MySQL Bugs: #50486: MySQL Plugin for Visual Studio 2008 Install Problems

Bug #50486	MySQL Plugin for Visual Studio 2008 Install Problems
Submitted:	20 Jan 2010 19:54	Modified:	28 Jan 2010 13:29
Reporter:	Stephen Overstreet	Email Updates:
Status:	Not a Bug	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / NET	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:		OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	MySQL Plugin for Visual Studio 2008

Description:
I have recently started using the MySQL for Visual Studio 2008 Plugin. I installed it for the first time on a laptop in my home and began to experiment with it. It worked fine there.

I then decided to take Visual Studio to work and continue work on the project I started at home. I installed Visual Studio 2008 first, and then the MySQL plugin.

When installing the plugin, it gets at least part-way finished before the following error comes up:

There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.

When I try to repair or remove the installation, the same error appears.

Both Operating Systems are Windows 7 64-bit.

How to repeat:
Try to install or uninstall the plugin using MySQL.VisualStudio.msi downloaded from the MySQL website.

Hi Stephen and thanks for your report.

Please clarify one thing; what do you mean by "installing plug-in"? VS plug-in is integral part of connector/NET installation for ages now so you probably installed something very very old? Can you post the link where you found this MSI please.

What is your .NET FW version? Do you have VS2008 *PRO* at work since plug-ins work only with PRO version of VS (functionality is stripped out of other versions).

I downloaded it from this website:
http://mysql.openmirrors.org/downloads/visual-studio-plugin/index.html

I know that says for Visual Studio 2005, but it worked at home for 2008 as well. I should note that trying to connect to a MySQL database didn't work (at least for the method I was using) until I installed this plugin.

I have confirmed it is the Professional edition.

Stephen, that archive is 2+ years old... I'm not about to start discussing it now.

Please do as follows:
  o Clean up your *entire* W7 x64 box of all references to this msi.
  o Install proper GA c/NET driver (6.2.2) and it will install VS plug in. If not, we have whole another bug.

Personally, I doubt there would be any problems as devs use similar platform.

That did it. Thanks!

Sure Stephen, no problem.