Nah, JSON is just another serialization format, with its own tradeoffs when used inside the database. Go ahead and read this article from MS SQL server from 20

Nah, JSON is just another serialization format, with its own tradeoffs when used inside the database. Go ahead and read this article from MS SQL server from 2004, about introducing similar features for XML (binary storage, functional indexes) inside the database. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188738.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188738.aspx In 10 years, the relational model didn't budge. There are loads of good reasons for why you'd want to decompose data into native DB types, with a strongly-typed schema.