diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java
index fdb9859e12..8896bc08a7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SQLDialect.java
@@ -645,33 +645,57 @@ public enum SQLDialect {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a set of supported dialect versions given a dialect version.
+     * Get a set of supported dialect versions and predecessors given a dialect
+     * version.
      * <p>
      * The resulting set of dialects contain all the families and dialect
-     * versions that support the argument dialect.
+     * versions that precede the argument dialect.
+     */
+    public static final Set<SQLDialect> supportedUntil(SQLDialect dialect) {
+        return predecessors(dialect);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a set of supported dialect versions and predecessors given a dialect
+     * version.
+     * <p>
+     * The resulting set of dialects contain all the families and dialect
+     * versions that precede the argument dialect.
+     */
+    public static final Set<SQLDialect> supportedUntil(SQLDialect... dialects) {
+        return predecessors(dialects);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a set of supported dialect versions and successors given a dialect
+     * version.
+     * <p>
+     * The resulting set of dialects contain all the families and dialect
+     * versions that support the argument dialect, i.e. that succeed it.
      */
     public static final Set<SQLDialect> supportedBy(SQLDialect dialect) {
         EnumSet<SQLDialect> result = EnumSet.noneOf(SQLDialect.class);
-        addSupported(dialect, result);
+        addSupportedBy(dialect, result);
         return Collections.unmodifiableSet(result);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a set of supported dialect versions given a set of dialect versions.
+     * Get a set of supported dialect versions and successors given a set of
+     * dialect versions.
      * <p>
      * The resulting set of dialects contain all the families and dialect
-     * versions that support the argument dialects.
+     * versions that support the argument dialects, i.e. that succeed them.
      */
     public static final Set<SQLDialect> supportedBy(SQLDialect... dialects) {
         EnumSet<SQLDialect> result = EnumSet.noneOf(SQLDialect.class);
 
         for (SQLDialect dialect : dialects)
-            addSupported(dialect, result);
+            addSupportedBy(dialect, result);
 
         return Collections.unmodifiableSet(result);
     }
 
-    private static final void addSupported(SQLDialect dialect, EnumSet<SQLDialect> supported) {
+    private static final void addSupportedBy(SQLDialect dialect, EnumSet<SQLDialect> supported) {
         supported.add(dialect);
 
         if (dialect.isFamily())
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
index dbac3240f7..6811888e54 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SelectQueryImpl.java
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ final class SelectQueryImpl<R extends Record> extends AbstractResultQuery<R> imp
     private static final Set<SQLDialect> NO_SUPPORT_FOR_UPDATE_QUALIFIED = SQLDialect.supportedBy(DERBY, FIREBIRD, H2, HSQLDB);
     private static final Set<SQLDialect> SUPPORT_SELECT_INTO_TABLE       = SQLDialect.supportedBy(HSQLDB, POSTGRES);
     static final Set<SQLDialect>         SUPPORT_WINDOW_CLAUSE           = SQLDialect.supportedBy(H2 /* -- See [#8279] */, MYSQL, POSTGRES /*, SQLITE -- See [#8279] [#8548] */);
-    private static final Set<SQLDialect> REQUIRES_FROM_CLAUSE;
+    private static final Set<SQLDialect> REQUIRES_FROM_CLAUSE            = SQLDialect.supportedUntil(CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, HSQLDB);
     private static final Set<SQLDialect> REQUIRES_DERIVED_TABLE_DML      = SQLDialect.supportedBy(MARIADB, MYSQL);
     private static final Set<SQLDialect> EMULATE_EMPTY_GROUP_BY_OTHER    = SQLDialect.supportedBy(FIREBIRD, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE);
     private static final Set<SQLDialect> SUPPORT_FULL_WITH_TIES          = SQLDialect.supportedBy(H2);
@@ -235,20 +234,12 @@ final class SelectQueryImpl<R extends Record> extends AbstractResultQuery<R> imp
 
 
 
-    static {
-        Set<SQLDialect> temp = EnumSet.copyOf(SQLDialect.supportedBy(CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, HSQLDB));
-
-
-
-        REQUIRES_FROM_CLAUSE = Collections.unmodifiableSet(temp);
 
 
 
 
 
 
-    }
-
     private final WithImpl                               with;
     private final SelectFieldList<SelectFieldOrAsterisk> select;
     private Table<?>                                     into;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java
index 53d0f37fc5..96d599fb8d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Values.java
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_TABLE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_VALUES;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_VALUES;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.jooq.Context;
@@ -85,15 +83,7 @@ final class Values<R extends Record> extends AbstractTable<R> {
      * Generated UID
      */
     private static final long            serialVersionUID  = -637982217747670311L;
-    private static final Set<SQLDialect> NO_SUPPORT_VALUES;
-
-    static {
-        Set<SQLDialect> temp = EnumSet.copyOf(SQLDialect.supportedBy(FIREBIRD, MARIADB));
-
-
-
-        NO_SUPPORT_VALUES = Collections.unmodifiableSet(temp);
-    }
+    private static final Set<SQLDialect> NO_SUPPORT_VALUES = SQLDialect.supportedUntil(FIREBIRD, MARIADB);
 
     private final Row[]                  rows;