The Connector/ODBC architecture is based on five components, as shown in the following diagram:

An ODBC Driver Manager is a library that manages communication between the ODBC-aware application and any drivers. Its main functionality includes:

Both Windows and Mac OS X include ODBC driver managers with the operating system. Most ODBC Driver Manager implementations also include an administration application that makes the configuration of DSN and drivers easier. Examples and information on these managers, including Unix ODBC driver managers are listed below:

Before installing the Connector/ODBC drivers on Windows you should ensure that your Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) are up to date. You can obtain the latest version from the Microsoft Data Access and Storage Web site.

There are three available distribution types to use when installing for Windows. The contents in each case are identical, it is only the installation method which is different.

An error occurred while copying C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MFC30.DLL. 
Restart Windows and try installing again (before running any
applications which use ODBC)

There are two methods available for installing Connector/ODBC on Unix from a binary distribution. For most Unix environments you will need to use the tarball distribution. For Linux systems, there is also an RPM distribution available.

shell> su root
shell> gunzip mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.11-i686-pc-linux.tar.gz
shell> tar xvf mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.11-i686-pc-linux.tar
shell> cd mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.11-i686-pc-linux

shell> cp libmyodbc* /usr/local/lib
shell> cp odbc.ini /usr/local/etc
shell> export ODBCINI=/usr/local/etc/odbc.ini

shell> su root
 shell> rpm -ivh mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12.i386.rpm

shell> su root
shell> rpm -Uvh mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12.i386.rpm

shell> su root
shell> rpm -e mysql-connector-odbc

Mac OS X is based on the FreeBSD operating system, and you can normally use the MySQL network port for connecting to MySQL servers on other hosts. Installing the Connector/ODBC driver enables you to connect to MySQL databases on any platform through the ODBC interface. You should only need to install the Connector/ODBC driver when your application requires an ODBC interface. Applications that require or can use ODBC (and therefore the Connector/ODBC driver) include ColdFusion, Filemaker Pro, 4th Dimension and many other applications.

Mac OS X includes its own ODBC manager, based on the iODBC manager. Mac OS X includes an administration tool that provides easier administration of ODBC drivers and configuration, updating the underlying iODBC configuration files.

You should only need to install Connector/ODBC from source on Windows if you want to change or modify the source or installation. If you are unsure whether to install from source, please use the binary installation detailed in Section 23.1.2.3.1, “Installing Connector/ODBC from a Binary Distribution on Windows”.

Installing Connector/ODBC from source on Windows requires a number of different tools and packages:

C:\> cd samples
C:\> nmake -f Makefile all

You need the following tools to build MySQL from source on Unix:

Once you have all the required files, unpack the source files to a separate directory, you then have to run configure and build the library using make.

shell> ./configure --help

shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
         --with-iodbc=/usr/local \
         --with-mysql-path=/usr/local/mysql

shell> make

--without-server --enable-shared

shell> cd mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.01
shell> make
shell> cd driver
shell> CC=/usr/bin/gcc \
          $CC -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined error \
          -o .libs/libmyodbc3-3.51.01.so \
          catalog.o connect.o cursor.o dll.o error.o execute.o \
          handle.o info.o misc.o myodbc3.o options.o prepare.o \
          results.o transact.o utility.o \
          -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/ \
          -L/usr/local/iodbc/lib/ \
          -lz -lc -lmysqlclient -liodbcinst

shell> cd .libs
shell> cp libmyodbc3-3.51.01.so /usr/local/lib
shell> cd /usr/local/lib
shell> ln -s libmyodbc3-3.51.01.so libmyodbc3.so

shell> CC=/usr/bin/gcc \
          $CC -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined error
          -o .libs/libmyodbc3_r-3.51.01.so
          catalog.o connect.o cursor.o dll.o error.o execute.o
          handle.o info.o misc.o myodbc3.o options.o prepare.o
          results.o transact.o utility.o
          -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/
          -L/usr/local/iodbc/lib/
          -lz -lc -lmysqlclient_r -liodbcinst

shell> make install

shell> make test

shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
          --with-unixODBC=/usr/local
          --with-mysql-path=/usr/local/mysql
          --disable-shared
          --enable-gui=no
          --host=powerpc-apple

shell> make
shell> cd driver
shell> CC=/usr/bin/gcc \
          $CC -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined error
          -o .libs/libmyodbc3-3.51.01.so *.o
          -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/
          -L/usr/local/iodbc/lib
          -liodbcinst -lmysqlclient -lz -lc

shell> CC=/usr/bin/gcc \
          $CC -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined error
          -o .libs/libmyodbc3-3.51.01.so *.o
          -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/
          -L/usr/local/iodbc/lib
          -liodbcinst -lmysqlclienti_r -lz -lc -lpthread

shell> otool -LD .libs/libmyodbc3-3.51.01.so

shell> CC="cc" \
          CFLAGS="+z" \
          LDFLAGS="-Wl,+b:-Wl,+s" \
          ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
          --with-unixodbc=/usr/local
          --with-mysql-path=/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
          --enable-shared
          --enable-thread-safe

shell> CC="gcc" \
          LDFLAGS="-Wl,+b:-Wl,+s" \
          ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
          --with-unixodbc=/usr/local
          --with-mysql-path=/usr/local/mysql
          --enable-shared
          --enable-thread-safe

shell> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
          --with-unixodbc=/usr/local
          --with-mysql-path=/usr/local/mysql
          --disable-shared
          --enable-thread-safe

Caution: You should read this section only if you are interested in helping us test our new code. If you just want to get MySQL Connector/ODBC up and running on your system, you should use a standard release distribution.

To be able to access the Connector/ODBC source tree, you must have Subversion installed. Subversion is freely available from http://subversion.tigris.org/.

To build from the source trees, you need the following tools:

The most recent development source tree is available from our public Subversion trees at http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/sources.html.

To checkout out the Connector/ODBC sources, change to the directory where you want the copy of the Connector/ODBC tree to be stored, then use the following command:

shell> svn co http://svn.mysql.com/svnpublic/connector-odbc3

You should now have a copy of the entire Connector/ODBC source tree in the directory connector-odbc3. To build from this source tree on Unix or Linux follow these steps:

shell> cd connector-odbc3
shell> aclocal
shell> autoheader
shell> autoconf
shell> automake;
shell> ./configure  # Add your favorite options here
shell> make

For more information on how to build, refer to the INSTALL file located in the same directory. For more information on options to configure, see Section 23.1.2.4.2.1, “Typical configure Options”

When the build is done, run make install to install the Connector/ODBC 3.51 driver on your system.

If you have gotten to the make stage and the distribution does not compile, please report it to <myodbc@lists.mysql.com>.

On Windows, make use of Windows Makefiles WIN-Makefile and WIN-Makefile_debug in building the driver. For more information, see Section 23.1.2.4.1, “Installing Connector/ODBC from a Source Distribution on Windows”.

After the initial checkout operation to get the source tree, you should run svn update periodically update your source according to the latest version.

To add and configure a new Connector/ODBC data source on Windows, use the ODBC Data Source Administrator:

A completed DSN configuration may look like this:

You can verify the connection using the parameters you have entered by clicking the Test button. If the connection could be made successfully, you will be notified with a Success; connection was made! dialog.

If the connection failed, you can obtain more information on the test and why it may have failed by clicking the Diagnostics... button to show additional error messages.

You can configure a number of options for a specific DSN by using either the Connect Options or Advanced tabs in the DSN configuration dialog.

The Connection Options dialog can be seen below.

The three options you can configure are:

The Advanced tab enables you to configure Connector/ODBC connection parameters. Refer to Section 23.1.3.5, “Connector/ODBC Connection Parameters”, for information about the meaning of these options.

This section answers Connector/ODBC connection-related questions.

To enable the trace option on Windows:

To enable the trace option on Mac OS X 10.3 or later you should use the Tracing tab within ODBC Administrator .

To enable the trace option on Mac OS X 10.2 (or earlier) or Unix you must add the trace option to the ODBC configuration:

To generate a Connector/ODBC log, do the following:

If you need help determining what is wrong, see Section 23.1.7.1, “Connector/ODBC Community Support”.

