MySQL Bugs: #17657: Cannot connect to MySQL from VB.NET 1.1

Bug #17657	Cannot connect to MySQL from VB.NET 1.1
Submitted:	23 Feb 2006 3:31	Modified:	28 May 2013 10:57
Reporter:	Young Lim	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / ODBC	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	3.51	OS:	Windows (Windows XP Pro)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
I am using VB.NET 1.1 and cannot connect to a MySQL (v5) database.

I've done the following:

1) Create a DSN for MyODBC.
2) Connect using: Driver=MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver; Server=localhost; Data 
Source=test; UID=test; PWD=pwd; OPTION=3

When I run my app, I get this error: An OLE DB Provider was not specified in 
the ConnectionString. An example would be, 'Provider=SQLOLEDB;'.

I tried changing the connection string to Provider=MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver; 
Server=localhost; Data Source=test; UID=test; PWD=pwd; OPTION=3 (Instead of 
Driver, I change it to Provider - most of the examples I found on the net 
including those from MySQL AB uses Driver).

Now I get this error: The 'MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver' provider is not 
registered on the local machine.

How to repeat:
Just trying to connect to a MySQL database.

I've followed the instructions on your web site to connect to MySQL using MyODBC as well.

Thank you for a problem report. Please, send a code of your sample application.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

This bug is for MyODBC version 3.51. I fixed the version number at this bug report.

I'm closing this bug because I can not continue without feedback from the reporter. If you have new info, please reopen the report.