> As always, I appreciate the help and quick responses, Roman.
>
> I am trying: trying
> DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:firebirdsql:embedded:/home/jbu/dbtesting/data/firebirddb.fdb?force_write=0");
>
> and getting error message attached to this message.
>
> Anyone know what's going on?

Yes. You try to create database using the string that is extracted from
the JDBC URL, but you have forgotten to strip the parameters...

Roman