To export a table of data from an Access database to MySQL, follow these instructions:

Microsoft Access connects to the MySQL Server through this data source and exports new tables and or data.

To import a table or tables from MySQL to Access, follow these instructions:

You can use Microsoft Access as a front end to a MySQL database by linking tables within your Microsoft Access database to tables that exist within your MySQL database. When a query is requested on a table within Access, ODBC is used to execute the queries on the MySQL database instead.

To create a linked table:

Once the process has been completed, you can now build interfaces and queries to the linked tables just as you would for any Access database.

Use the following procedure to view or to refresh links when the structure or location of a linked table has changed. The Linked Table Manager lists the paths to all currently linked tables.

To view or refresh links:

Microsoft Access confirms a successful refresh or, if the table wasn't found, displays the Select New Location of <table name> dialog box in which you can specify its the table's new location. If several selected tables have moved to the new location that you specify, the Linked Table Manager searches that location for all selected tables, and updates all links in one step.

To change the path for a set of linked tables:

This section contains simple examples of the use of MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver with ADO, DAO and RDO.

Private Sub myodbc_ado_Click()

Dim conn As ADODB.Connection
Dim rs As ADODB.Recordset
Dim fld As ADODB.Field
Dim sql As String

'connect to MySQL server using MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver
Set conn = New ADODB.Connection
conn.ConnectionString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};"_
& "SERVER=localhost;"_
& " DATABASE=test;"_
& "UID=venu;PWD=venu; OPTION=3"

conn.Open

'create table
conn.Execute "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS my_ado"
conn.Execute "CREATE TABLE my_ado(id int not null primary key, name varchar(20)," _
& "txt text, dt date, tm time, ts timestamp)"

'direct insert
conn.Execute "INSERT INTO my_ado(id,name,txt) values(1,100,'venu')"
conn.Execute "INSERT INTO my_ado(id,name,txt) values(2,200,'MySQL')"
conn.Execute "INSERT INTO my_ado(id,name,txt) values(3,300,'Delete')"

Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
rs.CursorLocation = adUseServer

'fetch the initial table ..
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM my_ado", conn
Debug.Print rs.RecordCount
rs.MoveFirst
Debug.Print String(50, "-") & "Initial my_ado Result Set " & String(50, "-")
For Each fld In rs.Fields
Debug.Print fld.Name,
Next
Debug.Print

Do Until rs.EOF
For Each fld In rs.Fields
Debug.Print fld.Value,
Next
rs.MoveNext
Debug.Print
Loop
rs.Close

'rs insert
rs.Open "select * from my_ado", conn, adOpenDynamic, adLockOptimistic
rs.AddNew
rs!Name = "Monty"
rs!txt = "Insert row"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'rs update
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM my_ado"
rs!Name = "update"
rs!txt = "updated-row"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'rs update second time..
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM my_ado"
rs!Name = "update"
rs!txt = "updated-second-time"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'rs delete
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM my_ado"
rs.MoveNext
rs.MoveNext
rs.Delete
rs.Close

'fetch the updated table ..
rs.Open "SELECT * FROM my_ado", conn
Debug.Print rs.RecordCount
rs.MoveFirst
Debug.Print String(50, "-") & "Updated my_ado Result Set " & String(50, "-")
For Each fld In rs.Fields
Debug.Print fld.Name,
Next
Debug.Print

Do Until rs.EOF
For Each fld In rs.Fields
Debug.Print fld.Value,
Next
rs.MoveNext
Debug.Print
Loop
rs.Close
conn.Close
End Sub

Private Sub myodbc_dao_Click()

Dim ws As Workspace
Dim conn As Connection
Dim queryDef As queryDef
Dim str As String

'connect to MySQL using MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver
Set ws = DBEngine.CreateWorkspace("", "venu", "venu", dbUseODBC)
str = "odbc;DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};"_
& "SERVER=localhost;"_
& " DATABASE=test;"_
& "UID=venu;PWD=venu; OPTION=3"
Set conn = ws.OpenConnection("test", dbDriverNoPrompt, False, str)

'Create table my_dao
Set queryDef = conn.CreateQueryDef("", "drop table if exists my_dao")
queryDef.Execute

Set queryDef = conn.CreateQueryDef("", "create table my_dao(Id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, " _
& "Ts TIMESTAMP(14) NOT NULL, Name varchar(20), Id2 INT)")
queryDef.Execute

'Insert new records using rs.addNew
Set rs = conn.OpenRecordset("my_dao")
Dim i As Integer

For i = 10 To 15
rs.AddNew
rs!Name = "insert record" & i
rs!Id2 = i
rs.Update
Next i
rs.Close

'rs update..
Set rs = conn.OpenRecordset("my_dao")
rs.Edit
rs!Name = "updated-string"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'fetch the table back...
Set rs = conn.OpenRecordset("my_dao", dbOpenDynamic)
str = "Results:"
rs.MoveFirst
While Not rs.EOF
str = " " & rs!Id & " , " & rs!Name & ", " & rs!Ts & ", " & rs!Id2
Debug.Print "DATA:" & str
rs.MoveNext
Wend

'rs Scrolling
rs.MoveFirst
str = " FIRST ROW: " & rs!Id & " , " & rs!Name & ", " & rs!Ts & ", " & rs!Id2
Debug.Print str

rs.MoveLast
str = " LAST ROW: " & rs!Id & " , " & rs!Name & ", " & rs!Ts & ", " & rs!Id2
Debug.Print str

rs.MovePrevious
str = " LAST-1 ROW: " & rs!Id & " , " & rs!Name & ", " & rs!Ts & ", " & rs!Id2
Debug.Print str

'free all resources
rs.Close
queryDef.Close
conn.Close
ws.Close

End Sub

Dim rs As rdoResultset
Dim cn As New rdoConnection
Dim cl As rdoColumn
Dim SQL As String

'cn.Connect = "DSN=test;"
cn.Connect = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};"_
& "SERVER=localhost;"_
& " DATABASE=test;"_
& "UID=venu;PWD=venu; OPTION=3"

cn.CursorDriver = rdUseOdbc
cn.EstablishConnection rdDriverPrompt


'drop table my_rdo
SQL = "drop table if exists my_rdo"
cn.Execute SQL, rdExecDirect

'create table my_rdo
SQL = "create table my_rdo(id int, name varchar(20))"
cn.Execute SQL, rdExecDirect

'insert - direct
SQL = "insert into my_rdo values (100,'venu')"
cn.Execute SQL, rdExecDirect

SQL = "insert into my_rdo values (200,'MySQL')"
cn.Execute SQL, rdExecDirect

'rs insert
SQL = "select * from my_rdo"
Set rs = cn.OpenResultset(SQL, rdOpenStatic, rdConcurRowVer, rdExecDirect)
rs.AddNew
rs!id = 300
rs!Name = "Insert1"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'rs insert
SQL = "select * from my_rdo"
Set rs = cn.OpenResultset(SQL, rdOpenStatic, rdConcurRowVer, rdExecDirect)
rs.AddNew
rs!id = 400
rs!Name = "Insert 2"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'rs update
SQL = "select * from my_rdo"
Set rs = cn.OpenResultset(SQL, rdOpenStatic, rdConcurRowVer, rdExecDirect)
rs.Edit
rs!id = 999
rs!Name = "updated"
rs.Update
rs.Close

'fetch back...
SQL = "select * from my_rdo"
Set rs = cn.OpenResultset(SQL, rdOpenStatic, rdConcurRowVer, rdExecDirect)
Do Until rs.EOF
For Each cl In rs.rdoColumns
Debug.Print cl.Value,
Next
rs.MoveNext
Debug.Print
Loop
Debug.Print "Row count="; rs.RowCount

'close
rs.Close
cn.Close

End Sub

This section contains simple examples that demonstrate the use of Connector/ODBC drivers with ODBC.NET.

