.Data Provider for MySQL
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I tried using it. It only has partial support for VS so don't expect to be able to drag and drop it onto your form, you will be creating the objects by hand in your own code. If you need to support more than 5 connections then I guess that it is a good alternative if the end user does not want to ponyup the money for a decent backend. The database that I ended up being more interested in was the MaxDB from the MySql folks that supports triggers and stored procedures. I don't beleive that this .Data Provider supports MaxDB as MaxDB is *not* MySql but rather a open source database developed by the SAP people. MaxDB may be distributed free of charge *if* your application is being distrubuted as open source. Otherwise, it has a healty price tag.
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I tried using it. It only has partial support for VS so don't expect to be able to drag and drop it onto your form, you will be creating the objects by hand in your own code. If you need to support more than 5 connections then I guess that it is a good alternative if the end user does not want to ponyup the money for a decent backend. The database that I ended up being more interested in was the MaxDB from the MySql folks that supports triggers and stored procedures. I don't beleive that this .Data Provider supports MaxDB as MaxDB is *not* MySql but rather a open source database developed by the SAP people. MaxDB may be distributed free of charge *if* your application is being distrubuted as open source. Otherwise, it has a healty price tag.