        column_type = result.column_types[i]&.type
+        polars_type =
+          case column_type
+          when :datetime
+            Datetime
+          when :string
+            Utf8
+          when :integer
+            Int64
+          end
+        schema_overrides[k] = polars_type if polars_type
       end
-      DataFrame.new(data)
+      DataFrame.new(data, schema_overrides: schema_overrides)
     end
     alias_method :read_sql, :read_database
 
diff --git a/test/database_test.rb b/test/database_test.rb
index ea23c798d1..dc613d3efb 100644
--- a/test/database_test.rb
+++ b/test/database_test.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def setup
   def test_relation
     users = create_users
     df = Polars::DataFrame.new(User.order(:id))
-    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number"], df.columns
+    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number", "joined_at"], df.columns
     assert_series users.map(&:id), df["id"]
     assert_series users.map(&:name), df["name"]
     assert_equal Polars::Int64, df["number"].dtype
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_relation
   def test_result
     users = create_users
     df = Polars::DataFrame.new(User.connection.select_all("SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id"))
-    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number"], df.columns
+    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number", "joined_at"], df.columns
     assert_series users.map(&:id), df["id"]
     assert_series users.map(&:name), df["name"]
     assert_equal Polars::Int64, df["number"].dtype
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def test_result
   def test_read_database_relation
     users = create_users
     df = Polars.read_database(User.order(:id))
-    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number"], df.columns
+    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number", "joined_at"], df.columns
     assert_series users.map(&:id), df["id"]
     assert_series users.map(&:name), df["name"]
     assert_equal Polars::Int64, df["number"].dtype
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_read_database_relation
   def test_read_database_result
     users = create_users
     df = Polars.read_database(User.connection.select_all("SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id"))
-    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number"], df.columns
+    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number", "joined_at"], df.columns
     assert_series users.map(&:id), df["id"]
     assert_series users.map(&:name), df["name"]
     assert_equal Polars::Int64, df["number"].dtype
@@ -44,12 +44,20 @@ def test_read_database_result
   def test_read_database_string
     users = create_users
     df = Polars.read_database("SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id")
-    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number"], df.columns
+    assert_equal ["id", "name", "number", "joined_at"], df.columns
     assert_series users.map(&:id), df["id"]
     assert_series users.map(&:name), df["name"]
     assert_equal Polars::Int64, df["number"].dtype
   end
 
+  def test_read_database_null
+    skip unless ENV["ADAPTER"] == "postgresql"
+
+    User.create!
+    df = Polars.read_database("SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY id")
+    assert_equal [Polars::Int64, Polars::Utf8, Polars::Int64, Polars::Datetime], df.dtypes
+  end
+
   def test_read_database_unsupported
     error = assert_raises(ArgumentError) do
       Polars.read_database(Object.new)
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index eee4068762..f520cad9a8 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@
 ActiveRecord::Base.logger = logger
 ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = ENV["VERBOSE"]
 
-ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:"
+if ENV["ADAPTER"] == "postgresql"
+  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection adapter: "postgresql", database: "polars_ruby_test"
+else
+  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection adapter: "sqlite3", database: ":memory:"
+end
 
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define do
-  create_table :users do |t|
+  create_table :users, force: true do |t|
     t.string :name
     t.integer :number
+    t.datetime :joined_at
   end
 end