/**
 * @sample    : mycon.cs
 * @purpose   : Demo sample for ODBC.NET using Connector/ODBC
 * @author    : Venu, <myodbc@lists.mysql.com>
 *
 * (C) Copyright MySQL AB, 1995-2006
 *
 **/
          
/* build command
 *
 *  csc /t:exe
 *      /out:mycon.exe mycon.cs
 *      /r:Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll
 */
          
using Console = System.Console;
using Microsoft.Data.Odbc;
          
namespace myodbc3
{
  class mycon
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      try
        {
          //Connection string for MyODBC 2.50
          /*string MyConString = "DRIVER={MySQL};" +
            "SERVER=localhost;" +
            "DATABASE=test;" +
            "UID=venu;" +
            "PASSWORD=venu;" +
            "OPTION=3";
          */
          //Connection string for Connector/ODBC 3.51
          string MyConString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" +
            "SERVER=localhost;" +
            "DATABASE=test;" +
            "UID=venu;" +
            "PASSWORD=venu;" +
            "OPTION=3";
          
          //Connect to MySQL using Connector/ODBC
          OdbcConnection MyConnection = new OdbcConnection(MyConString);
          MyConnection.Open();
          
          Console.WriteLine("\n !!! success, connected successfully !!!\n");
          
          //Display connection information
          Console.WriteLine("Connection Information:");
          Console.WriteLine("\tConnection String:" + 
                            MyConnection.ConnectionString);
          Console.WriteLine("\tConnection Timeout:" + 
                            MyConnection.ConnectionTimeout);
          Console.WriteLine("\tDatabase:" + 
                            MyConnection.Database);
          Console.WriteLine("\tDataSource:" + 
                            MyConnection.DataSource);
          Console.WriteLine("\tDriver:" + 
                            MyConnection.Driver);
          Console.WriteLine("\tServerVersion:" + 
                            MyConnection.ServerVersion);
          
          //Create a sample table
          OdbcCommand MyCommand = 
            new OdbcCommand("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS my_odbc_net",
                            MyConnection);
          MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
          MyCommand.CommandText = 
            "CREATE TABLE my_odbc_net(id int, name varchar(20), idb bigint)";
          MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
          
          //Insert
          MyCommand.CommandText = 
            "INSERT INTO my_odbc_net VALUES(10,'venu', 300)";
          Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" + 
                            MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());;
          
          //Insert
          MyCommand.CommandText = 
            "INSERT INTO my_odbc_net VALUES(20,'mysql',400)";
          Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" + 
                            MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());
          
          //Insert
          MyCommand.CommandText = 
            "INSERT INTO my_odbc_net VALUES(20,'mysql',500)";
          Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" + 
                            MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());
          
          //Update
          MyCommand.CommandText = 
            "UPDATE my_odbc_net SET id=999 WHERE id=20";
          Console.WriteLine("Update, Total rows affected:" + 
                            MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery());
          
          //COUNT(*)
          MyCommand.CommandText = 
            "SELECT COUNT(*) as TRows FROM my_odbc_net";
          Console.WriteLine("Total Rows:" + 
                            MyCommand.ExecuteScalar());
          
          //Fetch
          MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM my_odbc_net";
          OdbcDataReader MyDataReader;
          MyDataReader =  MyCommand.ExecuteReader();
          while (MyDataReader.Read())
            {
              if(string.Compare(MyConnection.Driver,"myodbc3.dll") == 0) {
                //Supported only by Connector/ODBC 3.51
                Console.WriteLine("Data:" + MyDataReader.GetInt32(0) + " " +
                                  MyDataReader.GetString(1) + " " +
                                  MyDataReader.GetInt64(2)); 
              }
              else {
                //BIGINTs not supported by Connector/ODBC
                Console.WriteLine("Data:" + MyDataReader.GetInt32(0) + " " +
                                  MyDataReader.GetString(1) + " " +
                                  MyDataReader.GetInt32(2)); 
              }
            }
          
          //Close all resources
          MyDataReader.Close();
          MyConnection.Close();
        }
      catch (OdbcException MyOdbcException) //Catch any ODBC exception ..
        {
          for (int i=0; i < MyOdbcException.Errors.Count; i++)
            {
              Console.Write("ERROR #" + i + "\n" +
                            "Message: " + 
                            MyOdbcException.Errors[i].Message + "\n" +
                            "Native: " + 
                            MyOdbcException.Errors[i].NativeError.ToString() + "\n" +
                            "Source: " + 
                            MyOdbcException.Errors[i].Source + "\n" +
                            "SQL: " + 
                            MyOdbcException.Errors[i].SQLState + "\n");
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

' @sample    : myvb.vb
' @purpose   : Demo sample for ODBC.NET using Connector/ODBC
' @author    : Venu, <myodbc@lists.mysql.com>
'
' (C) Copyright MySQL AB, 1995-2006
'
'

'
' build command
'
' vbc /target:exe
'     /out:myvb.exe
'     /r:Microsoft.Data.Odbc.dll
'     /r:System.dll
'     /r:System.Data.dll
'

Imports Microsoft.Data.Odbc
Imports System

Module myvb
  Sub Main()
    Try

      'Connector/ODBC 3.51 connection string
      Dim MyConString As String = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};" & _
      "SERVER=localhost;" & _
      "DATABASE=test;" & _
      "UID=venu;" & _
      "PASSWORD=venu;" & _
      "OPTION=3;"

      'Connection
      Dim MyConnection As New OdbcConnection(MyConString)
      MyConnection.Open()

      Console.WriteLine("Connection State::" & MyConnection.State.ToString)

      'Drop
      Console.WriteLine("Dropping table")
      Dim MyCommand As New OdbcCommand()
      MyCommand.Connection = MyConnection
      MyCommand.CommandText = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS my_vb_net"
      MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()

      'Create
      Console.WriteLine("Creating....")
      MyCommand.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE my_vb_net(id int, name varchar(30))"
      MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()

      'Insert
      MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_vb_net VALUES(10,'venu')"
      Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" & _
      MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery())

      'Insert
      MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_vb_net VALUES(20,'mysql')"
      Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" & _
      MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery())

      'Insert
      MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_vb_net VALUES(20,'mysql')"
      Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" & _
      MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery())

      'Insert
      MyCommand.CommandText = "INSERT INTO my_vb_net(id) VALUES(30)"
      Console.WriteLine("INSERT, Total rows affected:" & _
                        MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery())

      'Update
      MyCommand.CommandText = "UPDATE my_vb_net SET id=999 WHERE id=20"
      Console.WriteLine("Update, Total rows affected:" & _
      MyCommand.ExecuteNonQuery())

      'COUNT(*)
      MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT COUNT(*) as TRows FROM my_vb_net"
      Console.WriteLine("Total Rows:" & MyCommand.ExecuteScalar())

      'Select
      Console.WriteLine("Select * FROM my_vb_net")
      MyCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM my_vb_net"
      Dim MyDataReader As OdbcDataReader
      MyDataReader = MyCommand.ExecuteReader
      While MyDataReader.Read
        If MyDataReader("name") Is DBNull.Value Then
          Console.WriteLine("id = " & _
          CStr(MyDataReader("id")) & "  name = " & _
          "NULL")
        Else
          Console.WriteLine("id = " & _
          CStr(MyDataReader("id")) & "  name = " & _
          CStr(MyDataReader("name")))
        End If
      End While

      'Catch ODBC Exception
    Catch MyOdbcException As OdbcException
      Dim i As Integer
      Console.WriteLine(MyOdbcException.ToString)

      'Catch program exception
    Catch MyException As Exception
      Console.WriteLine(MyException.ToString)
    End Try
  End Sub

Obtaining the value of column that uses AUTO_INCREMENT after an INSERT statement can be achieved in a number of different ways. To obtain the value immediately after an INSERT, use a SELECT query with the LAST_INSERT_ID() function.

For example, using Connector/ODBC you would execute two separate statements, the INSERT statement and the SELECT query to obtain the auto-increment value.

