Does any one know how to connect to MySQL 5.1 with Visual Studio 2010?
I have already tried the MySQL Connector/ODBC route and it got me really nasty results. The table rows were all listed as a view in the views section and nothing at all was listed in the tables or procedures folder.
To get the Entity Frame working with VS2010, I had to do the following:
This only worked with Mysql .net Connector v6.3.1 (alpha). Previous versions ignored VS 2010 (click Development Releases)
I had to rename my Framework\v1.1.4322\CONFIG folder. Otherwise the install will fail. Rename it back when finished
(I've blogged about this here)
Update
6.3.2 is in beta and I can confirm this works. (I didn't need to rename the framework folder)
this seems to solve the issue
UPDATED LINK TO LATEST RELEASE THANKS #Christian Payne
Update: looks like there is already a non-beta!!!!
http://www.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/
As someone else suggests..
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirror.php?id=382641
..fixes the problem.
I had v6.2.3 installed after I had vs2010 installed and the MySQL driver was not shown in the list of the Database Connect dialog. I wrongly assumed I should use the .NET ODBC drivers instead and it caused all sorts of problems. Although I could easily connect to the DB using codebehind, the server explorer wouldn't connect to the DB.
Luckily after uninstalling 6.2.3 and installing 6.3.0 (from the link above) the MySQL driver was added to VS2010, and I was able to connect to the database and see it in my server explorer.
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=45122
I was able to get this to work by doing the following:
My Environment:
Development Box -- Win7 64bit,
VS2010 Pro
Deployment Box -- Win2k8 svr with IIS7
running ASP.NET .Net 2.0/3.0/3.5 sp which is
hosted at DiscountAsp.Net (Note:
DiscountAsp.Net does not provide a
MySQL DB when running on a Win2k8
svr, I'm using a MySQL DB that I connect
to elsewhere on the InterWebs)
Steps I took:
Installed MySql.Data, Version=6.3.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d
Ref'd the .Net 2.0 version of the MySQL assembly in my ASP.NET MVC2 Web project set to target .Net 3.5 (the path for the MySQL assemblies I used was C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector Net 6.3.6\Assemblies\v2.0)
I ref'd all 3 of the MySQL assemblies (MySql.Data.dll, MySql.Data.Entity.dll & MySql.Web.dll)
I marked each of those assemblies as "Copy Local=True" in my project (a.k.a bin deployment)
Added a MySQL DB connection string to my Project (using the MySQL provider)
Added an ADO.NET Entity Data Model to my project in VS2010 using the connections string
VS2010 took about 30 secs to chew thru my MySQL DB schema but then provided me with a beautiful GUI interface to tweak my MVC Models
Used the DB Entities in my MVC controllers
Deployed the app to my hosted server at DiscountAsp.Net
It works like a charm :)
Erm... through code? Or do you mean the server explorer add-in? Have you tried the latest (albeit GPL-ed) connector version for .NET from Mysql themselves? Again, it's GPL-ed so be aware of the consequences of using that for your own software.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is busted for DDEX providers. They are auto promoting a VS 2008 assembly from 9.0 to 10.0 and it fails. The failure has to do with the fact that a .NET 2 assembly cannot load a .NET 4 assembly.
This worked in beta 1, so it is something they broke.
I even went back and tried the reference DDEX provider from the SDK. It won't load in VS 2010 beta 2 either. That tells me they have something that needs to be fixed.
When is the next beta?
Related
I'm using visual studio 2012 and installed MySQL 5.7 and all the developer tools. After I added EF 6.0 etc from Nuget and try to link to my database, MySQL is not part of the available data source as depicted below.
I can however, see the selection when trying to add connection at Server Explorer. May I know if anybody knows how to fix it? What have I missed? Thank you.
Update 1:
These are what I have installed.
After trying with my local PC and my VM, I found out the problem. Since I installed mysql-connector-net-6.10.5.msi, it's not supported. At my VM I had installed the mysql-connector-net-6.9.10.msi instead.
After changing the local PC to mysql-connector-net-6.9.10.msi, I'm able to see the data source. Is MySQL trying to phase out the support in the future?
As the title says, no matter what I do MySQL does not appear in the list of Data Sources in Visual Studio 2015.
I have done everything that is suggested in this question: MySQL Data Source not appearing in Visual Studio
I have also installed development releases and different versions of connectors with the corresponding MySQL VS drivers as per this table here: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/visual-studio/en/visual-studio-install.html
I have reinstalled Visual Studio itself.
