Tool to Execute JPQL Queries?

Question

Is there any sort of tool available which allows one to execute JPQL queries against a database \"directly\"? I would like to type JPQL queries directly into a window and e

Answer 1

News from 2013: NetBeans 7.3 will have a built-in JPQL query tool:

https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/test_jpql_with_netbeans_ide