INSERT INTO tbl (auto,text) VALUES(NULL,'text');
SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID();

If you do not require the value within your application, but do require the value as part of another INSERT, the entire process can be handled by executing the following statements:

INSERT INTO tbl (auto,text) VALUES(NULL,'text');
INSERT INTO tbl2 (id,text) VALUES(LAST_INSERT_ID(),'text');

Certain ODBC applications (including Delphi and Access) may have trouble obtaining the auto-increment value using the previous examples. In this case, try the following statement as an alternative:

SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE auto IS NULL;

See Section 22.2.14.3, “How to Get the Unique ID for the Last Inserted Row”.

Support for the dynamic cursor is provided in Connector/ODBC 3.51, but dynamic cursors are not enabled by default. You can enable this function within Windows by selecting the Enable Dynamic Cursor checkbox within the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

On other platforms, you can enable the dynamic cursor by adding 32 to the OPTION value when creating the DSN.

The Connector/ODBC driver has been optimized to provide very fast performance. If you experience problems with the performance of Connector/ODBC, or notice a large amount of disk activity for simple queries, there are a number of aspects you should check:

For more information on how to set the query timeout on Microsoft Windows when executing queries through an ODBC connection, read the Microsoft knowledgebase document at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B153756.

The majority of Microsoft applications have been tested with Connector/ODBC, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access and the various programming languages supported within ASP and Microsoft Visual Studio.

Dim myconn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim myrs As New Recordset
Dim mySQL As String
Dim myrows As Long

myconn.Open "DSN=MyODBCsample"
mySQL = "SELECT * from user"
myrs.Source = mySQL
Set myrs.ActiveConnection = myconn
myrs.CursorLocation = adUseClient
myrs.Open
myrows = myrs.RecordCount

myrs.Close
myconn.Close

With all Borland applications where the Borland Database Engine (BDE) is used, follow these steps to improve compatibility:

fReg:= TRegistry.Create;
fReg.OpenKey('\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\DocumentsFab', True);
fReg.WriteString('Database', 'Documents');
fReg.WriteString('Description', ' ');
fReg.WriteString('Driver', 'C:\WINNT\System32\myodbc.dll');
fReg.WriteString('Flag', '1');
fReg.WriteString('Password', '');
fReg.WriteString('Port', ' ');
fReg.WriteString('Server', 'xmark');
fReg.WriteString('User', 'winuser');
fReg.OpenKey('\Software\ODBC\ODBC.INI\ODBC Data Sources', True);
fReg.WriteString('DocumentsFab', 'MySQL');
fReg.CloseKey;
fReg.Free;

Memo1.Lines.Add('DATABASE NAME=');
Memo1.Lines.Add('USER NAME=');
Memo1.Lines.Add('ODBC DSN=DocumentsFab');
Memo1.Lines.Add('OPEN MODE=READ/WRITE');
Memo1.Lines.Add('BATCH COUNT=200');
Memo1.Lines.Add('LANGDRIVER=');
Memo1.Lines.Add('MAX ROWS=-1');
Memo1.Lines.Add('SCHEMA CACHE DIR=');
Memo1.Lines.Add('SCHEMA CACHE SIZE=8');
Memo1.Lines.Add('SCHEMA CACHE TIME=-1');
Memo1.Lines.Add('SQLPASSTHRU MODE=SHARED AUTOCOMMIT');
Memo1.Lines.Add('SQLQRYMODE=');
Memo1.Lines.Add('ENABLE SCHEMA CACHE=FALSE');
Memo1.Lines.Add('ENABLE BCD=FALSE');
Memo1.Lines.Add('ROWSET SIZE=20');
Memo1.Lines.Add('BLOBS TO CACHE=64');
Memo1.Lines.Add('BLOB SIZE=32');

AliasEditor.Add('DocumentsFab','MySQL',Memo1.Lines);

The following information is taken from the ColdFusion documentation:

Use the following information to configure ColdFusion Server for Linux to use the unixODBC driver with Connector/ODBC for MySQL data sources. Allaire has verified that MyODBC 2.50.26 works with MySQL 3.22.27 and ColdFusion for Linux. (Any newer version should also work.) You can download Connector/ODBC at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/.

ColdFusion version 4.5.1 allows you to us the ColdFusion Administrator to add the MySQL data source. However, the driver is not included with ColdFusion version 4.5.1. Before the MySQL driver appears in the ODBC data sources drop-down list, you must build and copy the Connector/ODBC driver to /opt/coldfusion/lib/libmyodbc.so.

The Contrib directory contains the program mydsn-xxx.zip which allows you to build and remove the DSN registry file for the Connector/ODBC driver on ColdFusion applications.

For more information and guides on using ColdFusion and Connector/ODBC, see the following external sites:

Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org) How-to: MySQL + OpenOffice. How-to: OpenOffice + MyODBC + unixODBC.

Sambar Server (http://www.sambarserver.info) How-to: MyODBC + SambarServer + MySQL.

You have to change it to output VARCHAR rather than ENUM, as it exports the latter in a manner that causes MySQL problems.

You should select the Return matching rows option.

Using the installer is the most straightforward method of installing Connector/NET on Windows and the installed components include the source code, test code and full reference documentation.

Connector/NET is installed through the use of a Windows Installer (.msi) installation package, which can be used to install Connector/NET on all Windows operating systems. The MSI package in contained within a ZIP archive named mysql-connector-net-version.zip, where version indicates the Connector/NET version.

To install Connector/NET:

Unless you choose otherwise, Connector/NET is installed in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Connector Net X.X.X, where X.X.X is replaced with the version of Connector/NET you are installing. New installations do not overwrite existing versions of Connector/NET.

Depending on your installation type, the installed components will include some or all of the following components:

You may also use the /quiet or /q command line option with the msiexec tool to install the Connector/NET package automatically (using the default options) with no notification to the user. Using this option you cannot select options and no prompts, messages or dialog boxes will be displayed.

C:\> msiexec /package conector-net.msi /quiet

To provide a progress bar to the user during automatic installation, but still without presenting the user with a dialog box of the ability to select options, use the /passive option.

If you are having problems running the installer, you can download a .zip file without an installer as an alternative. That file is called mysql-connector-net-version-noinstall.zip. Once downloaded, you can extract the files to a location of your choice.

The .zip file contains the following directories:

Overload methods for MySqlCommand

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommand class.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

  Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection _
        ("Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=myServer")
    myConnection.Open()
    Dim myTrans As MySqlTransaction = myConnection.BeginTransaction()
    Dim mySelectQuery As String = "SELECT * FROM MyTable"
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection, myTrans)
    myCommand.CommandTimeout = 20
  End Sub
  

C# example:

  public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
  {
    MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection("Persist Security Info=False;
      database=test;server=myServer");
    myConnection.Open();
    MySqlTransaction myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction();
    string mySelectQuery = "SELECT * FROM myTable";
    MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection,myTrans);
    myCommand.CommandTimeout = 20;
  }
  

C++ example:

  public:
  void CreateMySqlCommand()
  {
    MySqlConnection* myConnection = new MySqlConnection(S"Persist Security Info=False;
      database=test;server=myServer");
    myConnection->Open();
    MySqlTransaction* myTrans = myConnection->BeginTransaction();
    String* mySelectQuery = S"SELECT * FROM myTable";
    MySqlCommand* myCommand = new MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection, myTrans);
    myCommand->CommandTimeout = 20;
  };
  

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommand class.

The base constructor initializes all fields to their default values. The following table shows initial property values for an instance of MySqlCommand.

You can change the value for any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand()
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
{
   MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand();
   myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
}

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommand class with the text of the query.

Parameters: The text of the query.

When an instance of MySqlCommand is created, the following read/write properties are set to initial values.

You can change the value for any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
  Dim sql as String = "SELECT * FROM mytable"
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(sql)
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
{
  string sql = "SELECT * FROM mytable";
  MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(sql);
  myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
}

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommand class with the text of the query and a MySqlConnection.

Parameters: The text of the query.

Parameters: A MySqlConnection that represents the connection to an instance of SQL Server.

When an instance of MySqlCommand is created, the following read/write properties are set to initial values.

