connect to mysql in my webhost/cPanel

[bjay_tiamsic26]

hi.. any help would be appreciated.

can someone help me..
what should i do or the 1st step to consider to connect my vb.net application on my database mysql uploaded in cpanel??

 

[jmcilhinney]

Connecting to databases in VB.NET is basically the same regardless of the database. For MySQL, you can download Connector/Net from the MySQL web site. It is a MySQL-specific ADO.NET provider. You can then use any ADO.NET tutorial to learn the pattern for the code, simply changing the types to those in MySqlClient. I believe that Connector/Net provides Entity Framework support too.