Question

I want to connect to mysql server from C#. I found some code on the net but somewhere there is something wrong because i get

A first chance exception of type ‘System.ArgumentException’ occurred in System.Data.dll

error.

private void Initialise()
    {
        server = "dns to server";
        database = "db_name";
        uid = "root";
        password = "password";
        string connectionString;
        connectionString = "SERVER=" + server + ";" + "DATABASE=" +
                            database + ";" + "UID=" +
                            uid + ";" + "PASSWORD=" + password + ";";
          OR
        connectionString = "Server=xxx.no-ip.org;Database=rdb;"+
                "Uid=root;Pwd=wHt2%Zt;";
        connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
        if (this.OpenConnection() == true)
            Console.Out.Write("SUCCESS");
        else
            Console.Out.Write("ERROR");
    }

private bool OpenConnection()  {
            try   {
                connection.Open();
                return true;
            }
            catch (MySqlException ex){                    
                switch (ex.Number) {
                    case 0:
                        MessageBox.Show("Cannot connect to server.  Contact administrator");
                        break;    
                    case 1045:
                        MessageBox.Show("Invalid username/password, please try again");
                        break;
                }
                return false;
            }
        }

I don’t get any message on the console. I added Mysql.Data as a reference to my project and i used using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;

I also tried connectig through gui but with no luck. Ideas ?

Edit 1 : with either connection string my program is still not working.

Edit 2 : OpenConnection method added.

Edit 3 : This is the error i get !

Answer 1

p.s.

http://www.connectionstrings.com/mysql

probably you need to change your approach…use a webconfig or app config to setup and read your connectionstrings from the config…

I would also recommend you to read this…

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12300/An-ASP-NET-Application-Using-a-MySQL-Database

UPDATE

Based on your updated findings…there can be two problems, first double check your connectionstring, Second is to check if the user “root” has the required permissions.