Authentication with old password no longer supported, use 4.1 style passwords

Question

I have my website with hostgator and I want to access mysql database with C# windows application but when I tried to connect got this message:

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Answer 1

Today I had a similar problem in my C# application. I tried connecting to a server at hostgator.com (mysql) and connecting to localhost. After reading many posts and making many alterations, following every step but I couldn't connect to my hostgator mysql.

The solution in my case was to change the MySql Connector/NET library from version 6.* to version 5.*. After the change my application connected successfully.

While this might not be a viable solution for everyone, it may work for some.