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I want to see and check .fdb file. And I am using VS Code to open it. I installed "DB Explorer For Firebird Databases" for this and file opened. However, the opened file was corrupt. How can I fix this?

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A Firebird database file is a file to be read by the Firebird database engine and queried using SQL. It is not something to be opened in a text editor, like you did in the screenshot.

The DB Explorer For Firebird Databases is a plugin for connecting to a Firebird database server, and executing queries against that server. It is not something for viewing the contents of a FDB file directly.

Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware, the DB Explorer For Firebird Databases has been broken for a while now, and it seems it is no longer maintained. You can connect to a database, and see the tables it has, but attempting to execute queries or view data will not show any query results, but instead shows a broken image icon (the issue for this bug has been open since 2019, so I guess it is unlikely to get fixed).

You may want to consider using something like DBeaver or FlameRobin to query a Firebird database, but that will still require having a Firebird database server installed.

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Thank you so much for your answer, I will try what you said.
I use IbExpert since more than 10 years and it does the job pretty well. DBeaver and flamerobin as mentioned by @Mark are also excellent

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