For connecting any hibernate application with the database, you must specify the SQL dialects.
There are many Dialects classes defined for RDBMS in the org.hibernate.dialect package. They are as follows:
| RDBMS | Dialect |
|---|
| Oracle (any version) | org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect |
| Oracle9i | org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle9iDialect |
| Oracle10g | org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect |
| MySQL | org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect |
| MySQL with InnoDB | org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLInnoDBDialect |
| MySQL with MyISAM | org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLMyISAMDialect |
| DB2 | org.hibernate.dialect.DB2Dialect |
| DB2 AS/400 | org.hibernate.dialect.DB2400Dialect |
| DB2 OS390 | org.hibernate.dialect.DB2390Dialect |
| Microsoft SQL Server | org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect |
| Sybase | org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect |
| Sybase Anywhere | org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseAnywhereDialect |
| PostgreSQL | org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect |
| SAP DB | org.hibernate.dialect.SAPDBDialect |
| Informix | org.hibernate.dialect.InformixDialect |
| HypersonicSQL | org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect |
| Ingres | org.hibernate.dialect.IngresDialect |
| Progress | org.hibernate.dialect.ProgressDialect |
| Mckoi SQL | org.hibernate.dialect.MckoiDialect |
| Interbase | org.hibernate.dialect.InterbaseDialect |
| Pointbase | org.hibernate.dialect.PointbaseDialect |
| FrontBase | org.hibernate.dialect.FrontbaseDialect |
| Firebird | org.hibernate.dialect.FirebirdDialect |
