Hibernate + Dialect

[Maneesh Chauahn]

HI All,
What is the advantage of using the Dialect in the hibernate config file. As i removed the Dialect from the config file and able to insert the value in the database.

So can any one please tell me what is advantage of using the dialect

Thanks
Maneesh

[Paul Sturrock]

The Dialect encapsulates the vendor-specific sql that Hibernate has to use. I'd assume Hibernate is defauling to a generic dialect (probably containing just ANSI SQL) and you are getting away with not specifying one because you are yet to do something that requires vendor-specific sql.