All of this to no avail. I can manually configure the connection and run a .Net application that reads from and writes to MySQL but Visual Studio refuses to do anything with MySQL in the data source popup window.
Short of moving the database to SQL Server I am not sure what else can be done here.
Any suggestion or help to get this resolved would be great. I've been at this for the last 48 hours.
Currently installed versions: MySQL for Visual Studio - 1.2.7, Connector/Net - 6.9.9
This is for a .Net 4.5.2 based project.
I have had this same problem a while back. Unfortunately I think the answer is case by case, and I can't remember what exactly fixed it other than playing around with versions of MySQL Server and MySQL Connector/Net versions.
I have VS 2015 so I just tried to recreate this problem. I was unable to do so as I installed MySQL for VS 1.2.7 and Connector/Net 6.9.9 and was able to see MySQL Database as an option in the Data Sources window.
I recommend uninstalling both MySQL for VS and your Connector/Net 6.9.9 and then reinstalling them. Make sure you install MySQL for VS before Connector/Net as the documenation you linked in your question says "Always install MySQL for Visual Studio before installing MySQL Connector/Net."
You might also try using MySQL community server instead of MySQL for VS and using an older version of Connector/Net.
Update
Try doing the following:
Uninstall MySQL for VS and Connector/Net.
Install Connector/Net 6.9.9 by doing a custom installation. Remove the Web providers feature from the installation and continue with installation.
Install MySQL for VS 1.2.7 by doing a custom installation. Make sure that the Visual Studio Integration feature is selected for installation and finish installation (It should be selected by default).
Update 2
If you want more alternatives to reinstalling:
Try checking out your machine.config file properties to see if the MySQL Data Provider property is similar to mine by going to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG
Lines to check:
ltsadd name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=6.9.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=XXXXXXXXX" /gts
Also, maybe try a creating a website instead of a project or vice versa. There are multiple ways to get to the Data Source window. You could try creating an ADO.Net object and adding a connection to see if that data source window displays MySQL as a data source. You can also create a connection through the server explorer window. Just follow these steps.
Install the last NuGet version of:
MySql.Data
MySql.Data.Entity
Close and re-open visual studio
Choose ADO Entry Data Model
New Connection
On the right of data source, edit button
On the new window you will find MySQL Database
I've been reading about mySQL DataSource and the ability to use mySQL with Entity Framework, but I can't really generate EF with mySQL without the use of the DataSource Dialog
How can I add mySQL Database to such dialog?
This is what I have done so far:
Installed mySQL Connector v.6.5.4
Restarted n-times my Windows 7 machine
Read all about how well mySQL Connector works on previous versions of Visual Studio
I have just read from mySQL Forums that mySQL will ship Visual Studio 2012 integration with mySQL Connector v.6.5.5
We'll be adding support for VS 2012 in Connector/NET 6.5.5 and later 6.6.x version
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?38,546265,564533#msg-564533
and give a link to test a trick
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/pt-br/contents/articles/10476.instalando-mysql-connector-no-visual-studio-2011-beta.aspx
and here is the vsix file if you follow the tutorial (In Portuguese)
Microsoft Visual Studio Extension for mySQL: http://cl.ly/JqXO
just download and double click...
then, you will get all to work
Using Visual Studio 2012 Professional
One clarification: Visual Studio Express DOES NOT support MySQL .NET Connector as extension.
You still may use it adding reference to MySql.Data.dll file that you may find in MySQL Connector installation folder (for me it was W:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector NET 6.5.4\Assemblies\v4.0).
After that you may use it like this:
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
...
var mycon = new MySqlConnection();
According to this page: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/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 (see http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-installer-for-windows.html)."
Visual Studio 2012 is not yet supported by MySQL Connector v.6.5.4. You can't add a connection to MySQL in the Server Explorer to begin with.
According on this post, support will be added on MySQL Connector v.6.5.5
Connector/NET 6.5.5 does not support VS2012, but Connector/NEt 6.6.x does.
However Visual Studio Express editions are not supported, hence the only way to work in Entity Framework and Visual Studio Express and MySql (or other database different than SQL Server for that matter) is using code first.
