Problem with connect to SQL 2005 localhost

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Hello!
I use MySqlConnection.

VB

con = New MySqlConnection("Server=" + _host + ";User Id=" + _user + ";Password=" + _pass + ";")
 Private _host As String = "localhost\SQLEXPRESS"
    Private _user As String = "sava"
    Private _pass As String = "sava1"

It return me Try Catch as: Unable to connect to any of the specified Mysql hosts
All connections data is true, cheked it.
And that it is better to use with Mysql DataBase?

Posted 11-Mar-13 2:44am

Junoli

Updated 11-Mar-13 2:49am

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[no name] 11-Mar-13 8:57am

Are you using MySQL or are you using SQL Server 2005?

_Vitor Garcia_ 11-Mar-13 8:59am

same question here. It is always usefull this site : http://www.connectionstrings.com/

[no name] 11-Mar-13 9:02am

I have SQL Server 2005 and try connect to it

_Vitor Garcia_ 11-Mar-13 10:16am

Dear Junoli,
I don't use MySql. Yet, when i look at your code and see things like MySqlConnection i think immediatly in MySql.
Maybe you should use ADODB Connection instead.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms807027.aspx
Here you can search for details on this type of connection and in http://www.connectionstrings.com/ you can look after a connection string suitable to your case.

Here is an example on how to connect to SQL server database Pubs :

Dim cnn As ADODB.Connection = New ADODB.Connection
cnn.ConnectionString = "driver={SQL Server};" & _
"server=MySqlServer;uid=MyUserName;pwd=MyPassword;database=pubs"
cnn.Open

Best regards,
VG

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2013-03-11T03:14:00

Solution 3

You have SQLEXPRESS and try to connect to it using MySqlConnection. SQLExpress (Microsoft) and MySql (Oracle) are two completely different database engines.

Have a look here:
Beginners guide to accessing SQL Server through C#[^]

Good luck!

Posted 11-Mar-13 3:14am

E.F. Nijboer

Updated 11-Mar-13 3:16am

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