title: Can Hibernate Schema generation be used to generate DDL without database connection
body: <p>I'd like to use Hibernate' schema generation to generate DDL for a database that I cannot access directly from my PC, just using hibernate config files.  I'd like to skip, if possible, the installation of a local oracle database.  Can hibernate generate DDL for a "theoretical" database of the appropriate dialect, version, etc., or is this a pipe dream?</p>
  
  <p>Are there other tools that can do this?</p>