Question

what will I put in this code, in the braces–> (MySQL}

Dim connectionString As String = "Driver={MySQL};SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=student;

Answer 1

Have a look here MySQL Connection Strings

'declare the variable that will hold the connection string
Dim ConnectionString 
'define connection string, specify database driver and location of the database 
ConnectionString= "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}; SERVER=localhost;" &_ 
"DATABASE=your_mysql_database; UID=your_username; PASSWORD=your_password; OPTION=3"