How to connect to MySQL Database?

Question

I\'m very new to C# programming but would like to be able to access MySQL Databases (do not have the money for MS SQL)

However I have one question; I know you are re

Answer 1

 private void Initialize()
    {
        server = "localhost";
        database = "connectcsharptomysql";
        uid = "username";
        password = "password";
        string connectionString;
        connectionString = "SERVER=" + server + ";" + "DATABASE=" + 
        database + ";" + "U`enter code here`ID=" + uid + ";" + "PASSWORD=" + password + ";";

        connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
    }