MySQL - for the 1000th time!

Hello all... I know this is a question that has been asked thousands of times.... I appologize...

I have finally made up my mind that I am going to focus on asp.net vs php...

I gave up hope about 4 months ago on asp.net when I could not conquer this question... I am quite sure it has come a long way since then...

I am self taught, reading books etc etc... so I am looking for a through way that will show me how to connect to a mysql database using asp.net... this is a project I have decided I am going to learn today!

I have seen some examples on the net but it gets very confusing very quick...

would someone be kind enough to show me / tell me what I need to do...

here would be an example...

MySQl database = mydata
User Name = name
password = password
Table = customers
field = customer name

can someone tell me using asp.net how to connect to the database (Localhost use is fine - I have a dedicated server)

then display the customer name field?

this may be simple to some.. but if I can atleast get the connection started I can figure out the other 95% from there...

If I have read correctly MYSQL has released an OBDC connection that can be used now... or am I incorrect in this assumption?

Thanks in advance!!

Anjari

What you need is ADO.NET:

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickst...sOverview.aspx

Here's a very simple example of using a DataReader:

VB Code:

strConn = "Initial Catalog = pubs; Data Source = IN-DEV-RAJAT; User ID = sa; password = ;"
        strSQL = "SELECT * FROM authors;"
 
        sqlConn.ConnectionString = strConn
        sqlCommand.Connection = sqlConn
        sqlCommand.CommandText = strSQL
        sqlCommand.Connection.Open()
 
        dr = sqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)
 
        With dr
            Do While .Read = True
                strResult = .GetString(1) & " " & .GetString(2)
                Console.WriteLine(strResult)
            Loop
 
            .Close()
 
        End With

You will get your connection string here:

http://www.able-consulting.com/dotne...ETDataProvider



You can get drivers from this URL:

http://crlab.com/mysqlnet/download.html

hahahahahahahaha

user name sa and no password

thats a big no no hahahahahahahahahahahaha

:eek:

Yeah, I'd leave the password here for all to see. ;)

If your using MySQL thne you can't use the sql namespace.
The OLEDb wont work either, or at least it didn't when I last tried.

You need to download the ODBC Namespace from either the MySQL site or Microsoft.

Try this :

http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/...tnet/#ODBC.NET