Is there anything built into .Net or visual studio that will allow my to create classes based off of a MySql table. I guess I am talking about persistence. I just want the class
there appears to be a way to get EntityFramework working with MySQL
Using MySQL with Entity Framework
http://weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipman/archive/2010/12/09/getting-mysql-work-with-entity-framework-4-0.aspx