diff --git a/MysqliDb.php b/MysqliDb.php
index 75eb0768..4c722a82 100644
--- a/MysqliDb.php
+++ b/MysqliDb.php
@@ -443,7 +443,11 @@ public function get($tableName, $numRows = null, $columns = '*')
             $columns = '*';
 
         $column = is_array($columns) ? implode(', ', $columns) : $columns;
-        $this->_tableName = self::$prefix . $tableName;
+        if (strpos ($tableName, '.') === false)
+            $this->_tableName = self::$prefix . $tableName;
+        else
+            $this->_tableName = $tableName;
+
         $this->_query = 'SELECT ' . implode(' ', $this->_queryOptions) . ' ' .
                         $column . " FROM " . $this->_tableName;
         $stmt = $this->_buildQuery($numRows);
@@ -1453,5 +1457,25 @@ private function _traceGetCaller () {
         return __CLASS__ . "->" . $caller["function"] . "() >>  file \"" .
                 str_replace ($this->traceStripPrefix, '', $caller["file"] ) . "\" line #" . $caller["line"] . " " ;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Method to check if needed table is created
+     *
+     * @param array $tables Table name or an Array of table names to check
+     *
+     * @returns boolean True if table exists
+     */
+    public function tableExists ($tables) {
+        $tables = !is_array ($tables) ? Array ($tables) : $tables;
+        $count = count ($tables);
+        if ($count == 0)
+            return false;
+
+        array_walk ($tables, function (&$value, $key) { $value = self::$prefix . $value; });
+        $this->where ('table_schema', $this->db);
+        $this->where ('table_name', $tables, 'IN');
+        $this->get ('information_schema.tables', $count);
+        return $this->count == $count;
+    }
 } // END class
 ?>
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index aea818ea..d16a5b4c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -525,19 +525,24 @@ if($db->has("users")) {
 }
 ``` 
 ### Helper commands
-Reconnect in case mysql connection died
+Reconnect in case mysql connection died:
 ```php
 if (!$db->ping())
     $db->connect()
 ```
 
-Get last executed SQL query.
+Get last executed SQL query:
 Please note that function returns SQL query only for debugging purposes as its execution most likely will fail due missing quotes around char variables.
 ```php
     $db->get('users');
     echo "Last executed query was ". $db->getLastQuery();
 ```
 
+Check if table exists:
+```php
+    if ($db->tableExists ('users'))
+        echo "hooray";
+```
 ### Transaction helpers
 Please keep in mind that transactions are working on innoDB tables.
 Rollback transaction if insert fails: