diff --git a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromABSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromABSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php
index b562102cd..72793aa61 100644
--- a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromABSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php
+++ b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromABSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommands(): void
         );
         // @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -92,11 +96,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsNullIfMultiple(): void
         );
         // @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -144,11 +152,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsNullIfEmpty(): void
         );
         // @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -197,11 +209,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsRowSkip(): void
         // @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 7,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -259,11 +275,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandWithMoreChunksOfFiles(): void
         $conn->expects(self::exactly(2))->method('executeStatement')->withConsecutive([$q1], [$q2]);
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 7,
                 ],
             ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromGCSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromGCSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php
index 3cc090f78..2812facf8 100644
--- a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromGCSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php
+++ b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromGCSCopyIntoAdapterTest.php
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommands(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -92,11 +96,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsNullIfMultiple(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -144,11 +152,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsNullIfEmpty(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -196,11 +208,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsRowSkip(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 7,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -258,11 +274,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandWithMoreChunksOfFiles(): void
         $conn->expects(self::exactly(2))->method('executeStatement')->withConsecutive([$q1], [$q2]);
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 7,
                 ],
             ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromS3CopyIntoAdapterTest.php b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromS3CopyIntoAdapterTest.php
index 920276982..3e28ca7f5 100644
--- a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromS3CopyIntoAdapterTest.php
+++ b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromS3CopyIntoAdapterTest.php
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommands(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -92,11 +96,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsNullIfMultiple(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -144,11 +152,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsNullIfEmpty(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -196,11 +208,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsRowSkip(): void
         );
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 7,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -258,11 +274,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandWithMoreChunksOfFiles(): void
         $conn->expects(self::exactly(2))->method('executeStatement')->withConsecutive([$q1], [$q2]);
 
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 7,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 7,
                 ],
             ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromTableInsertIntoAdapterTest.php b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromTableInsertIntoAdapterTest.php
index 51b81523e..18b463fcf 100644
--- a/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromTableInsertIntoAdapterTest.php
+++ b/packages/php-db-import-export/tests/unit/Backend/Snowflake/ToStage/FromTableInsertIntoAdapterTest.php
@@ -27,11 +27,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommands(): void
             'INSERT INTO "test_schema"."stagingTable" ("col1", "col2") SELECT "col1", "col2" FROM "test_schema"."test_table"'
         );
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'test_schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
@@ -74,11 +78,15 @@ public function testGetCopyCommandsSelectSource(): void
             [1],
         );
         $conn->expects(self::once())->method('fetchAllAssociative')
-            // phpcs:ignore
-            ->with("SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'test_schema' AND TABLE_NAME = 'stagingTable';")
             ->willReturn([
                 [
-                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE', 'BYTES' => 0, 'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'TABLE_TYPE' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'BYTES' => 0,
+                    'ROW_COUNT' => 10,
+                    'name' => 'stagingTable',
+                    'kind' => 'BASE TABLE',
+                    'bytes' => 0,
+                    'rows' => 10,
                 ],
             ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/Table/Snowflake/SnowflakeTableReflection.php b/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/Table/Snowflake/SnowflakeTableReflection.php
index 7e8386d1c..0a692fd26 100644
--- a/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/Table/Snowflake/SnowflakeTableReflection.php
+++ b/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/Table/Snowflake/SnowflakeTableReflection.php
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 use RuntimeException;
 use Throwable;
 
