MySQL Provider for VS11 Developer Preview

Question

Is there any MySQL connection provider that integrates with Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview?

I've tried the MySQL connector v6.4.4 but I don't see the option to connect to a MySQL database from the new connection dialog...

Answer 1

I tweaked the .Net Connector version 6.5.4 to make it work with Visual Studio 11 developer preview as well as Visual studio 2012.

It a simple matter of adding a few lines to the manifest file.

It can be downloaded here

Just double click it and check the Visual Studio 2012 RC check box.

Update MySQL has released the beta of their connector 6.6.2, with Visual Studio 2012 support. Get it here.

Answer 2

I used Arkain's solution and it worked nicely, untill i wanted to generate the MySQL script to generate my database. In the DDL Generation Template i did not have the SSDLToMySQL.tt(VS) choice.

This can be solved by copying the 2 files located in C:\VSPath\Extensions\Microsoft\Entity Framework Tools\DBGen to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Entity Framework Tools\DBGen some of you might have placed vs somewhere else.

Answer 3

For as far as I know each mysql connector msi file needs builtin support for a specific version of visual studio. I did a quick search within my Visual Studio 2010 folders and found that there is a Mysql .Net Connector folder in the Extensions folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Oracle\MySQL Connector Net\

I haven't tried it, but you could give it a go copy/paste this folder to your Visual Studio 11 folder. But i'am expecting that there is more to be done than just simple copy/paste it.