Configure webmatrix3 mysql connection UI on port different from 3306 - mysql

Question

I tried to connect to an existing mySQL connection with webmatrix, but I cannot specify a port different from 3306.
I tried to put as server:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:myport
or
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx myport
but it cannot connect.
I also tried to edit web.config file, writing a regular mysql connection specifying port=myport, but it seems that Webmatrix ignore that.

Answer 1

I don't try it yet on the "port" parameter, but it should work if you connect the database and set the connection string like this:
#{
var cs = "Server=myServerAddress;Port=1234;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;";
var db = Database.OpenConnectionString(cs, "MySql.Data.MySqlClient");
}
I used this workaround to add extra params that webmatrix just ignored when I put them into the web.config. You can alter the connectionString after getting it from the configuration file like this:
#{
var cs = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
.ConnectionStrings["connectionString_name"];
var cs_Altered = cs.ConnectionString + ";Command Timeout=120";
var db = Database.OpenConnectionString(cs_Altered, cs.ProviderName);
}