How to connect to a MySQL Data Source in Visual Studio

Question

I use the MySQL Connector/Net to connect to my database by referencing the assembly (MySql.Data.dll) and passing in a connection string to MySqlConnection. I

Answer 1

1. Download MySQL Connector .NET (6.9.4 on this date) from here and install it CUSTOM!
2. Remove the ASP.NET WEB providers option or the installer will write in machine.config!
3. Download MySQL for Visual Studio from here and install it CUSTOM. Be sure to check the integration options. You need this step because after Connector .NET 6.7 the installer will no longer integrate the connector with Visual Studio. This installer can take longer then expected. This is it.

You can install it from alternate download here which should have integrated with VS correctly but it did not and I got a strange error and after the reinstall it is ok.