In addition to all the more useful advices you already got: check if indeed your connection string is saying ".FBD" instead of ".FDB". If it does and in your posting is not just a typo, double check if you indeed changed the default suffix from fdb to fbd. While your at it, also check if the slashes in your connection string have the correct orientation.
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