ASP .NET - Configure SQLDataSource to use MySQL .NET Connector

Question

I am using VS 2008.

Looking around on the forums/stack hasn\'t provided a clear answer on how to use MySQL with a ASP .NET site.

How do I configure a SQLDataSour

Answer 1

The only way I could get the design time binding to work was to use the ODBC driver. the .Net driver simply would not work. You have to install the MySQL ODBC driver, restart visual studio, then add connection string to web.config.

In Web.Config:

In ASPX: