diff --git a/src/NHibernate.Test/Hql/Ast/BulkManipulation.cs b/src/NHibernate.Test/Hql/Ast/BulkManipulation.cs
index fcdf0cbe2da..a59720c1d19 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate.Test/Hql/Ast/BulkManipulation.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate.Test/Hql/Ast/BulkManipulation.cs
@@ -513,9 +513,8 @@ public void UpdateOnManyToOne()
 			ITransaction t = s.BeginTransaction();
 
 			s.CreateQuery("update Animal a set a.mother = null where a.id = 2").ExecuteUpdate();
-			if (! (Dialect is MySQLDialect))
+			if (Dialect.SupportsSubqueryOnMutatingTable)
 			{
-				// MySQL does not support (even un-correlated) subqueries against the update-mutating table
 				s.CreateQuery("update Animal a set a.mother = (from Animal where id = 1) where a.id = 2").ExecuteUpdate();
 			}
 
@@ -624,9 +623,8 @@ public void UpdateOnAnimal()
 				.ExecuteUpdate();
 			Assert.That(count, Is.EqualTo(6), "incorrect count on 'complex' update assignment");
 
-			if (! (Dialect is MySQLDialect))
+			if (Dialect.SupportsSubqueryOnMutatingTable)
 			{
-				// MySQL does not support (even un-correlated) subqueries against the update-mutating table
 				s.CreateQuery("update Animal set bodyWeight = ( select max(bodyWeight) from Animal )").ExecuteUpdate();
 			}
 
@@ -682,9 +680,8 @@ public void UpdateOnMammal()
 			count = s.CreateQuery("update Mammal set bodyWeight = 25").ExecuteUpdate();
 			Assert.That(count, Is.EqualTo(2), "incorrect update count against 'middle' of joined-subclass hierarchy");
 
-			if (! (Dialect is MySQLDialect))
+			if (Dialect.SupportsSubqueryOnMutatingTable)
 			{
-				// MySQL does not support (even un-correlated) subqueries against the update-mutating table
 				count = s.CreateQuery("update Mammal set bodyWeight = ( select max(bodyWeight) from Animal )").ExecuteUpdate();
 				Assert.That(count, Is.EqualTo(2), "incorrect update count against 'middle' of joined-subclass hierarchy");
 			}
diff --git a/src/NHibernate.Test/SqlTest/Custom/MySQL/MySQLTest.cs b/src/NHibernate.Test/SqlTest/Custom/MySQL/MySQLTest.cs
index d3eee8a56a8..5e821b2d082 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate.Test/SqlTest/Custom/MySQL/MySQLTest.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate.Test/SqlTest/Custom/MySQL/MySQLTest.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ protected override IList Mappings
 
 		protected override bool AppliesTo(Dialect.Dialect dialect)
 		{
-			return dialect is MySQL5Dialect || dialect is MySQLDialect;
+			return dialect is MySQLDialect;
 		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/DB2Dialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/DB2Dialect.cs
index 5dd78d65360..f0b242ab89d 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/DB2Dialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/DB2Dialect.cs
@@ -270,5 +270,19 @@ public override string ForUpdateString
 		{
 			get { return " for read only with rs"; }
 		}
+
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+
+		public override bool SupportsEmptyInList => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsResultSetPositionQueryMethodsOnForwardOnlyCursor => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsLobValueChangePropogation => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsExistsInSelect => false;
+
+		public override bool DoesReadCommittedCauseWritersToBlockReaders => true;
+
+		#endregion
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Dialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Dialect.cs
index c9240005f95..402b30b1560 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Dialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Dialect.cs
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ public virtual bool SupportsParametersInInsertSelect
 
 		/// <summary> 
 		/// Does this dialect require that references to result variables
-		/// (i.e, select expresssion aliases) in an ORDER BY clause be
+		/// (i.e, select expression aliases) in an ORDER BY clause be
 		/// replaced by column positions (1-origin) as defined by the select clause?
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <returns> 
@@ -2050,8 +2050,6 @@ public virtual bool SupportsBindAsCallableArgument
 			get { return true; }
 		}
 
-		#endregion
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Does this dialect support subselects?
 		/// </summary>
@@ -2060,6 +2058,8 @@ public virtual bool SupportsSubSelects
 			get { return true; }
 		}
 
