--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Vlad Khorsun" <hvlad@...> wrote:

>
> > And one more reason to hate error messages. Why doesn't it just state "invalid URL" or something like that when the URL supplied
> > is clearly not a path but a SID?
>
> The message
>
> "I/O error for file %.0s"CreateFile (open)"
>
> is badly formatted by client (Jaybird ?)
>
> Try to attach with isql and see normal error message :
>
> ...\firebird\bin>isql.exe "not_existed_file>"
> Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 08001
> I/O error during "CreateFile (open)" operation for file "not_existed_file>"
> -Error while trying to open file
> -The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
>

That would indeed be Jaybird.
It logs:
"CreateFile (open)"
null

(including the linebreak).