diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/build.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/build.ts
index ec1b9f8ce1..f1158a56ff 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/build.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/build.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { Relation, relations } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { fieldAffectsData } from 'payload/dist/fields/config/types';
 import { GenericColumns, GenericTable, PostgresAdapter } from '../types';
 import { traverseFields } from './traverseFields';
+import { parentIDColumnMap } from './parentIDColumnMap';
 
 type Args = {
   adapter: PostgresAdapter
@@ -56,9 +57,18 @@ export const buildTable = ({
   const arrayBlockRelations: Map<string, string> = new Map();
 
   const idField = fields.find((field) => fieldAffectsData(field) && field.name === 'id');
+  let idColType = 'integer';
 
   if (idField) {
-    columns.id = idField.type === 'number' ? integer('id').primaryKey() : text('id').primaryKey();
+    if (idField.type === 'number') {
+      idColType = 'numeric';
+      columns.id = numeric('id').primaryKey();
+    }
+
+    if (idField.type === 'text') {
+      idColType = 'varchar';
+      columns.id = varchar('id').primaryKey();
+    }
   } else {
     columns.id = serial('id').primaryKey();
   }
@@ -89,7 +99,7 @@ export const buildTable = ({
     const localeTableName = `${formattedTableName}_locales`;
     localesColumns.id = integer('id').primaryKey();
     localesColumns._locale = adapter.enums._locales('_locale').notNull();
-    localesColumns._parentID = integer('_parent_id').references(() => table.id).notNull();
+    localesColumns._parentID = parentIDColumnMap[idColType]('_parent_id').references(() => table.id).notNull();
 
     localesTable = pgTable(localeTableName, localesColumns, (cols) => {
       return Object.entries(localesIndexes).reduce((acc, [colName, func]) => {
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@ export const buildTable = ({
     if (relationships.size) {
       const relationshipColumns: Record<string, AnyPgColumnBuilder> = {
         id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
-        parent: integer('parent_id').references(() => table.id).notNull(),
+        parent: parentIDColumnMap[idColType]('parent_id').references(() => table.id).notNull(),
         path: varchar('path').notNull(),
         order: integer('order'),
       };
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/parentIDColumnMap.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/parentIDColumnMap.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6e3965b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/parentIDColumnMap.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { integer, numeric, varchar } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
+
+export const parentIDColumnMap = {
+  integer,
+  varchar,
+  numeric,
+};
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/traverseFields.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/traverseFields.ts
index bb0aac2625..b0f73096d2 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/schema/traverseFields.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
-import { AnyPgColumnBuilder, integer, pgEnum, pgTable, serial, uniqueIndex, text, varchar, PgColumn, PgTableExtraConfig, index, numeric, PgColumnHKT, IndexBuilder } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
+import { AnyPgColumnBuilder, integer, pgEnum, pgTable, serial, uniqueIndex, text, varchar, PgColumn, PgTableExtraConfig, index, numeric, PgColumnHKT, IndexBuilder, PgNumericBuilder, PgVarcharBuilder } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
 import { Field } from 'payload/types';
 import toSnakeCase from 'to-snake-case';
 import { fieldAffectsData } from 'payload/dist/fields/config/types';
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Relation, relations } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { GenericColumns, PostgresAdapter } from '../types';
 import { createIndex } from './createIndex';
 import { buildTable } from './build';
+import { parentIDColumnMap } from './parentIDColumnMap';
 
 type Args = {
   adapter: PostgresAdapter
@@ -39,7 +40,12 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
 }: Args): { hasLocalizedField: boolean } => {
   let hasLocalizedField = false;
 
+  let parentIDColType = 'integer';
+  if (columns.id instanceof PgNumericBuilder) parentIDColType = 'numeric';
+  if (columns.id instanceof PgVarcharBuilder) parentIDColType = 'varchar';
+
   fields.forEach((field) => {
+    if ('name' in field && field.name === 'id') return;
     let columnName: string;
 
     let targetTable = columns;
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
       case 'array': {
         const baseColumns: Record<string, AnyPgColumnBuilder> = {
           _order: integer('_order').notNull(),
-          _parentID: integer('_parent_id').references(() => adapter.tables[tableName].id).notNull(),
+          _parentID: parentIDColumnMap[parentIDColType]('_parent_id').references(() => adapter.tables[tableName].id).notNull(),
         };
 
         if (field.localized && adapter.payload.config.localization) {
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
           const baseColumns: Record<string, AnyPgColumnBuilder> = {
             _order: integer('_order').notNull(),
             _path: text('_path').notNull(),
-            _parentID: integer('_parent_id').references(() => adapter.tables[tableName].id).notNull(),
+            _parentID: parentIDColumnMap[parentIDColType]('_parent_id').references(() => adapter.tables[tableName].id).notNull(),
           };
 
           if (field.localized && adapter.payload.config.localization) {
@@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
           indexes,
           localesColumns,
           localesIndexes,
-          tableName: `${tableName}_${toSnakeCase(field.name)}`,
+          tableName,
           relationships,
         });
 
@@ -192,6 +198,43 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
         break;
       }
 
+      case 'tabs': {
+        field.tabs.forEach((tab) => {
+          if ('name' in tab) {
+            const { hasLocalizedField: tabHasLocalizedField } = traverseFields({
+              adapter,
+              arrayBlockRelations,
+              buildRelationships,
+              columnPrefix: `${columnName}_`,
+              columns,
+              fieldPrefix: `${fieldPrefix || ''}${tab.name}_`,
+              fields: tab.fields,
+              indexes,
+              localesColumns,
+              localesIndexes,
+              tableName,
+              relationships,
+            });
+
+            if (tabHasLocalizedField) hasLocalizedField = true;
+          } else {
+            ({ hasLocalizedField } = traverseFields({
+              adapter,
+              arrayBlockRelations,
+              buildRelationships,
+              columns,
+              fields: tab.fields,
+              indexes,
+              localesColumns,
+              localesIndexes,
+              tableName,
+              relationships,
+            }));
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      }
+
       case 'row':
         ({ hasLocalizedField } = traverseFields({
           adapter,