Sounds like you copied the database file from a CD, and it's therefore marked
as Read Only. Go into the properties for the file, and uncheck Read Only.
That should do it if that's the problem.

-Joe

> When I try to attach through dbExpress, I get:
>
> "no permission for read-write access to database C:\Program
> Files\FireBird\data\V250DBA.GDB"