It wouldn't matter if you had the MySQL driver showing as far as I can tell. I'm running VS 2012.3 and if I try to create a Data Connection in VS Server Browser, I can get as far as selecting the MySQL driver and no more. If I try typing a servername/username/password (any of the fields), the window just disappears and YES, it's only when the MySQL driver is being used so NO it's not vs (not exclusively) causing the problem. Go ahead and say that it's my environment but you'd not be able to justify that even remotely compared to the FACT of what is happening. ALL my other software/extentions/add-in/libraries work just fine. No surprise either seeing how buggy the "3 minute" Windows Installer was. Had to uninstall/reinstall a server instance to get to the configuration wizard and there is no other apparent way to configure an instance without it. I'd rather have the old setup. /rant
Downloaded and install Download MySQL for Visual Studio http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/1.1.html
I'm trying to do a EF6 reverse engineer code first from a MySql database. Visual Studio hangs dead. I right-click on the project, Entity Framework, Reverse Engineer Code First, select the mysql database provider, test the connection, and then hangs spectacularly. I have to kill the Visual Studio.
Has anyone got this to work with MySQL? Note that I am able to successfully 'Test' the connection when I set up the database link, so it IS talking to my MySQL server because I see all my databases on the server.
I also removed the first line from file
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Entity Framework Tools\Templates\Includes\EF.Utility.CS.ttinclude
Per other posts on StackOverFlow. No change.
This what I have installed:
EF Power Tools Beta 4 in VS
MySQL for Visual Studio 1.1.3 in Windows and VS
MySQL Connector .Net 6.8.3 in Windows
In the solution, I've NuGet-ed the following packages:
EF 6.0.2
MySql.Data
MySQL.Web
MySQL.data.entity.EF6
I'd appreciate any advice on how/if this can be done.
Thanks!
Corey.
I've been reading about mySQL DataSource and the ability to use mySQL with Entity Framework, but I can't really generate EF with mySQL without the use of the DataSource Dialog
How can I add mySQL Database to such dialog?
This is what I have done so far:
Installed mySQL Connector v.6.5.4
Restarted n-times my Windows 7 machine
Read all about how well mySQL Connector works on previous versions of Visual Studio
I have just read from mySQL Forums that mySQL will ship Visual Studio 2012 integration with mySQL Connector v.6.5.5
We'll be adding support for VS 2012 in Connector/NET 6.5.5 and later 6.6.x version
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?38,546265,564533#msg-564533
and give a link to test a trick
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/pt-br/contents/articles/10476.instalando-mysql-connector-no-visual-studio-2011-beta.aspx
and here is the vsix file if you follow the tutorial (In Portuguese)
Microsoft Visual Studio Extension for mySQL: http://cl.ly/JqXO
just download and double click...
then, you will get all to work
Using Visual Studio 2012 Professional
One clarification: Visual Studio Express DOES NOT support MySQL .NET Connector as extension.
You still may use it adding reference to MySql.Data.dll file that you may find in MySQL Connector installation folder (for me it was W:\Program Files\MySQL\Connector NET 6.5.4\Assemblies\v4.0).
After that you may use it like this:
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
...
var mycon = new MySqlConnection();
According to this page: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/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 (see http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/mysql-installer-for-windows.html)."
Visual Studio 2012 is not yet supported by MySQL Connector v.6.5.4. You can't add a connection to MySQL in the Server Explorer to begin with.
According on this post, support will be added on MySQL Connector v.6.5.5
Connector/NET 6.5.5 does not support VS2012, but Connector/NEt 6.6.x does.
However Visual Studio Express editions are not supported, hence the only way to work in Entity Framework and Visual Studio Express and MySql (or other database different than SQL Server for that matter) is using code first.
It wouldn't matter if you had the MySQL driver showing as far as I can tell. I'm running VS 2012.3 and if I try to create a Data Connection in VS Server Browser, I can get as far as selecting the MySQL driver and no more. If I try typing a servername/username/password (any of the fields), the window just disappears and YES, it's only when the MySQL driver is being used so NO it's not vs (not exclusively) causing the problem. Go ahead and say that it's my environment but you'd not be able to justify that even remotely compared to the FACT of what is happening. ALL my other software/extentions/add-in/libraries work just fine. No surprise either seeing how buggy the "3 minute" Windows Installer was. Had to uninstall/reinstall a server instance to get to the configuration wizard and there is no other apparent way to configure an instance without it. I'd rather have the old setup. /rant
Downloaded and install Download MySQL for Visual Studio http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/1.1.html