ODBC is a Microsoft standard way for connecting to databases. It's been 
deprecated in the past but is now coming into favour again. You need to 
download the Firebird ODBC driver from their website and install it, and 
then use the Windows ODBC connection snap-in to create a system wide 
connection. If you have the BDE set correctly, an alias for the ODBC 
connection will be created automatically. Then you just use that alias 
to connect to the database in Paradox with an ODBC connection string.

Liz McGuire wrote an article on the community website about how to use 
ODBC in Paradox. She uses MS SQL but the same advice applies to Firebird.

Günter wrote on 26/06/2019 5:49 PM:
> i still trying to do it with Firebird, and i am not sure what yo mean
> with "and connect via ODBC", there is a entry in the BDE called
> "Firebird/InterBase(r) driver", but my current access is via Native
> INTRBASE connection. can you explain how to access via ODBC, i mean in OPAL?
> 


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