The best replacement for adodb is dao.

The best alternatives to adodb are rated as following:
★★★★★  dao
★★★★  oledb
★★★  odbc
★★★  pdo
★★★  ado.net
★★★  ado
★★★  adodc
★  sqlclient
★  mysqli
★  pear
  adodb lite
  pear db
  adodc in visual basic

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Speaking about adodb, one probably shouldn't forget about datagrid in vb6.

Other search terms related to adodb and their ratings are:
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