+/**
+ * @phpstan-type SHOW_TABLE_ROW array{name:string,kind:string,bytes:string,rows:string,is_external:'Y'|'N'}
+ * @phpstan-type SHOW_VIEW_ROW array{name:string,kind:string}
+ */
 final class SnowflakeTableReflection implements TableReflectionInterface
 {
     public const DEPENDENT_OBJECT_TABLE = 'TABLE';
@@ -57,45 +61,101 @@ private function cacheTableProps(bool $force = false): void
         if ($force === false && $this->isTemporary !== null) {
             return;
         }
-        /** @var array<array{TABLE_TYPE:string,BYTES:string,ROW_COUNT:string}> $row */
-        $row = $this->connection->fetchAllAssociative(
-            sprintf(
-            //phpcs:ignore
-                'SELECT TABLE_TYPE,BYTES,ROW_COUNT FROM information_schema.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = %s AND TABLE_NAME = %s;',
-                SnowflakeQuote::quote($this->schemaName),
-                SnowflakeQuote::quote($this->tableName),
-            ),
-        );
-        if (count($row) === 0) {
-            throw TableNotExistsReflectionException::createForTable([$this->schemaName, $this->tableName]);
+
+        try {
+            /** @var array<SHOW_TABLE_ROW> $rows */
+            $rows = $this->connection->fetchAllAssociative(
+                sprintf(
+                //phpcs:ignore
+                    'SHOW TABLES LIKE %s IN SCHEMA %s',
+                    SnowflakeQuote::quote($this->tableName),
+                    SnowflakeQuote::quoteSingleIdentifier($this->schemaName),
+                ),
+            );// show tables is case insensitive on table names so we need to check if we got any exact match
+            /** @var SHOW_TABLE_ROW|null $table */
+            $table = $this->getTableByNameFromShow($rows);
+            if ($table === null) {
+                // if table is actually a view, fetch view info
+                /** @var array<SHOW_VIEW_ROW> $rows */
+                $rows = $this->connection->fetchAllAssociative(
+                    sprintf(
+                    //phpcs:ignore
+                        'SHOW VIEWS LIKE %s IN SCHEMA %s',
+                        SnowflakeQuote::quote($this->tableName),
+                        SnowflakeQuote::quoteSingleIdentifier($this->schemaName),
+                    ),
+                );
+                $view = $this->getTableByNameFromShow($rows);
+                if ($view === null) {
+                    throw TableNotExistsReflectionException::createForTable([$this->schemaName, $this->tableName]);
+                }
+                $this->sizeBytes = 0;
+                $this->rowCount = 0;
+                $this->isTemporary = false;
+                $this->tableType = TableType::VIEW;
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            if ($e instanceof TableNotExistsReflectionException) {
+                throw $e;
+            }
+            if (str_contains($e->getMessage(), 'Cannot access object or it does not exist')) {
+                throw TableNotExistsReflectionException::createForTable([$this->schemaName, $this->tableName], $e);
+            }
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
+
+        $this->sizeBytes = (int) $table['bytes'];
+        $this->rowCount = (int) $table['rows'];
+
+        if (array_key_exists('is_external', $table) && $table['is_external'] === 'Y') {
+            $this->isTemporary = false;
+            $this->tableType = TableType::SNOWFLAKE_EXTERNAL;
+            return;
         }
-        $this->sizeBytes = (int) $row[0]['BYTES'];
-        $this->rowCount = (int) $row[0]['ROW_COUNT'];
 
-        switch (strtoupper($row[0]['TABLE_TYPE'])) {
+        switch (strtoupper($table['kind'])) {
             case 'BASE TABLE':
+            case 'TABLE':
                 $this->isTemporary = false;
                 return;
             case 'EXTERNAL TABLE':
                 $this->isTemporary = false;
                 $this->tableType = TableType::SNOWFLAKE_EXTERNAL;
                 return;
+            case 'TEMPORARY':
             case 'LOCAL TEMPORARY':
             case 'TEMPORARY TABLE':
                 $this->isTemporary = true;
                 return;
             case 'VIEW':
+            case 'MATERIALIZED_VIEW':
                 $this->isTemporary = false;
                 $this->tableType = TableType::VIEW;
                 return;
             default:
                 throw new RuntimeException(sprintf(
                     'Table type "%s" is not known.',
-                    $row[0]['TABLE_TYPE'],
+                    $table['kind'],
                 ));
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<SHOW_TABLE_ROW|SHOW_VIEW_ROW> $rows
+     * @return SHOW_TABLE_ROW|SHOW_VIEW_ROW|null
+     */
+    private function getTableByNameFromShow(array $rows): ?array
+    {
+        foreach ($rows as $row) {
+            if ($row['name'] === $this->tableName) {
+                return $row;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string[]
      * @throws TableNotExistsReflectionException
diff --git a/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/TableNotExistsReflectionException.php b/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/TableNotExistsReflectionException.php
index 91b46b267..99dd0029e 100644
--- a/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/TableNotExistsReflectionException.php
+++ b/packages/php-table-backend-utils/src/TableNotExistsReflectionException.php
@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@
 
 namespace Keboola\TableBackendUtils;
 
+use Throwable;
+
 class TableNotExistsReflectionException extends ReflectionException
 {
     /**
      * @param string[] $path
      */
-    public static function createForTable(array $path): self
+    public static function createForTable(array $path, ?Throwable $previous = null): self
     {
-        return new self(sprintf(
-            'Table %s does not exists.',
-            implode(
-                ',',
-                array_map(
-                    fn(string $item) => sprintf('"%s"', $item),
-                    $path,
+        return new self(
+            message: sprintf(
+                'Table %s does not exists.',
+                implode(
+                    ',',
+                    array_map(
+                        fn(string $item) => sprintf('"%s"', $item),
+                        $path,
+                    ),
                 ),
             ),
-        ));
+            previous: $previous,
+        );
     }
 }