Connection strings tell MySQL how to reach your database. The sample format used in this repository is: ...

We used Visual Studio 2019 for building this Application and Project. We collected this ideas from many number of other projects like coffee database management and Art gallery.

I'm no MySQL expert but I think at the very least you need to specify a database. You may also need to specify a Port and server if it's not local. Do a google on<BR>ODBC connection string MySQL ...

This new Visual Studio plug-in is going to make life much easier for those that have to jump between a command line or MySQL Administrator in order to take care of their MySQL business.

If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects.

If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects.