Firebird requires MS-DOS compatible file paths
Posted in Database on Feb 28th, 2008
I was contacted by a customer today, who received exceptions when trying to open a Firebird database (using the current version 2.03) on his machine:
Error message: FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FbException:I/O error for file CreateFile (open) “M:\[...]\Aufträge\some database.fdb”
Error while trying to open file —> FirebirdSql.Data.Common.IscException: An exception of type FirebirdSql.Data.Common.IscException was thrown. at FirebirdSql.Data.Client.Gds.GdsConnection.ReadStatusVector() at FirebirdSql.Data.Client.Gds.GdsConnection.ReadResponse() at FirebirdSql.Data.Client.Gds.GdsDatabase.ReadResponse() [...]