You can change the value for any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
  Dim conn as new MySqlConnection("server=myServer")
  Dim sql as String = "SELECT * FROM mytable"
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(sql, conn)
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
{
  MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection("server=myserver")
  string sql = "SELECT * FROM mytable";
  MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(sql, conn);
  myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
}

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommand class with the text of the query, a MySqlConnection, and the MySqlTransaction.

Parameters: The text of the query.

Parameters: A MySqlConnection that represents the connection to an instance of SQL Server.

Parameters: The MySqlTransaction in which the MySqlCommand executes.

When an instance of MySqlCommand is created, the following read/write properties are set to initial values.

You can change the value for any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
  Dim conn as new MySqlConnection("server=myServer")
  conn.Open();
  Dim txn as MySqlTransaction = conn.BeginTransaction()
  Dim sql as String = "SELECT * FROM mytable"
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(sql, conn, txn)
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
{
  MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection("server=myserver")
  conn.Open();
  MySqlTransaction txn = conn.BeginTransaction();
  string sql = "SELECT * FROM mytable";
  MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(sql, conn, txn);
  myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
}

Executes a SQL statement against the connection and returns the number of rows affected.

Returns: Number of rows affected

You can use ExecuteNonQuery to perform any type of database operation, however any resultsets returned will not be available. Any output parameters used in calling a stored procedure will be populated with data and can be retrieved after execution is complete. For UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE statements, the return value is the number of rows affected by the command. For all other types of statements, the return value is -1.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and then executes it using ExecuteNonQuery. The example is passed a string that is a SQL statement (such as UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE) and a string to use to connect to the data source.

Visual Basic example:

    Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand(myExecuteQuery As String, myConnection As MySqlConnection)
      Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(myExecuteQuery, myConnection)
      myCommand.Connection.Open()
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
      myConnection.Close()
    End Sub 
  

C# example:

    public void CreateMySqlCommand(string myExecuteQuery, MySqlConnection myConnection) 
    {
      MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(myExecuteQuery, myConnection);
      myCommand.Connection.Open();
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
      myConnection.Close();
    }
  

Sends the CommandText to the MySqlConnectionConnection, and builds a MySqlDataReader using one of the CommandBehavior values.

Parameters: One of the CommandBehavior values.

When the CommandType property is set to StoredProcedure, the CommandText property should be set to the name of the stored procedure. The command executes this stored procedure when you call ExecuteReader.

The MySqlDataReader supports a special mode that enables large binary values to be read efficiently. For more information, see the SequentialAccess setting for CommandBehavior.

While the MySqlDataReader is in use, the associated MySqlConnection is busy serving the MySqlDataReader. While in this state, no other operations can be performed on the MySqlConnection other than closing it. This is the case until the MySqlDataReader.Close method of the MySqlDataReader is called. If the MySqlDataReader is created with CommandBehavior set to CloseConnection, closing the MySqlDataReader closes the connection automatically.

Returns: A MySqlDataReader object.

Sends the CommandText to the MySqlConnectionConnection and builds a MySqlDataReader.

Returns: A MySqlDataReader object.

When the CommandType property is set to StoredProcedure, the CommandText property should be set to the name of the stored procedure. The command executes this stored procedure when you call ExecuteReader.

While the MySqlDataReader is in use, the associated MySqlConnection is busy serving the MySqlDataReader. While in this state, no other operations can be performed on the MySqlConnection other than closing it. This is the case until the MySqlDataReader.Close method of the MySqlDataReader is called.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand, then executes it by passing a string that is a SQL SELECT statement, and a string to use to connect to the data source.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlDataReader(mySelectQuery As String, myConnection As MySqlConnection)
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection)
    myConnection.Open()
    Dim myReader As MySqlDataReader
    myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader()
    Try
    While myReader.Read()
        Console.WriteLine(myReader.GetString(0))
    End While
Finally
    myReader.Close
    myConnection.Close
    End Try
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlDataReader(string mySelectQuery, MySqlConnection myConnection) 
 {
    MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection);
    myConnection.Open();
    MySqlDataReader myReader;
    myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader();
    try
    {
      while(myReader.Read()) 
      {
        Console.WriteLine(myReader.GetString(0));
      }
    }
    finally
    {
      myReader.Close();
      myConnection.Close();
    }
 }  
 

Creates a prepared version of the command on an instance of MySQL Server.

Prepared statements are only supported on MySQL version 4.1 and higher. Calling prepare while connected to earlier versions of MySQL will succeed but will execute the statement in the same way as unprepared.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the use of the Prepare method.

Visual Basic example:

  public sub PrepareExample()
    Dim cmd as New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (?val)", myConnection)
    cmd.Parameters.Add( "?val", 10 )
    cmd.Prepare()
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
    
    cmd.Parameters(0).Value = 20
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
  end sub
  

C# example:

  private void PrepareExample()
  {
    MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (?val)", myConnection);
    cmd.Parameters.Add( "?val", 10 );
    cmd.Prepare();
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
    
    cmd.Parameters[0].Value = 20;
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
  }
  

Executes the query, and returns the first column of the first row in the result set returned by the query. Extra columns or rows are ignored.

Returns: The first column of the first row in the result set, or a null reference if the result set is empty

Use the ExecuteScalar method to retrieve a single value (for example, an aggregate value) from a database. This requires less code than using the ExecuteReader method, and then performing the operations necessary to generate the single value using the data returned by a MySqlDataReader

A typical ExecuteScalar query can be formatted as in the following C# example:

C# example:

cmd.CommandText = "select count(*) from region";
Int32 count = (int32) cmd.ExecuteScalar();

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and then executes it using ExecuteScalar. The example is passed a string that is a SQL statement that returns an aggregate result, and a string to use to connect to the data source.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand(myScalarQuery As String, myConnection As MySqlConnection)
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(myScalarQuery, myConnection)
    myCommand.Connection.Open()
    myCommand.ExecuteScalar()
    myConnection.Close()
End Sub 

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand(string myScalarQuery, MySqlConnection myConnection) 
 {
    MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(myScalarQuery, myConnection);
    myCommand.Connection.Open();
    myCommand.ExecuteScalar();
    myConnection.Close();
 }

C++ example:

public:
    void CreateMySqlCommand(String* myScalarQuery, MySqlConnection* myConnection)
    {
        MySqlCommand* myCommand = new MySqlCommand(myScalarQuery, myConnection);
        myCommand->Connection->Open();
        myCommand->ExecuteScalar();
        myConnection->Close();
    }  

Gets or sets the SQL statement to execute at the data source.

Value: The SQL statement or stored procedure to execute. The default is an empty string.

When the CommandType property is set to StoredProcedure, the CommandText property should be set to the name of the stored procedure. The user may be required to use escape character syntax if the stored procedure name contains any special characters. The command executes this stored procedure when you call one of the Execute methods.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand()
    myCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Mytable ORDER BY id"
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
 {
    MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand();
    myCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY id";
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
 }  

Gets or sets the wait time before terminating the attempt to execute a command and generating an error.

Value: The time (in seconds) to wait for the command to execute. The default is 0 seconds.

MySQL currently does not support any method of canceling a pending or executing operation. All commands issued against a MySQL server will execute until completion or until an exception occurs.

MySQL Enterprise MySQL Enterprise subscribers will find more information about CommandTimeout in the Knowledge Base article, Why CommandTimeout is not Supported. Access to the MySQL Knowledge Base collection of articles is one of the advantages of subscribing to MySQL Enterprise. For more information see http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html.

Gets or sets a value indicating how the CommandText property is to be interpreted.

Value: One of the System.Data.CommandType values. The default is Text.

When you set the CommandType property to StoredProcedure, you should set the CommandText property to the name of the stored procedure. The command executes this stored procedure when you call one of the Execute methods.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand()
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
{
   MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand();
   myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
}

Gets or sets the MySqlConnection used by this instance of the MySqlCommand.

