diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d84585ad..6564a802f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		"react-chessboard": "^4.6.0",
 		"typescript": "^5.4.5",
 		"veaury": "^2.4.0",
-    "vite": "^5.3.3",
+		"vite": "^5.3.3",
 		"vitepress": "^1.2.3",
 		"vue": "^3.3.7",
 		"vue-markdown-render": "^2.2.1"
diff --git a/packages/modeldb-pg/src/api.ts b/packages/modeldb-pg/src/api.ts
index 12b39319c..355fdced1 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb-pg/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb-pg/src/api.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 const primitiveColumnTypes = {
 	integer: "BIGINT",
 	float: "DECIMAL",
+	number: "DOUBLE PRECISION",
 	string: "TEXT",
 	bytes: "BYTEA",
 	boolean: "BOOLEAN",
diff --git a/packages/modeldb-pg/src/encoding.ts b/packages/modeldb-pg/src/encoding.ts
index 4790b0c93..3575f0d97 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb-pg/src/encoding.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb-pg/src/encoding.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function encodePrimitiveValue(
 		} else {
 			throw new TypeError(`${modelName}/${property.name} must be a safely representable integer`)
 		}
-	} else if (property.type === "float") {
+	} else if (property.type === "number" || property.type === "float") {
 		if (typeof value === "number") {
 			return value
 		} else {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function decodePrimitiveValue(modelName: string, property: PrimitivePrope
 			console.error("expected integer, got", value)
 			throw new Error(`internal error - invalid ${modelName}/${property.name} value (expected integer)`)
 		}
-	} else if (property.type === "float") {
+	} else if (property.type === "number" || property.type === "float") {
 		if (typeof value === "string") {
 			return parseFloat(value)
 		} else {
diff --git a/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/api.ts b/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/api.ts
index edaba7958..e1de7ab39 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/api.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/api.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type Params = Record<`p${string}`, string | number | Buffer | null>
 const primitiveColumnTypes = {
 	integer: "INTEGER",
 	float: "FLOAT",
+	number: "NUMERIC",
 	string: "TEXT",
 	bytes: "BLOB",
 	boolean: "INTEGER",
diff --git a/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/encoding.ts b/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/encoding.ts
index c1d3142b5..c0e256646 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/encoding.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb-sqlite/src/encoding.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function encodePrimitiveValue(
 		} else {
 			throw new TypeError(`${modelName}/${property.name} must be a safely representable integer`)
 		}
-	} else if (property.type === "float") {
+	} else if (property.type === "number" || property.type === "float") {
 		if (typeof value === "number") {
 			return value
 		} else {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export function decodePrimitiveValue(modelName: string, property: PrimitivePrope
 			console.error("expected integer, got", value)
 			throw new Error(`internal error - invalid ${modelName}/${property.name} value (expected integer)`)
 		}
-	} else if (property.type === "float") {
+	} else if (property.type === "number" || property.type === "float") {
 		if (typeof value === "number") {
 			return value
 		} else {
diff --git a/packages/modeldb/src/config.ts b/packages/modeldb/src/config.ts
index 50d00f063..29507a60c 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb/src/config.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function parseConfig(init: ModelSchema): Config {
 	return { relations, models }
 }
 
-export const primitivePropertyPattern = /^(integer|float|string|bytes|boolean|json)(\??)$/
+export const primitivePropertyPattern = /^(integer|float|number|string|bytes|boolean|json)(\??)$/
 export const referencePropertyPattern = /^@([a-z0-9.-]+)(\??)$/
 export const relationPropertyPattern = /^@([a-z0-9.-]+)\[\]$/
 
diff --git a/packages/modeldb/src/query.ts b/packages/modeldb/src/query.ts
index 8e2ac7590..72b3bed05 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb/src/query.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb/src/query.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ const booleanOrder: Order = {
 export const primitiveTypeOrders: Record<PrimitiveType, Order> = {
 	integer: numberOrder,
 	float: numberOrder,
+	number: numberOrder,
 	string: stringOrder,
 	bytes: byteOrder,
 	boolean: booleanOrder,
diff --git a/packages/modeldb/src/types.ts b/packages/modeldb/src/types.ts
index afc9bea6e..eefaca79c 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb/src/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // These are "init types" for the `models` value used to initialize the database.
 
 export type PrimaryKeyType = "primary"
-export type PrimitiveType = "integer" | "float" | "string" | "bytes" | "boolean" | "json"
+export type PrimitiveType = "integer" | "float" | "number" | "string" | "bytes" | "boolean" | "json"
 export type OptionalPrimitiveType = `${PrimitiveType}?`
 export type ReferenceType = `@${string}`
 export type OptionalReferenceType = `@${string}?`
diff --git a/packages/modeldb/src/utils.ts b/packages/modeldb/src/utils.ts
index 548430ecc..2c6676b78 100644
--- a/packages/modeldb/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/modeldb/src/utils.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function validatePropertyValue(modelName: string, property: Property, val
 			} else if (!Number.isSafeInteger(value)) {
 				throw new TypeError(`write to db.${modelName}.${property.name}: must be a valid Number.isSafeInteger()`)
 			}
-		} else if (property.type === "float") {
+		} else if (property.type === "number" || property.type === "float") {
 			if (typeof value !== "number") {
 				throw new TypeError(`write to db.${modelName}.${property.name}: expected a number, received a ${typeof value}`)
 			}