Friday, 9 March 2012

VWD 2010 Express + MySql Connector/Net

Anyone trying to link the MySql Connector/Net connector into an ASP.NET site using the (free) Visual Web Developer 2010 Express?

Well, I found out the hard way that it is not compatible. Installed the Connector/ODBC version, and I was able to connect successfully.

From dev.mysql.com: "Note that MySQL Connector/Net does not currently support Express versions of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Visual Web Developer."

2 comments:

  1. yep, found out the hard way too... thanks for confirming it though ;)

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  2. ...and I found out even the harder way that MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.2 does not work at all (not sure if it's because of Express Edition is not supported, or 5.2 just simply not working).

    Use 3.51 and everything works like a charm.

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