Authentication method 'mysql_old_password' not supported
Updated the mysql connector. Net to version 6.6.4 provider to integrate with visual studio 2012, but now when I try to configure the connection to the edmx occurs the error "Authentication method 'mysql_old_password' not supported". This error message is shown when you are connecting to a MySQL database that has its passwords stored in the old password format ( http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html ). Newer MySQL clients do not allow a connection to be made to databases using the old password format as it is less secure. Some would suggest to set old_passwords=1 at the MySQL