diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/layout/ContentArea.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/layout/ContentArea.vue
index d3d8cd5ca0..9470f759e4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/layout/ContentArea.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/layout/ContentArea.vue
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   TableProperties,
   ChevronDown,
   ChevronUp,
+  RefreshCcw,
 } from "lucide-vue-next";
 import { Splitpanes, Pane } from "splitpanes";
 import "splitpanes/dist/splitpanes.css";
@@ -709,6 +710,14 @@ defineExpose({ focusSearch, refreshData, handleModRTarget });
             {{ t("toolbar.stopQuery") }}
           </Button>
         </div>
+        <div v-else class="h-full flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 text-muted-foreground text-sm">
+          <Inbox class="h-8 w-8 opacity-60" />
+          <div>{{ t("grid.dataUnavailable") }}</div>
+          <Button variant="outline" size="sm" class="h-7 gap-1.5" @click="emit('reload')">
+            <RefreshCcw class="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+            {{ t("grid.refresh") }}
+          </Button>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </template>
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 9764805156..ae0a554cc7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ export default {
     tableInfoSearch: "Search...",
     tableInfoNoResults: "No results",
     queryError: "Query Error",
+    dataUnavailable: "Table data needs to be reloaded.",
     refresh: "Refresh",
     commit: "Commit",
     rollback: "Rollback",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
index 2a188fc3dc..76e4cb04c3 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ export default {
     tableInfoSearch: "Buscar...",
     tableInfoNoResults: "Sin resultados",
     queryError: "Error de consulta",
+    dataUnavailable: "Los datos de la tabla deben volver a cargarse.",
     refresh: "Actualizar",
     commit: "Confirmar",
     rollback: "Revertir",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
index 7c984e8afe..c9505cee50 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ export default {
     tableInfoSearch: "搜索...",
     tableInfoNoResults: "无匹配结果",
     queryError: "查询出错",
+    dataUnavailable: "表数据需要重新加载。",
     refresh: "刷新",
     commit: "提交",
     rollback: "回滚",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/stores/queryStore.ts b/apps/desktop/src/stores/queryStore.ts
index a102065eb4..782ddd41e1 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/stores/queryStore.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/stores/queryStore.ts
@@ -1126,13 +1126,22 @@ export const useQueryStore = defineStore("query", () => {
 
   async function reloadEvictedTab(id: string) {
     const tab = tabs.value.find((t) => t.id === id);
-    if (!tab || !tab.resultEvicted) return;
+    const shouldReloadMissingDataTab = tab?.mode === "data" && !tab.result && !tab.isExecuting;
+    if (!tab || (!tab.resultEvicted && !shouldReloadMissingDataTab)) return;
     tab.resultEvicted = false;
     const sql = tab.lastExecutedSql ?? tab.sql;
     if (!sql?.trim()) return;
+    const settingsStore = useSettingsStore();
     await executeTabSql(tab.id, sql, {
       resultBaseSql: tab.resultBaseSql ?? sql,
       resultSortedSql: tab.resultSortedSql,
+      pagination:
+        tab.mode === "data"
+          ? {
+              limit: tab.resultPageLimit ?? settingsStore.editorSettings.pageSize,
+              offset: tab.resultPageOffset ?? 0,
+            }
+          : undefined,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/queryStore.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/queryStore.test.ts
index 0bd15e15e4..46c4c9d457 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/queryStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/queryStore.test.ts
@@ -364,6 +364,50 @@ test("data tab execution preserves pagination offset metadata", async () => {
   }
 });
 
+test("reloading an empty data tab fetches table results again", async () => {
+  const restoreStorage = installMemoryStorage();
+  setActivePinia(createPinia());
+  const connectionStore = useConnectionStore();
+  const store = useQueryStore();
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  let executeBody: any;
+
+  connectionStore.addEphemeralConnection(conn("conn-1"));
+  const tabId = store.createTab("conn-1", "db", "users", "data", "public");
+  const tab = store.tabs.find((item) => item.id === tabId);
+  assert.ok(tab);
+  tab.sql = 'SELECT * FROM "public"."users" LIMIT 50 OFFSET 50;';
+  tab.lastExecutedSql = tab.sql;
+  tab.resultPageLimit = 50;
+  tab.resultPageOffset = 50;
+
+  globalThis.fetch = (async (input, init) => {
+    const url = String(input);
+    if (url === "/api/query/execute-multi") {
+      executeBody = JSON.parse(String(init?.body ?? "{}"));
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify([{ columns: ["id"], rows: [[51]], affected_rows: 0, execution_time_ms: 1 }]), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      });
+    }
+    return new Response("unexpected request", { status: 500 });
+  }) as typeof fetch;
+
+  try {
+    await store.reloadEvictedTab(tabId);
+
+    assert.equal(executeBody.sql, 'SELECT * FROM "public"."users" LIMIT 50 OFFSET 50;');
+    assert.equal(executeBody.maxRows, 50);
+    assert.equal(executeBody.fetchSize, 50);
+    assert.deepEqual(tab.result?.rows, [[51]]);
+    assert.equal(tab.resultPageLimit, 50);
+    assert.equal(tab.resultPageOffset, 50);
+  } finally {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+    restoreStorage();
+  }
+});
+
 test("query result export fetches every paginated page", async () => {
   const restoreStorage = installMemoryStorage();
   setActivePinia(createPinia());