Value: The connection to a data source. The default value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

If you set Connection while a transaction is in progress and the Transaction property is not null, an InvalidOperationException is generated. If the Transaction property is not null and the transaction has already been committed or rolled back, Transaction is set to null.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand()
    Dim mySelectQuery As String = "SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY id"
    Dim myConnectString As String = "Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=myServer"
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery)
    myCommand.Connection = New MySqlConnection(myConnectString)
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand() 
 {
    string mySelectQuery = "SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY id";
    string myConnectString = "Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=myServer";
    MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery);
    myCommand.Connection = new MySqlConnection(myConnectString);
    myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
 }  
 

Returns true if the statement is prepared.

Get the MySqlParameterCollection

Value: The parameters of the SQL statement or stored procedure. The default is an empty collection.

Connector/Net does not support unnamed parameters. Every parameter added to the collection must have an associated name.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlCommand and displays its parameters. To accomplish this, the method is passed a MySqlConnection, a query string that is a SQL SELECT statement, and an array of MySqlParameter objects.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlCommand(myConnection As MySqlConnection, _
mySelectQuery As String, myParamArray() As MySqlParameter)
    Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection)
    myCommand.CommandText = "SELECT id, name FROM mytable WHERE age=?age"
    myCommand.UpdatedRowSource = UpdateRowSource.Both
    myCommand.Parameters.Add(myParamArray)
    Dim j As Integer
    For j = 0 To myCommand.Parameters.Count - 1
       myCommand.Parameters.Add(myParamArray(j))
    Next j
    Dim myMessage As String = ""
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To myCommand.Parameters.Count - 1
        myMessage += myCommand.Parameters(i).ToString() & ControlChars.Cr
    Next i
    Console.WriteLine(myMessage)
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlCommand(MySqlConnection myConnection, string mySelectQuery, 
  MySqlParameter[] myParamArray) 
{
   MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand(mySelectQuery, myConnection);
   myCommand.CommandText = "SELECT id, name FROM mytable WHERE age=?age";    
   myCommand.Parameters.Add(myParamArray);
   for (int j=0; j<myParamArray.Length; j++)
   {
      myCommand.Parameters.Add(myParamArray[j]) ;
   }
   string myMessage = "";
   for (int i = 0; i < myCommand.Parameters.Count; i++) 
   {
      myMessage += myCommand.Parameters[i].ToString() + "\n";
   }
   MessageBox.Show(myMessage);
}  

Gets or sets the MySqlTransaction within which the MySqlCommand executes.

Value: The MySqlTransaction. The default value is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

You cannot set the Transaction property if it is already set to a specific value, and the command is in the process of executing. If you set the transaction property to a MySqlTransaction object that is not connected to the same MySqlConnection as the MySqlCommand object, an exception will be thrown the next time you attempt to execute a statement.

Gets or sets how command results are applied to the DataRow when used by the System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Update method of the System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.

Value: One of the UpdateRowSource values.

The default System.Data.UpdateRowSource value is Both unless the command is automatically generated (as in the case of the MySqlCommandBuilder), in which case the default is None.

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommandBuilder class.

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommandBuilder class and sets the last one wins property.

Parameters: False to generate change protection code. True otherwise.

The lastOneWins parameter indicates whether SQL code should be included with the generated DELETE and UPDATE commands that checks the underlying data for changes. If lastOneWins is true then this code is not included and data records could be overwritten in a multi-user or multi-threaded environments. Setting lastOneWins to false will include this check which will cause a concurrency exception to be thrown if the underlying data record has changed without our knowledge.

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommandBuilder class with the associated MySqlDataAdapter object.

Parameters: The MySqlDataAdapter to use.

The MySqlCommandBuilder registers itself as a listener for MySqlDataAdapter.RowUpdating events that are generated by the MySqlDataAdapter specified in this property.

When you create a new instance MySqlCommandBuilder, any existing MySqlCommandBuilder associated with this MySqlDataAdapter is released.

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlCommandBuilder class with the associated MySqlDataAdapter object.

Parameters: The MySqlDataAdapter to use.

Parameters: False to generate change protection code. True otherwise.

The MySqlCommandBuilder registers itself as a listener for MySqlDataAdapter.RowUpdating events that are generated by the MySqlDataAdapter specified in this property.

When you create a new instance MySqlCommandBuilder, any existing MySqlCommandBuilder associated with this MySqlDataAdapter is released.

The lastOneWins parameter indicates whether SQL code should be included with the generated DELETE and UPDATE commands that checks the underlying data for changes. If lastOneWins is true then this code is not included and data records could be overwritten in a multi-user or multi-threaded environments. Setting lastOneWins to false will include this check which will cause a concurrency exception to be thrown if the underlying data record has changed without our knowledge.

Gets or sets a MySqlDataAdapter object for which SQL statements are automatically generated.

Value: A MySqlDataAdapter object.

The MySqlCommandBuilder registers itself as a listener for MySqlDataAdapter.RowUpdating events that are generated by the MySqlDataAdapter specified in this property.

When you create a new instance MySqlCommandBuilder, any existing MySqlCommandBuilder associated with this MySqlDataAdapter is released.

Gets or sets the beginning character or characters to use when specifying MySQL database objects (for example, tables or columns) whose names contain characters such as spaces or reserved tokens.

Value: The beginning character or characters to use. The default value is `.

Database objects in MySQL can contain special characters such as spaces that would make normal SQL strings impossible to correctly parse. Use of the QuotePrefix and the QuoteSuffix properties allows the MySqlCommandBuilder to build SQL commands that handle this situation.

Gets or sets the beginning character or characters to use when specifying MySQL database objects (for example, tables or columns) whose names contain characters such as spaces or reserved tokens.

Value: The beginning character or characters to use. The default value is `.

Database objects in MySQL can contain special characters such as spaces that would make normal SQL strings impossible to correctly parse. Use of the QuotePrefix and the QuoteSuffix properties allows the MySqlCommandBuilder to build SQL commands that handle this situation.

Gets the automatically generated MySqlCommand object required to perform deletions on the database.

Returns: The MySqlCommand object generated to handle delete operations.

An application can use the GetDeleteCommand method for informational or troubleshooting purposes because it returns the MySqlCommand object to be executed.

You can also use GetDeleteCommand as the basis of a modified command. For example, you might call GetDeleteCommand and modify the MySqlCommand.CommandTimeout value, and then explicitly set that on the MySqlDataAdapter.

After the SQL statement is first generated, the application must explicitly call RefreshSchema if it changes the statement in any way. Otherwise, the GetDeleteCommand will be still be using information from the previous statement, which might not be correct. The SQL statements are first generated either when the application calls System.Data.Common.DataAdapter.Update or GetDeleteCommand.

Gets the automatically generated MySqlCommand object required to perform insertions on the database.

Returns: The MySqlCommand object generated to handle insert operations.

An application can use the GetInsertCommand method for informational or troubleshooting purposes because it returns the MySqlCommand object to be executed.

You can also use the GetInsertCommand as the basis of a modified command. For example, you might call GetInsertCommand and modify the MySqlCommand.CommandTimeout value, and then explicitly set that on the MySqlDataAdapter.

After the SQL statement is first generated, the application must explicitly call RefreshSchema if it changes the statement in any way. Otherwise, the GetInsertCommand will be still be using information from the previous statement, which might not be correct. The SQL statements are first generated either when the application calls System.Data.Common.DataAdapter.Update or GetInsertCommand.

Gets the automatically generated MySqlCommand object required to perform updates on the database.

Returns: The MySqlCommand object generated to handle update operations.

An application can use the GetUpdateCommand method for informational or troubleshooting purposes because it returns the MySqlCommand object to be executed.

You can also use GetUpdateCommand as the basis of a modified command. For example, you might call GetUpdateCommand and modify the MySqlCommand.CommandTimeout value, and then explicitly set that on the MySqlDataAdapter.

After the SQL statement is first generated, the application must explicitly call RefreshSchema if it changes the statement in any way. Otherwise, the GetUpdateCommand will be still be using information from the previous statement, which might not be correct. The SQL statements are first generated either when the application calls System.Data.Common.DataAdapter.Update or GetUpdateCommand.

Refreshes the database schema information used to generate INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.

An application should call RefreshSchema whenever the SELECT statement associated with the MySqlCommandBuilder changes.

