diff --git a/compiler/semantic/op.go b/compiler/semantic/op.go
index 1998da939..68389c94c 100644
--- a/compiler/semantic/op.go
+++ b/compiler/semantic/op.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (t *translator) sqlTableExpr(e ast.SQLTableExpr, seq sem.Seq) (sem.Seq, rel
 				}
 				var typ super.Type
 				seq, typ, name = t.fromSource(input.Source, input.Args, seq)
-				table = newTableFromType(typ)
+				table = t.newTableFromType(typ)
 				if _, ok := table.(*dynamicTable); !ok && alias == nil {
 					alias = &ast.TableAlias{Name: name, Loc: input.Loc}
 				}
diff --git a/compiler/semantic/schema.go b/compiler/semantic/schema.go
index 4dc7c2e14..edd01a717 100644
--- a/compiler/semantic/schema.go
+++ b/compiler/semantic/schema.go
@@ -114,19 +114,19 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-func newTableFromType(typ super.Type) relTable {
+func (t *translator) newTableFromType(typ super.Type) relTable {
 	if typ == badType {
 		return badTable
 	}
 	if typ != nil {
-		if recType := recordOf(typ); recType != nil {
+		if recType := t.recordOf(typ); recType != nil {
 			return &staticTable{typ: recType}
 		}
 	}
 	return &dynamicTable{}
 }
 
-func recordOf(typ super.Type) *super.TypeRecord {
+func (t *translator) recordOf(typ super.Type) *super.TypeRecord {
 	switch typ := super.TypeUnder(typ).(type) {
 	case *super.TypeRecord:
 		return typ
@@ -134,15 +134,22 @@ func recordOf(typ super.Type) *super.TypeRecord {
 		if hasUnknown(typ) {
 			return nil
 		}
-		// We assume here this is a fused type and thus has only one record
-		// type in the union.
+		// A fused type has at most one unnamed record type in a union, but
+		// the fuser keeps named types apart, so a union like foo|{b:int64}
+		// can have more than one record type.  Fuse them so the table has
+		// the columns of all of them.
+		var recs []super.Type
 		for _, typ := range typ.Types {
-			if typ := recordOf(typ); typ != nil {
-				return typ
+			if typ := t.recordOf(typ); typ != nil {
+				recs = append(recs, typ)
 			}
 		}
+		if len(recs) > 0 {
+			recType, _ := super.TypeUnder(t.checker.fuse(recs)).(*super.TypeRecord)
+			return recType
+		}
 	case *super.TypeFusion:
-		return recordOf(typ.Type)
+		return t.recordOf(typ.Type)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/compiler/semantic/sql.go b/compiler/semantic/sql.go
index b36fbcb8d..7c43812e7 100644
--- a/compiler/semantic/sql.go
+++ b/compiler/semantic/sql.go
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ func (t *translator) selectFrom(loc ast.Loc, from ast.SQLTableExpr, seq sem.Seq,
 		// in which case we should model an empty table.
 		if inType == nil || inType == super.TypeNull {
 			// Model no or null input as an input table so that column checks fail.
-			return seq, newTableFromType(t.sctx.MustLookupTypeRecord([]super.Field{}))
+			return seq, t.newTableFromType(t.sctx.MustLookupTypeRecord([]super.Field{}))
 		}
-		return seq, newTableFromType(inType)
+		return seq, t.newTableFromType(inType)
 	}
 	off := len(seq)
 	hasParent := off > 0
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func (t *translator) sqlFromPipe(pipe *ast.SQLPipe, seq sem.Seq) (sem.Seq, relTa
 	// join where the input to the pipe might depend on the table-expression to the left
 	// may change how we wire things up here.
 	seq, typ := t.seq(pipe.Body, super.TypeNull)
-	return seq, newTableFromType(typ)
+	return seq, t.newTableFromType(typ)
 }
 
 func maybeSQLQueryBody(pipe *ast.SQLPipe) (ast.SQLQueryBody, bool) {
diff --git a/compiler/ztests/sql/issue-7468.yaml b/compiler/ztests/sql/issue-7468.yaml
index c82ebb226..63fc8b05a 100644
--- a/compiler/ztests/sql/issue-7468.yaml
+++ b/compiler/ztests/sql/issue-7468.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 # A SQL column reference to a field the BSUP reader projects from a record
-# type that doesn't have it is null rather than an error.
+# type that doesn't have it is null rather than an error, and the columns of
+# input with a named record type include the fields of its other record types.
 script: |
   super -f bsup -o t1.bsup -c "type foo={a:int64} values cast({a:1},foo), {b:2}"
   super -f bsup -o t2.bsup -c "values {a:1}, {b:2}"
   super -s -c "SELECT * FROM 't1.bsup'"
   echo ===
+  super -s -c "SELECT b FROM 't1.bsup'"
+  echo ===
   super -s -c "SELECT a FROM 't2.bsup'"
+  echo ===
+  super -s -c "type foo={a:int64} type bar={b:int64} values cast({a:1},foo), cast({b:2},bar) | SELECT *"
 
 outputs:
   - name: stdout
     data: |
-      {a:1}
-      {a:null}
+      {a:1,b:null}
+      {a:null,b:2}
+      ===
+      {b:null}
+      {b:2}
       ===
       {a:1}
       {a:null}
+      ===
+      {a:1,b:null}
+      {a:null,b:2}