[RESOLVED] VS 2013 MVC and MySQL Issue

[FunkySloth]

Hi guys,

Can anyone help me how to add the data source of MySql to my Entity Framework?

I follow some instruction about installing connector, mysql for visual studio yet I'm unable to found MySQL to my Data Source.

Thank you

[jmcilhinney]

Did you read this on the download page for Connector/Net:

Starting with version 6.7, Connector/Net will no longer include the MySQL for Visual Studio integration. That functionality is now available in a separate product called MySQL for Visual Studio available using the MySQL Installer for Windows.

Did you install that product?

[FunkySloth]

Yes I installed that yet no luck

[jmcilhinney]

So what instructions did you follow, what did you actually do and what actually happened? There's no point our just providing instructions here when you have presumably already tried to follow some and failed.

[FunkySloth]

Basically I installed the latest Connector which is 6.9 and then I also downloaded the MySQL for Visual Studio the latest version also.

After installing those, the said Data Source should be available now but it didn't.

[jmcilhinney]

After installing those, the said Data Source should be available now but it didn't.

And how do we know that it's not the case that, in fact, it actually is available and you just didn't look for it properly? Please try again and be less vague this time.

[FunkySloth]

Okay gonna uninstall all, and will check what will happen.

[jmcilhinney]

When I said "try again" I meant try again to answer the question I posed in post #4. Please WLWAYS provide a FULL and CLEAR explanation of the problem. If you're vague then we have to guess and that's generally a waste of everyone's time.

[FunkySloth]

Hi JM,

This is the full instruction that I followed:

1. Download MySQL Installer, use the smaller of the two if you have a fast or fat connection to the internet.
2. MySQL Connector/Net Developer Guide
3. 4.2 Making a Connection
4. 5.1.1 The MySqlConnection Object (Following this tutorial will yield a successful connection, but you have to make sure you have your references or nugget's set correctly)

And then at number 2, I also follow the guides there on how to install and more.

[FunkySloth]

Got it JM, I re-installed everything and it work now.

Thank you very much