This example describes using ASP.NET/MySql.Data to connect to a MySQL Database. A few important things you need before you get started:
To Connect to a MySQL Database Using ASP.NET
In this article I will explain how to use and connect to MySQL database in ASP.Net application with the help of MySQLConnector using C# and VB.Net. For this article, I will be populating GridView control with records from MySQL Database. Database I have made use of the following table Customers with the schema as follows. I have already inserted few records in the table. Note: The SQL for creating the Table is provided in the attached sample code. Download and Install the MySQL Connector You will need to download and install the MySQLConnector in order to connect to the MySQL database in ASP.Net. After installation is complete you need to open Windows Explorer and look for the MySql installation in the Program Files folder of your Windows drive. There you will find a folder for MySQL Connector and inside that you will find the MySql.Data.dll which you need to copy inside the BIN folder of your project. MySql Connection String Below is the connection string to the MySql Database. <connectionStrings> <add name="constr" connectionString="Data Source=localhost;port=3306;Initial Catalog=SampleDB;User Id=mudassar;password=pass@123"/> </connectionStrings> Namespaces You will need to import the following namespaces. C# using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using MySql.Data.MySqlClient; VB.Net Imports System.Data Imports System.Configuration Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient Binding the GridView with records from MySQL Database Table If you are aware of ADO.Net then using MySql will be lot simpler as the MySql Connector classes have very similar names to that of the ADO.Net classes. For example in ADO.Net we have SqlConnection class and the corresponding class in MySql is MySqlConnection. Inside the Page Load event of the page, I am populating the GridView control with records from the MySql database using a DataTable. C# protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!this.IsPostBack) { string constr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString; using (MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(constr)) { using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers")) { using (MySqlDataAdapter sda = new MySqlDataAdapter()) { cmd.Connection = con; sda.SelectCommand = cmd; using (DataTable dt = new DataTable()) { sda.Fill(dt); GridView1.DataSource = dt; GridView1.DataBind(); } } } } } } VB.Net Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load If Not Me.IsPostBack Then Dim constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString Using con As New MySqlConnection(constr) Using cmd As New MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers") Using sda As New MySqlDataAdapter() cmd.Connection = con sda.SelectCommand = cmd Using dt As New DataTable() sda.Fill(dt) GridView1.DataSource = dt GridView1.DataBind() End Using End Using End Using End Using End If End Sub Demo Downloads |