An application should call RefreshSchema whenever the MySqlDataAdapter.SelectCommand value of the MySqlDataAdapter changes.

MySQL Enterprise MySQL Enterprise subscribers will find more information on this topic in the Knowledge Base article, Understanding MySqlCommandBuilder and the LastOneWins Setting . For information about subscribing to MySQL Enterprise see http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html.

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlConnection class.

When a new instance of MySqlConnection is created, the read/write properties are set to the following initial values unless they are specifically set using their associated keywords in the ConnectionString property.

You can change the value for these properties only by using the ConnectionString property.

Examples

Overload methods for MySqlConnection

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlConnection class.

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlConnection class when given a string containing the connection string.

When a new instance of MySqlConnection is created, the read/write properties are set to the following initial values unless they are specifically set using their associated keywords in the ConnectionString property.

You can change the value for these properties only by using the ConnectionString property.

Examples

Parameters: The connection properties used to open the MySQL database.

Opens a database connection with the property settings specified by the ConnectionString.

Exception: Cannot open a connection without specifying a data source or server.

Exception: A connection-level error occurred while opening the connection.

The MySqlConnection draws an open connection from the connection pool if one is available. Otherwise, it establishes a new connection to an instance of MySQL.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection, opens it, displays some of its properties, then closes the connection.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlConnection(myConnString As String)
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
    myConnection.Open()
    MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _
    + ControlChars.Cr + "State: " + myConnection.State.ToString())
    myConnection.Close()
End Sub
    

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlConnection(string myConnString) 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion + 
          "\nState: " + myConnection.State.ToString());
  myConnection.Close();
}
    

Gets the name of the current database or the database to be used after a connection is opened.

Returns: The name of the current database or the name of the database to be used after a connection is opened. The default value is an empty string.

The Database property does not update dynamically. If you change the current database using a SQL statement, then this property may reflect the wrong value. If you change the current database using the ChangeDatabase method, this property is updated to reflect the new database.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection and displays some of its read-only properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlConnection()
  Dim myConnString As String = _
    "Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=localhost;user id=joeuser;pwd=pass"
  Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection( myConnString )
  myConnection.Open()
  MessageBox.Show( "Server Version: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _
    + ControlChars.NewLine + "Database: " + myConnection.Database )
  myConnection.ChangeDatabase( "test2" )
  MessageBox.Show( "ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _ 
    + ControlChars.NewLine + "Database: " + myConnection.Database )
  myConnection.Close()
End Sub    
    

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlConnection()
{
  string myConnString = 
    "Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=localhost;user id=joeuser;pwd=pass";
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection( myConnString );
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show( "Server Version: " + myConnection.ServerVersion 
    + "\nDatabase: " + myConnection.Database );
  myConnection.ChangeDatabase( "test2" );
  MessageBox.Show( "ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion  
    + "\nDatabase: " + myConnection.Database );
  myConnection.Close();
}
    

Gets the current state of the connection.

Returns: A bitwise combination of the System.Data.ConnectionState values. The default is Closed.

The allowed state changes are:

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection, opens it, displays some of its properties, then closes the connection.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlConnection(myConnString As String)
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
    myConnection.Open()
    MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _
    + ControlChars.Cr + "State: " + myConnection.State.ToString())
    myConnection.Close()
End Sub
    

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlConnection(string myConnString) 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion + 
          "\nState: " + myConnection.State.ToString());
  myConnection.Close();
}
    

Gets a string containing the version of the MySQL server to which the client is connected.

Returns: The version of the instance of MySQL.

Exception: The connection is closed.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection, opens it, displays some of its properties, then closes the connection.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlConnection(myConnString As String)
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
    myConnection.Open()
    MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _
    + ControlChars.Cr + "State: " + myConnection.State.ToString())
    myConnection.Close()
End Sub
    

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlConnection(string myConnString) 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion + 
          "\nState: " + myConnection.State.ToString());
  myConnection.Close();
}
    

Closes the connection to the database. This is the preferred method of closing any open connection.

The Close method rolls back any pending transactions. It then releases the connection to the connection pool, or closes the connection if connection pooling is disabled.

An application can call Close more than one time. No exception is generated.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection, opens it, displays some of its properties, then closes the connection.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlConnection(myConnString As String)
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
    myConnection.Open()
    MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _
    + ControlChars.Cr + "State: " + myConnection.State.ToString())
    myConnection.Close()
End Sub
    

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlConnection(string myConnString) 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show("ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion + 
          "\nState: " + myConnection.State.ToString());
  myConnection.Close();
}
    

Creates and returns a MySqlCommand object associated with the MySqlConnection.

Returns: A MySqlCommand object.

Begins a database transaction.

Returns: An object representing the new transaction.

Exception: Parallel transactions are not supported.

This command is equivalent to the MySQL BEGIN TRANSACTION command.

You must explicitly commit or roll back the transaction using the MySqlTransaction.Commit or MySqlTransaction.Rollback method.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection and a MySqlTransaction. It also demonstrates how to use the BeginTransaction, a MySqlTransaction.Commit, and MySqlTransaction.Rollback methods.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub RunTransaction(myConnString As String)
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
    myConnection.Open()
    
    Dim myCommand As MySqlCommand = myConnection.CreateCommand()
    Dim myTrans As MySqlTransaction
    
    ' Start a local transaction
    myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction()
    ' Must assign both transaction object and connection
    ' to Command object for a pending local transaction
    myCommand.Connection = myConnection
    myCommand.Transaction = myTrans
    
    Try
      myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (100, 'Description')"
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
      myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (101, 'Description')"
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
      myTrans.Commit()
      Console.WriteLine("Both records are written to database.")
    Catch e As Exception
      Try
        myTrans.Rollback()
      Catch ex As MySqlException
        If Not myTrans.Connection Is Nothing Then
          Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + ex.GetType().ToString() + _
                            " was encountered while attempting to roll back the transaction.")
        End If
      End Try
    
      Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + e.GetType().ToString() + _
                      "was encountered while inserting the data.")
      Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database.")
    Finally
      myConnection.Close()
    End Try
End Sub
    

C# example:

public void RunTransaction(string myConnString) 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
  myConnection.Open();
  MySqlCommand myCommand = myConnection.CreateCommand();
  MySqlTransaction myTrans;
  // Start a local transaction
  myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction();
  // Must assign both transaction object and connection
  // to Command object for a pending local transaction
  myCommand.Connection = myConnection;
  myCommand.Transaction = myTrans;
    try
    {
      myCommand.CommandText = "insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (100, 'Description')";
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
      myCommand.CommandText = "insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (101, 'Description')";
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
      myTrans.Commit();
      Console.WriteLine("Both records are written to database.");
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
      try
      {
        myTrans.Rollback();
      }
      catch (SqlException ex)
      {
        if (myTrans.Connection != null)
        {
          Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + ex.GetType() +
                            " was encountered while attempting to roll back the transaction.");
        }
      }
    
      Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + e.GetType() +
                        " was encountered while inserting the data.");
      Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database.");
    }
    finally 
    {
      myConnection.Close();
    }
}
    

Begins a database transaction with the specified isolation level.

Parameters: The isolation level under which the transaction should run.

Returns: An object representing the new transaction.

Exception: Parallel exceptions are not supported.

This command is equivalent to the MySQL BEGIN TRANSACTION command.

