--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rotteveel <mark@...> wrote:

> Why, if you are using EclipseLink are you specifying a hibernate

I do not. What I wanted to say is that, *even* using Hibernate it's not possible to specify any FireBird dialect.

> If you are using Hibernate: IIRC there is only one Firebird dialect,
> there are no hibernate dialects for specific Firebird versions. If you
> really need it (eg to support newer functionality), you will either need
> to write it yourself, file a bug at RedHat/JBoss to create one, or
> Google around to see if somebody else created one already.

So there's no option to specify any FB dialect (within JPA) yet.

Also I don't rely on the OSS devs to implement such things upon request.

Thx for the info!

-Alex