Hi Bhavbhuti.

>I was looking all over the internet for FireBird ADO drivers so that I could use FireBird database in DataExplorer. Next I click on New Connection in DataExplorer and select from it ADO and I am lead to a box that shows me all the ODBC DNS I had created and when I selected from it I was able to use my FB database in DataExplorer.
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>What is it that I am missing are ODBC and ADO synonyms? and I haven't used the ADO driver for FB yet.

If you choose DSN, the Data Explorer uses the OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers instead of the FB OLE DB provider directly. If you'd rather use the FB OLE DB provider, choose Connection String instead, then either type the connection string or click the Build button to bring up the Data Link Properties dialog where you can build it visually.

Doug