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Your link is for the MySQL Server install which does not include all the drivers for different programs. &nbsp;You need the ODBC driver for it to show up on that list. &nbsp;However, you probably want the .NET connector to use in your program and it won't show up on that list at all because it is not an ODBC driver. &nbsp;<a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/" rel="ugc">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/</a>
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Your link is for the MySQL Server install which does not include all the drivers for different programs.  You need the ODBC driver for it to show up on that list.  However, you probably want the .NET connector to use in your program and it won't show up on that list at all because it is not an ODBC driver.  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/ [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/]

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Hi Dave ,<br />
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So we need to install ODBC for that . Is that rite Dave
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Hi Dave ,

So we need to install ODBC for that . Is that rite Dave

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Hi Experts ,<br />
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I want to connect to MySQL to the visual studio to my project and i tried with the following Video link as Guidance <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41MJuAfJqI" rel="ugc">Youtube Video</a> . But while installing the MySQL &nbsp;connector and MySQL Installer from this link <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/" rel="ugc">http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/</a>&nbsp;. still am not able to see MySQL on my Server Explorer Data List . Please let me know am done anything wrong .<br />
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Hi Experts ,

I want to connect to MySQL to the visual studio to my project and i tried with the following Video link as Guidance Youtube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41MJuAfJqI) . But while installing the MySQL  connector and MySQL Installer from this link http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/ . still am not able to see MySQL on my Server Explorer Data List . Please let me know am done anything wrong .

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