How can I connect to MySQL from windows forms?

Question

How can I connect to a MySQL database from Windows Forms?

Answer 1

Numerous sample of connection strings here : http://www.connectionstrings.com/

Answer 2

Use the Connector from here. There's a documentation too.

Answer 3

Here is a full article on connecting to mysql using Connector/Net 6.0.

Alternatively you can also use OleDb to connect to MySql.