Can somebody answer me the following please.

[kaihirst]

Hi,

I have recently downloaded visual C# beta 2 from Microsofts's website and was wondering the following.

1. is there a way of compiling the solutions into executable and distributable programs, or is this one of the functions disallowed for this version?

2. is it possible to connect to MySQL and not just microsoft SQL server 2005 or abcess (ahem...) Access?

Ta very much indeed

Kai

[mendhak]

2. Yes. You can use the ODBC namespace, and get your connection string from here:
www.connectionstrings.com

[axion_sa]

1) Standing under correction, but you should be able to compile - but only in Debug mode - you can't select Release.

[kaihirst]

Hi,

Cheers all, found out the answer to question 1 just before I looked this up, but thanks anyways.

Cheers alot for question 2 though.

many thanks all

Kai

[jmcilhinney]

You don't mention the solution you found to question 1. You create a Debug build by using the Debug menu or the other usual methods. You create a Release build using the Build menu. You cannot legally distribute software created with a beta IDE, however, without Microsoft's express permission. I believe it is called a "Go Live" licence.

With regards to MySQL, there are various native MySQL connectors available. They worked with .NET 1.1 so I don't see a reason that they wouldn't work with 2.0. Get one of them here, but there are others as well.