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

Installing the following packages:

• Connector/NET 8.0.16: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/
• MySQL for Visual Studio 1.2.8: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/

adds MySQL Database to the data sources list (Visual Studio 2017)