+		#endregion
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Retrieve a set of default Hibernate properties for this database.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -2136,7 +2136,7 @@ public virtual string CreateTemporaryTablePostfix
 		/// <summary> 
 		/// Should the value returned by <see cref="CurrentTimestampSelectString"/>
 		/// be treated as callable.  Typically this indicates that JDBC escape
-		/// sytnax is being used...
+		/// syntax is being used...
 		/// </summary>
 		public virtual bool IsCurrentTimestampSelectStringCallable
 		{
diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Ingres9Dialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Ingres9Dialect.cs
index b17ce9eb922..9853388c625 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Ingres9Dialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/Ingres9Dialect.cs
@@ -64,5 +64,11 @@ public override SqlString GetLimitString(SqlString queryString, SqlString offset
 
 			return pagingBuilder.ToSqlString();
 		}
+
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+		
+		public override bool DoesRepeatableReadCauseReadersToBlockWriters => true;
+
+		#endregion
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/IngresDialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/IngresDialect.cs
index 78b783ec8e4..616d7cde29b 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/IngresDialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/IngresDialect.cs
@@ -51,5 +51,17 @@ public IngresDialect()
 
 			DefaultProperties[Environment.ConnectionDriver] = "NHibernate.Driver.IngresDriver";
 		}
+
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+
+		public override bool SupportsEmptyInList => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsSubselectAsInPredicateLHS => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsExpectedLobUsagePattern => false;
+
+		public override bool DoesReadCommittedCauseWritersToBlockReaders => true;
+
+		#endregion
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2000Dialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2000Dialect.cs
index a2c41524352..c62c4e47259 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2000Dialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2000Dialect.cs
@@ -498,6 +498,23 @@ public override bool SupportsSqlBatches
 			get { return true; }
 		}
 
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+
+		public override bool SupportsEmptyInList => false;
+
+		public override bool AreStringComparisonsCaseInsensitive => true;
+
+		public override bool SupportsResultSetPositionQueryMethodsOnForwardOnlyCursor => false;
+
+		// note: at least SQL Server 2005 Express shows this not working...
+		public override bool SupportsLobValueChangePropogation => false;
+
+		public override bool DoesReadCommittedCauseWritersToBlockReaders => true;
+
+		public override bool DoesRepeatableReadCauseReadersToBlockWriters => true;
+
+		#endregion
+
 		public override bool IsKnownToken(string currentToken, string nextToken)
 		{
 			return currentToken == "n" && nextToken == "'"; // unicode character
diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2005Dialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2005Dialect.cs
index 49dc47513f0..4e3cd731dde 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2005Dialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MsSql2005Dialect.cs
@@ -102,5 +102,21 @@ public override string AppendLockHint(LockMode lockMode, string tableName)
 
 			return tableName;
 		}
+
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// We assume that applications using this dialect are using
+		/// SQL Server 2005 snapshot isolation modes.
+		/// </summary>
+		public override bool DoesReadCommittedCauseWritersToBlockReaders => false;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// We assume that applications using this dialect are using
+		/// SQL Server 2005 snapshot isolation modes.
+		/// </summary>
+		public override bool DoesRepeatableReadCauseReadersToBlockWriters => false;
+
+		#endregion
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs
index 5c8865985ee..9997784542d 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs
@@ -386,5 +386,18 @@ public override long TimestampResolutionInTicks
 				return TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond;
 			}
 		}
+
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+
+		public override bool SupportsEmptyInList => false;
+
+		public override bool AreStringComparisonsCaseInsensitive => true;
+
+		// note: at least MySQL 5.1 shows this not working...
+		public override bool SupportsLobValueChangePropogation => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsSubqueryOnMutatingTable => false;
+
+		#endregion
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.cs
index 2bb45c861f3..c20ee556d13 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.cs
@@ -249,5 +249,22 @@ public override string CurrentTimestampSelectString
 		{
 			get { return "SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP"; }
 		}
+
+		#region Overridden informational metadata
+
+		public override bool SupportsEmptyInList => false;
+
+		/// <summary> 
+		/// Should LOBs (both BLOB and CLOB) be bound using stream operations (i.e.
+		/// {@link java.sql.PreparedStatement#setBinaryStream}). 
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns> True if BLOBs and CLOBs should be bound using stream operations. </returns>
+		public override bool UseInputStreamToInsertBlob => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsLobValueChangePropogation => false;
+
+		public override bool SupportsUnboundedLobLocatorMaterialization => false;
+
+		#endregion
 	}
 }