title: Can't connect to local Firebird with ISQL
body: <p>I'm trying to setup a local firebird instance to test against but am unable to connect to it with even ISQL. I have tried to following by following the quick start guide <a href="http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/qsg25-databases.html" rel="noreferrer">here</a>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CONNECT ..\examples\empbuild\employee.fdb user SYSDBA password masterkey;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which resulted in:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 08001
  unavailable database
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After some searching I tried modifying that to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CONNECT "localhost:C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_5\examples\empbuild\employee.fdb" user SYSDBA password masterkey;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which resulted in:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 28000
  cannot attach to password database
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After confirming I had the right directory path I decided to give on on connecting for now and try creating a new DB:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SQL&gt;CREATE DATABASE 'C:\data\test.fdb' page_size 8192
  CON&gt;user 'SYSDBA' password 'masterkey';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Which also gave me the error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Statement failed, SQLSTATE = 08001
  unavailable database
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Are there any common pitfalls I might be hitting? I've also tried the commands above both with and without the firebird service running. Also is there a detailed reference on the SQLSTATE codes?</p>