1. We support custom type mappings between JS and DB, see: http://docs.strongloop.com/display/DOC/Model+definition+reference#Modeldefinitionreference-Propertyo

1. We support custom type mappings between JS and DB, see: http://docs.strongloop.com/display/DOC/Model+definition+reference#Modeldefinitionreference-Propertyoptions http://docs.strongloop.com/display/DOC/Model+definition+refe... http://docs.strongloop.com/display/DOC/Model+definition+reference#Modeldefinitionreference-Mappingoptions http://docs.strongloop.com/display/DOC/Model+definition+refe... 2. We allow you to execute native query using dataSource.connector.query(query, params, cb). We're considering to promote it to dataSource level and fully document it.