diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java
index c997afd543..fff57538bf 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/Settings.java
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ public class Settings
     @XmlElement(type = String.class, defaultValue = "DEFAULT")
     @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(SQLDialectAdapter.class)
     protected SQLDialect parseDialect;
-    @XmlElement(defaultValue = "IGNORE_ON_FAILURE")
+    @XmlElement(defaultValue = "OFF")
     @XmlSchemaType(name = "string")
-    protected ParseWithMetaLookups parseWithMetaLookups = ParseWithMetaLookups.IGNORE_ON_FAILURE;
+    protected ParseWithMetaLookups parseWithMetaLookups = ParseWithMetaLookups.OFF;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "IGNORE")
     @XmlSchemaType(name = "string")
     protected ParseUnsupportedSyntax parseUnsupportedSyntax = ParseUnsupportedSyntax.IGNORE;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/InsertImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/InsertImpl.java
index 8094777cb8..54188183fc 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/InsertImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/InsertImpl.java
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ import org.jooq.InsertResultStep;
 import org.jooq.InsertSetMoreStep;
 import org.jooq.InsertSetStep;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep1;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep2;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep3;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep4;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep5;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep6;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep7;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep8;
+import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep9;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep10;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep11;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep12;
@@ -72,23 +80,23 @@ import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep16;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep17;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep18;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep19;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep2;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep20;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep21;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep22;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep3;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep4;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep5;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep6;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep7;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep8;
-import org.jooq.InsertValuesStep9;
 import org.jooq.InsertValuesStepN;
 import org.jooq.Name;
 import org.jooq.Operator;
 import org.jooq.QueryPart;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.Record1;
+import org.jooq.Record2;
+import org.jooq.Record3;
+import org.jooq.Record4;
+import org.jooq.Record5;
+import org.jooq.Record6;
+import org.jooq.Record7;
+import org.jooq.Record8;
+import org.jooq.Record9;
 import org.jooq.Record10;
 import org.jooq.Record11;
 import org.jooq.Record12;
@@ -99,17 +107,9 @@ import org.jooq.Record16;
 import org.jooq.Record17;
 import org.jooq.Record18;
 import org.jooq.Record19;
-import org.jooq.Record2;
 import org.jooq.Record20;
 import org.jooq.Record21;
 import org.jooq.Record22;
-import org.jooq.Record3;
-import org.jooq.Record4;
-import org.jooq.Record5;
-import org.jooq.Record6;
-import org.jooq.Record7;
-import org.jooq.Record8;
-import org.jooq.Record9;
 import org.jooq.Result;
 import org.jooq.SQL;
 import org.jooq.Select;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 71a048af4e..d7a834338d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -8269,7 +8269,7 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
     }
 
     private static final Table<?> parseTableName(ParserContext ctx) {
-        return table(parseName(ctx));
+        return ctx.tableLookup(parseName(ctx));
     }
 
     private static final Table<?> parseTableNameIf(ParserContext ctx) {
@@ -8317,7 +8317,7 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
 
 
 
-            return field(name);
+            return ctx.lookupField(name);
         }
     }
 
@@ -8412,7 +8412,7 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
                 }
                 else {
                     parse(ctx, '*');
-                    return table(result == null ? i1 : DSL.name(result.toArray(EMPTY_NAME))).asterisk();
+                    return ctx.tableLookup(result == null ? i1 : DSL.name(result.toArray(EMPTY_NAME))).asterisk();
                 }
             }
             while (parseIf(ctx, '.'));
@@ -10263,6 +10263,38 @@ final class ParserContext {
               + (sqlString.length() > position + 80 ? "..." : "");
     }
 
+    Table<?> tableLookup(Name name) {
+        if (meta != null) {
+            List<Table<?>> tables = meta.getTables(name);
+
+            if (tables.size() == 1)
+                return tables.get(0);
+        }
+
+        if (metaLookups == THROW_ON_FAILURE)
+            throw exception("Unknown table identifier");
+
+        return table(name);
+    }
+
+    Field<?> lookupField(Name name) {
+        if (meta != null) {
+            List<Table<?>> tables = meta.getTables(name.qualifier());
+
+            if (tables.size() == 1) {
+                Field<?> field = tables.get(0).field(name);
+
+                if (field != null)
+                    return field;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (metaLookups == THROW_ON_FAILURE)
+            throw exception("Unknown field identifier");
+
+        return field(name);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return mark();
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.12.0.xsd b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.12.0.xsd
index d934538383..1b0064920e 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.12.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-runtime-3.12.0.xsd
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ jOOQ queries, for which no specific fetchSize value was specified.]]></jxb:javad
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[[#7337] The input dialect that should be chosen to disambiguate ambiguous SQL syntax.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>
 
-      <element name="parseWithMetaLookups" type="jooq-runtime:ParseWithMetaLookups" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="IGNORE_ON_FAILURE">
+      <element name="parseWithMetaLookups" type="jooq-runtime:ParseWithMetaLookups" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="OFF">
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[[#7163] Whether the parser should perform meta lookups in the Configuration's MetaProvider.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>