diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
index 5d4654eed8..f6fde68663 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBinding.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.using;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultBinding.DefaultDoubleBinding.REQUIRES_LITERAL_CAST;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultBinding.DefaultDoubleBinding.infinity;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultBinding.DefaultDoubleBinding.nan;
+import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultBinding.DefaultJSONBBinding.EMULATE_AS_BLOB;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DefaultExecuteContext.localTargetConnection;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Internal.arrayType;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_ARRAY;
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@ import static org.jooq.util.postgres.PostgresUtils.toPGArray;
 import static org.jooq.util.postgres.PostgresUtils.toPGArrayString;
 import static org.jooq.util.postgres.PostgresUtils.toPGInterval;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
@@ -3818,8 +3821,14 @@ public class DefaultBinding<T, U> implements Binding<T, U> {
 
                 case JSON:
                 case JSONB: {
-                    String s = ctx.resultSet().getString(ctx.index());
-                    return s == null ? null : new JSONReader<>(ctx.dsl(), (AbstractRow<R>) type.getRow(), (Class<R>) type.getRecordType()).read(new StringReader(s), true);
+                    if (emulation == NestedCollectionEmulation.JSONB && EMULATE_AS_BLOB.contains(ctx.dialect())) {
+                        byte[] s = ctx.resultSet().getBytes(ctx.index());
+                        return s == null ? null : new JSONReader<>(ctx.dsl(), (AbstractRow<R>) type.getRow(), (Class<R>) type.getRecordType()).read(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(s)), true);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        String s = ctx.resultSet().getString(ctx.index());
+                        return s == null ? null : new JSONReader<>(ctx.dsl(), (AbstractRow<R>) type.getRow(), (Class<R>) type.getRecordType()).read(new StringReader(s), true);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 case XML: {
@@ -4501,7 +4510,7 @@ public class DefaultBinding<T, U> implements Binding<T, U> {
     }
 
     static final class DefaultJSONBBinding<U> extends AbstractBinding<JSONB, U> {
-        private static final Set<SQLDialect>   EMULATE_AS_BLOB  = SQLDialect.supportedBy(DERBY, FIREBIRD, HSQLDB, SQLITE);
+        static final Set<SQLDialect> EMULATE_AS_BLOB = SQLDialect.supportedBy(DERBY, FIREBIRD, HSQLDB, SQLITE);
 
         DefaultJSONBBinding(DataType<JSONB> dataType, Converter<JSONB, U> converter) {
             super(dataType, converter);
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java
index 581ed845ef..dd8d4ea2a3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConverterProvider.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.sql.Struct;
 import java.time.temporal.Temporal;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ public final class DefaultConverterProvider implements ConverterProvider, Serial
             || uWrapper == Optional.class
             || uWrapper == String.class
             || uWrapper == byte[].class
+            || uWrapper == ByteBuffer.class
             || Number.class.isAssignableFrom(uWrapper) // No fail-fast implemented yet!
             || Boolean.class.isAssignableFrom(uWrapper) // No fail-fast implemented yet!
             || Character.class.isAssignableFrom(uWrapper)
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArrayAgg.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArrayAgg.java
index 20446e8608..05cc53f78f 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArrayAgg.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONArrayAgg.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.BooleanDataKey.DATA_FORCE_CASE_ELSE_NULL;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.Field;
@@ -71,6 +70,7 @@ import org.jooq.OrderField;
 // ...
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
+import org.jooq.Scope;
 import org.jooq.Select;
 import org.jooq.SelectHavingStep;
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ implements JSONArrayAggOrderByStep<J> {
         return (JSONArrayAgg<J>) super.orderBy(fields);
     }
 
-    static final <R extends Record> Select<R> patchOracleArrayAggBug(Configuration configuration, SelectHavingStep<R> select) {
+    static final <R extends Record> Select<R> patchOracleArrayAggBug(Scope scope, SelectHavingStep<R> select) {
 
 
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Multiset.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Multiset.java
index fddf9e9cd3..9aa4a4b4c1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Multiset.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Multiset.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_MULTISET;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_RECORD;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_RESULT;
+import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.BLOB;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.CLOB;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.VARCHAR;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.emulateMultiset;
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ final class Multiset<R extends Record> extends AbstractField<Result<R>> {
                             returning = order.orderBy(t.fields());
 
                         Select<Record1<JSON>> s = patchOracleArrayAggBug(
-                            ctx.configuration(),
+                            ctx,
                             select(DSL.coalesce(
                                 returningClob(ctx, returning),
                                 returningClob(ctx, jsonArray())
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ final class Multiset<R extends Record> extends AbstractField<Result<R>> {
                             returning = order.orderBy(t.fields());
 
                         Select<Record1<JSONB>> s = patchOracleArrayAggBug(
-                            ctx.configuration(),
+                            ctx,
                             select(DSL.coalesce(
                                 returningClob(ctx, returning),
                                 returningClob(ctx, jsonbArray())
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
index 08be22dfbf..43dbdb2f83 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
 // ...
 // ...
 // ...
-// ...
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 // ...
 // ...
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_WHERE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_WINDOW;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_WITH_CHECK_OPTION;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_WITH_READ_ONLY;
-import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_DUAL;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Multiset.returningClob;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_LEVEL;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_ROWNUM;
 import static org.jooq.impl.QueryPartCollectionView.wrap;
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.JSONB;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.VARCHAR;
 import static org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.XML;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_FIELD;
-import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_SORTFIELD;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.aliased;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.aliasedFields;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.anyMatch;
@@ -240,8 +238,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
-import java.util.stream.IntStream;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.jooq.Asterisk;
 import org.jooq.Clause;
@@ -251,11 +247,11 @@ import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.Field;
-import org.jooq.Fields;
 import org.jooq.ForeignKey;
 import org.jooq.GroupField;
 import org.jooq.JSONEntry;
 import org.jooq.JSONObjectNullStep;
+import org.jooq.JSONObjectReturningStep;
 import org.jooq.JoinType;
 import org.jooq.Name;
 import org.jooq.Operator;
@@ -267,6 +263,7 @@ import org.jooq.QueryPart;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.Row;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
+import org.jooq.Scope;
 import org.jooq.Select;
 import org.jooq.SelectField;
 import org.jooq.SelectFieldOrAsterisk;