I have xampp installed in my computer. I am trying to access data with ADO.Net. The connection string I am using is given below:
string connectionString = "Server = localhost; Database = magento; User Id = magento; Password = abcd;";
SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
string cmdString = "SELECT date_added,title,description,url FROM adminnotification_inbox";
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmdString, con);
ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds,"prog");
dt = ds.Tables["prog"];
currRec = -1;
totalRec = dt.Rows.Count;
button3.Enabled = true;
I am able to log in with the above user id and password in phpmyadmin, but cannot access the database with the above connection string. please help. Thanks in advance.
MySQL has its own ADO.NET connector: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.6.html#downloads
If you use that, you can create a MySqlConnection: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/connector-net-tutorials-intro.html
The basic SqlConnection is used for Microsoft’s own SQL Server products.