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Asked: 2026-05-23T18:23:04+00:00

I have this connection string in a classic ASP application: strConn = driver={MySQL ODBC

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I have this connection string in a classic ASP application:

   strConn = "driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; server="&MySQLSVR&"; port="&MySQLPRT&";User="&MySQLUID&";Password="&MySQLPWD&"; Database="&MySQLDB&"; option="&MySQLOPT & ";"

   Set oconn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
   oconn.Open strConn

Where MYSQLSVR = “127.0.0.1”.

However, I can’t find the MySQL database (named as in MYSQLDB string). I thought MySQL databases had the .sql extension (or .txt instead) but I found no such files.

Am I doing this incorrectly, or does the database just not exist anymore?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sorry but a MySQL database is not just “a file”, unlike a Microsoft Access database.

    If you want to use it in your computer you need to install a program called MySQL Server and configure it with a MySQL client:

    • Create users with passwords
    • Create databases

    Once you have that up and running, you may be able to load your application database through *.sql files (given that the guy you work for has such thing, and he apparently doesn’t).

    Perhaps the application is hosted somewhere else and you are supposed to connect remotely?

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