Neither database natively supports the types I need. The decision which database to use was not at all based on that criteria. I suspect either one would be sui

Neither database natively supports the types I need. The decision which database to use was not at all based on that criteria. I suspect either one would be suitable (from a purely technical perspective). It is not realistic to create a separate table for each type. You'd end up with hundreds of tables (and would have to replicate the types in two places). You can only break down the types so much, at some point you'll want to have columns with your own special types which you want to treat as primitives.