> This means that Firebird is accessed using Oracle SQL Dialect, causing queries
> to crash and rise exceptions. I found the toplink.platform.class.name parameter
> inside persistent.xml file but got no idea about the proper settings (I've
> searched internet but found no clues).
>
> Can somebody help me ? There some way to make Netbeans and Firebird work or
> should I change java IDE ? There is a better one ?

This has nothing to do with Netbeans, but with TopLink. Looks like
nobody have implemented Firebird dialect for TopLink.

Two choices - implement the dialect yourself or switch to Hibernate.

Roman