diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -7131,7 +7131,10 @@
     'LegalpadTransactionQuery' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionQuery',
     'LegalpadTransactionView' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionView',
     'LiskChunkTestCase' => 'PhabricatorTestCase',
-    'LiskDAO' => 'Phobject',
+    'LiskDAO' => array(
+      'Phobject',
+      'AphrontDatabaseTableRefInterface',
+    ),
     'LiskDAOSet' => 'Phobject',
     'LiskDAOTestCase' => 'PhabricatorTestCase',
     'LiskEphemeralObjectException' => 'Exception',
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/storage/__tests__/QueryFormattingTestCase.php b/src/infrastructure/storage/__tests__/QueryFormattingTestCase.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/storage/__tests__/QueryFormattingTestCase.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/storage/__tests__/QueryFormattingTestCase.php
@@ -3,23 +3,23 @@
 final class QueryFormattingTestCase extends PhabricatorTestCase {
 
   public function testQueryFormatting() {
-    $conn_r = id(new PhabricatorUser())->establishConnection('r');
+    $conn = id(new PhabricatorUser())->establishConnection('r');
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       'NULL',
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%nd', null));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%nd', null));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       '0',
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%nd', 0));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%nd', 0));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       '0',
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%d', 0));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%d', 0));
 
     $raised = null;
     try {
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%d', 'derp');
+      qsprintf($conn, '%d', 'derp');
     } catch (Exception $ex) {
       $raised = $ex;
     }
@@ -29,27 +29,40 @@
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       "'<S>'",
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%s', null));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%s', null));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       'NULL',
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%ns', null));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%ns', null));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       "'<S>', '<S>'",
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%Ls', array('x', 'y')));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%Ls', array('x', 'y')));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       "'<B>'",
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%B', null));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%B', null));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       'NULL',
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%nB', null));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%nB', null));
 
     $this->assertEqual(
       "'<B>', '<B>'",
-      qsprintf($conn_r, '%LB', array('x', 'y')));
+      qsprintf($conn, '%LB', array('x', 'y')));
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      '<C>',
+      qsprintf($conn, '%T', 'x'));
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      '<C>',
+      qsprintf($conn, '%C', 'y'));
+
+    $this->assertEqual(
+      '<C>.<C>',
+      qsprintf($conn, '%R', new AphrontDatabaseTableRef('x', 'y')));
+
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/LiskDAO.php b/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/LiskDAO.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/LiskDAO.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/LiskDAO.php
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@
  * @task   xaction Managing Transactions
  * @task   isolate Isolation for Unit Testing
  */
-abstract class LiskDAO extends Phobject {
+abstract class LiskDAO extends Phobject
+  implements AphrontDatabaseTableRefInterface {
 
   const CONFIG_IDS                  = 'id-mechanism';
   const CONFIG_TIMESTAMPS           = 'timestamps';
@@ -235,8 +236,11 @@
    * @return string Connection namespace for cache
    * @task conn
    */
-  abstract protected function getConnectionNamespace();
+  protected function getConnectionNamespace() {
+    return $this->getDatabaseName();
+  }
 
+  abstract protected function getDatabaseName();
 
   /**
    * Get an existing, cached connection for this object.
@@ -525,8 +529,8 @@
     $args = func_get_args();
     $args = array_slice($args, 1);
 
-    $pattern = 'SELECT * FROM %T WHERE '.$pattern.' %Q';
-    array_unshift($args, $this->getTableName());
+    $pattern = 'SELECT * FROM %R WHERE '.$pattern.' %Q';
+    array_unshift($args, $this);
     array_push($args, $lock_clause);
     array_unshift($args, $pattern);
 
@@ -1150,8 +1154,8 @@
 
     $id = $this->getID();
     $conn->query(
-      'UPDATE %T SET %Q WHERE %C = '.(is_int($id) ? '%d' : '%s'),
-      $this->getTableName(),
+      'UPDATE %R SET %Q WHERE %C = '.(is_int($id) ? '%d' : '%s'),
+      $this,
       $map,
       $this->getIDKeyForUse(),
       $id);
@@ -1178,8 +1182,8 @@
 
     $conn = $this->establishConnection('w');
     $conn->query(
-      'DELETE FROM %T WHERE %C = %d',
-      $this->getTableName(),
+      'DELETE FROM %R WHERE %C = %d',
+      $this,
       $this->getIDKeyForUse(),
       $this->getID());
 
@@ -1255,9 +1259,9 @@
     $data = implode(', ', $data);
 
     $conn->query(
-      '%Q INTO %T (%LC) VALUES (%Q)',
+      '%Q INTO %R (%LC) VALUES (%Q)',
       $mode,
-      $this->getTableName(),
+      $this,
       $columns,
       $data);
 
@@ -2019,4 +2023,17 @@
       ->getMaximumByteLengthForDataType($data_type);
   }
 
+
+/* -(  AphrontDatabaseTableRefInterface  )----------------------------------- */
+
+
+  public function getAphrontRefDatabaseName() {
+    return $this->getDatabaseName();
+  }
+
+  public function getAphrontRefTableName() {
+    return $this->getTableName();
+  }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/PhabricatorLiskDAO.php b/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/PhabricatorLiskDAO.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/PhabricatorLiskDAO.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/PhabricatorLiskDAO.php
@@ -187,11 +187,10 @@
    */
   abstract public function getApplicationName();
 
-  protected function getConnectionNamespace() {
+  protected function getDatabaseName() {
     return self::getStorageNamespace().'_'.$this->getApplicationName();
   }
 
-
   /**
    * Break a list of escaped SQL statement fragments (e.g., VALUES lists for
    * INSERT, previously built with @{function:qsprintf}) into chunks which will
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/__tests__/LiskIsolationTestDAO.php b/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/__tests__/LiskIsolationTestDAO.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/__tests__/LiskIsolationTestDAO.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/storage/lisk/__tests__/LiskIsolationTestDAO.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         'resource!'));
   }
 
-  protected function getConnectionNamespace() {
+  protected function getDatabaseName() {
     return 'test';
   }