diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4274b3..c41e538 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [PR #41](https://github.com/itsallcode/simple-jdbc/pull/41): Allow direct access to `PreparedStatement` for batch insert
 - [PR #42](https://github.com/itsallcode/simple-jdbc/pull/42): Allow direct access to `Connection`
 - [PR #43](https://github.com/itsallcode/simple-jdbc/pull/43): Allow direct access to `Connection` from `DbOperations`
+- [PR #44](https://github.com/itsallcode/simple-jdbc/pull/44): Add `GenericDialect` for unsupported databases
 
 ## [0.9.0] - 2024-12-23
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactory.java
index 892d0c0..c43daa5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactory.java
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader.Provider;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.itsallcode.jdbc.dialect.DbDialect;
+import org.itsallcode.jdbc.dialect.GenericDialect;
 
 class DbDialectFactory {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(DbDialectFactory.class.getName());
+
     public DbDialect createDialect(final String url) {
         final ServiceLoader<DbDialect> serviceLoader = ServiceLoader.load(DbDialect.class,
                 Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
@@ -13,6 +18,9 @@ public DbDialect createDialect(final String url) {
                 .map(Provider::get)
                 .filter(dialect -> dialect.supportsUrl(url))
                 .findAny()
-                .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("No DB dialect registered for JDBC URL '" + url + "'"));
+                .orElseGet(() -> {
+                    LOG.warning(() -> "No dialect found for URL '%s', using generic dialect.".formatted(url));
+                    return GenericDialect.INSTANCE;
+                });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbOperations.java
index 32b3676..d7b305a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbOperations.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ <T> SimpleResultSet<T> query(final String sql, final PreparedStatementSetter pre
      * 
      * @return original wrapped connection
      */
-    public Connection getOriginalConnection();
+    Connection getOriginalConnection();
 
     @Override
     void close();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/dialect/GenericDialect.java b/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/dialect/GenericDialect.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89716cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/dialect/GenericDialect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.itsallcode.jdbc.dialect;
+
+import org.itsallcode.jdbc.resultset.generic.ColumnMetaData;
+
+/**
+ * A generic {@link DbDialect} without any special handling.
+ */
+public final class GenericDialect implements DbDialect {
+    /** Singleton instance of the generic DB dialect. */
+    public static final DbDialect INSTANCE = new GenericDialect();
+
+    private GenericDialect() {
+        // Nothing to do
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsUrl(final String jdbcUrl) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ColumnValueExtractor createExtractor(final ColumnMetaData column) {
+        return Extractors.generic();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> ColumnValueSetter<T> createSetter(final Class<T> type) {
+        return Setters.generic();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..042b014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/DbDialectFactoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.itsallcode.jdbc;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.itsallcode.jdbc.dialect.*;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class DbDialectFactoryTest {
+    @Test
+    void exasolDialect() {
+        assertThat(new DbDialectFactory().createDialect("jdbc:exa:localhost:8563;schema=SCHEMA"))
+                .isInstanceOf(ExasolDialect.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void h2Dialect() {
+        assertThat(new DbDialectFactory().createDialect("jdbc:h2:mem:"))
+                .isInstanceOf(H2Dialect.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void genericDialect() {
+        assertThat(new DbDialectFactory().createDialect("jdbc:unknown:localhost:8563;schema=SCHEMA"))
+                .isInstanceOf(GenericDialect.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/dialect/GenericDialectITest.java b/src/test/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/dialect/GenericDialectITest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba5945d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/itsallcode/jdbc/dialect/GenericDialectITest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.itsallcode.jdbc.dialect;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource;
+import org.itsallcode.jdbc.*;
+import org.itsallcode.jdbc.resultset.ContextRowMapper;
+import org.itsallcode.jdbc.resultset.generic.Row;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+class GenericDialectITest {
+
+    static Stream<Arguments> types() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                Arguments.of(1),
+                Arguments.of("a"),
+                Arguments.of(1.0),
+                Arguments.of(true),
+                Arguments.of((Object) null));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("types")
+    void setGet(final Object value) {
+        try (SimpleConnection connection = genericDialectConnection()) {
+            final List<Row> result = connection
+                    .query("select ?", asList(value), ContextRowMapper.generic(GenericDialect.INSTANCE)).toList();
+            assertThat(result)
+                    .hasSize(1)
+                    .first().extracting(row -> row.get(0).getValue())
+                    .isEqualTo(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private SimpleConnection genericDialectConnection() {
+        final JdbcDataSource dataSource = new JdbcDataSource();
+        dataSource.setURL(H2TestFixture.H2_MEM_JDBC_URL);
+        return DataSourceConnectionFactory.create(GenericDialect.INSTANCE, dataSource).getConnection();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logging.properties b/src/test/resources/logging.properties
index 1f2fdd1..069cb61 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/logging.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/logging.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ handlers=java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler
 .level=INFO
 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=ALL
 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
-java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=%1$tF %1$tT.%1$tL [%4$-7s] %5$s %n
+java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=%1$tF %1$tT.%1$tL [%4$-7s] %2$s %5$s %n
 org.itsallcode.level=ALL