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

In order to get the MySQL Database item in the Choose Data Source window, one should install the MySQL for Visual Studio package available here (the last version today is 1.2.6):

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/visualstudio/