You must explicitly commit or roll back the transaction using the MySqlTransaction.Commit or MySqlTransaction.Rollback method.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection and a MySqlTransaction. It also demonstrates how to use the BeginTransaction, a MySqlTransaction.Commit, and MySqlTransaction.Rollback methods.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub RunTransaction(myConnString As String)
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
    myConnection.Open()
    
    Dim myCommand As MySqlCommand = myConnection.CreateCommand()
    Dim myTrans As MySqlTransaction
    
    ' Start a local transaction
    myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction()
    ' Must assign both transaction object and connection
    ' to Command object for a pending local transaction
    myCommand.Connection = myConnection
    myCommand.Transaction = myTrans
    
    Try
      myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (100, 'Description')"
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
      myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (101, 'Description')"
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
      myTrans.Commit()
      Console.WriteLine("Both records are written to database.")
    Catch e As Exception
      Try
        myTrans.Rollback()
      Catch ex As MySqlException
        If Not myTrans.Connection Is Nothing Then
          Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + ex.GetType().ToString() + _
                            " was encountered while attempting to roll back the transaction.")
        End If
      End Try
    
      Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + e.GetType().ToString() + _
                      "was encountered while inserting the data.")
      Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database.")
    Finally
      myConnection.Close()
    End Try
End Sub
    

C# example:

public void RunTransaction(string myConnString) 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
  myConnection.Open();
  MySqlCommand myCommand = myConnection.CreateCommand();
  MySqlTransaction myTrans;
  // Start a local transaction
  myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction();
  // Must assign both transaction object and connection
  // to Command object for a pending local transaction
  myCommand.Connection = myConnection;
  myCommand.Transaction = myTrans;
    try
    {
      myCommand.CommandText = "insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (100, 'Description')";
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
      myCommand.CommandText = "insert into Test (id, desc) VALUES (101, 'Description')";
      myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
      myTrans.Commit();
      Console.WriteLine("Both records are written to database.");
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
      try
      {
        myTrans.Rollback();
      }
      catch (SqlException ex)
      {
        if (myTrans.Connection != null)
        {
          Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + ex.GetType() +
                            " was encountered while attempting to roll back the transaction.");
        }
      }
    
      Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + e.GetType() +
                        " was encountered while inserting the data.");
      Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database.");
    }
    finally 
    {
      myConnection.Close();
    }
}
    

Changes the current database for an open MySqlConnection.

Parameters: The name of the database to use.

The value supplied in the database parameter must be a valid database name. The database parameter cannot contain a null value, an empty string, or a string with only blank characters.

When you are using connection pooling against MySQL, and you close the connection, it is returned to the connection pool. The next time the connection is retrieved from the pool, the reset connection request executes before the user performs any operations.

MySQL Enterprise MySQL Enterprise subscribers will find more information on this subject in the Knowledge Base article, Understanding and Using Connection Pooling. Access to the MySQL Knowledge Base collection of articles is one of the advantages of subscribing to MySQL Enterprise. To subscribe see http://www.mysql.com/products/enterprise/advisors.html.

Exception: The database name is not valid.

Exception: The connection is not open.

Exception: Cannot change the database.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection and displays some of its read-only properties.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateMySqlConnection()
  Dim myConnString As String = _
    "Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=localhost;user id=joeuser;pwd=pass"
  Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection( myConnString )
  myConnection.Open()
  MessageBox.Show( "Server Version: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _
    + ControlChars.NewLine + "Database: " + myConnection.Database )
  myConnection.ChangeDatabase( "test2" )
  MessageBox.Show( "ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion _ 
    + ControlChars.NewLine + "Database: " + myConnection.Database )
  myConnection.Close()
End Sub    
    

C# example:

public void CreateMySqlConnection()
{
  string myConnString = 
    "Persist Security Info=False;database=test;server=localhost;user id=joeuser;pwd=pass";
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection( myConnString );
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show( "Server Version: " + myConnection.ServerVersion 
    + "\nDatabase: " + myConnection.Database );
  myConnection.ChangeDatabase( "test2" );
  MessageBox.Show( "ServerVersion: " + myConnection.ServerVersion  
    + "\nDatabase: " + myConnection.Database );
  myConnection.Close();
}
    

Occurs when the state of the connection changes.

The StateChange event fires whenever the State changes from closed to opened, or from opened to closed. StateChange fires immediately after the MySqlConnection transitions.

If an event handler throws an exception from within the StateChange event, the exception propagates to the caller of the Open or Close method.

The StateChange event is not raised unless you explicitly call Close or Dispose.

The event handler receives an argument of type System.Data.StateChangeEventArgs containing data related to this event. The following StateChangeEventArgs properties provide information specific to this event.

Occurs when MySQL returns warnings as a result of executing a command or query.

Gets the time to wait while trying to establish a connection before terminating the attempt and generating an error.

Exception: The value set is less than 0.

A value of 0 indicates no limit, and should be avoided in a MySqlConnection.ConnectionString because an attempt to connect will wait indefinitely.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection and sets some of its properties in the connection string.

Visual Basic example:

Public Sub CreateSqlConnection()
  Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection()
  myConnection.ConnectionString = "Persist Security Info=False;Username=user;Password=pass;database=test1;server=localhost;Connect Timeout=30"
  myConnection.Open()
End Sub

C# example:

public void CreateSqlConnection() 
{
  MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection();
  myConnection.ConnectionString = "Persist Security Info=False;Username=user;»
      Password=pass;database=test1;server=localhost;Connect Timeout=30";
  myConnection.Open();
}

Gets or sets the string used to connect to a MySQL Server database.

The ConnectionString returned may not be exactly like what was originally set but will be indentical in terms of keyword/value pairs. Security information will not be included unless the Persist Security Info value is set to true.

You can use the ConnectionString property to connect to a database. The following example illustrates a typical connection string.

"Persist Security Info=False;database=MyDB;»
    server=MySqlServer;user id=myUser;Password=myPass"

The ConnectionString property can be set only when the connection is closed. Many of the connection string values have corresponding read-only properties. When the connection string is set, all of these properties are updated, except when an error is detected. In this case, none of the properties are updated. MySqlConnection properties return only those settings contained in the ConnectionString.

To connect to a local machine, specify "localhost" for the server. If you do not specify a server, localhost is assumed.

Resetting the ConnectionString on a closed connection resets all connection string values (and related properties) including the password. For example, if you set a connection string that includes "Database= MyDb", and then reset the connection string to "Data Source=myserver;User Id=myUser;Password=myPass", the MySqlConnection.Database property is no longer set to MyDb.

The connection string is parsed immediately after being set. If errors in syntax are found when parsing, a runtime exception, such as ArgumentException, is generated. Other errors can be found only when an attempt is made to open the connection.

The basic format of a connection string consists of a series of keyword/value pairs separated by semicolons. The equal sign (=) connects each keyword and its value. Additional notes on setting values for options:

The following table lists the valid names for keyword values within the ConnectionString.

The following table lists the valid names for connection pooling values within the ConnectionString. For more information about connection pooling, see Connection Pooling for the MySQL Data Provider.

When setting keyword or connection pooling values that require a Boolean value, you can use 'yes' instead of 'true', and 'no' instead of 'false'.

Note The MySQL Data Provider uses the native socket protocol to communicate with MySQL. Therefore, it does not support the use of an ODBC data source name (DSN) when connecting to MySQL because it does not add an ODBC layer.

CAUTION In this release, the application should use caution when constructing a connection string based on user input (for example when retrieving user ID and password information from a dialog box, and appending it to the connection string). The application should ensure that a user cannot embed extra connection string parameters in these values (for example, entering a password as "validpassword;database=somedb" in an attempt to attach to a different database).

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection and sets some of its properties

Visual Basic example:

  Public Sub CreateConnection()
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection()
    myConnection.ConnectionString = "Persist Security Info=False;database=myDB;server=myHost;Connect Timeout=30;user id=myUser; pwd=myPass"
    myConnection.Open()
  End Sub 'CreateConnection
  

C# example:

  public void CreateConnection() 
  {
    MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection();
    myConnection.ConnectionString = "Persist Security Info=False;database=myDB;server=myHost;Connect Timeout=30;user id=myUser; pwd=myPass";
    myConnection.Open();
  }
  

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlConnection in Unix environment with Mono installed. MySQL socket filename used in this example is "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock". The actual filename depends on your MySQL configuration.

Visual Basic example:

  Public Sub CreateConnection()
    Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection()
    myConnection.ConnectionString = "database=myDB;server=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock;user id=myUser; pwd=myPass"
    myConnection.Open()
  End Sub 'CreateConnection
  

C# example:

  public void CreateConnection() 
  {
    MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection();
    myConnection.ConnectionString = "database=myDB;server=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock;user id=myUser; pwd=myPass";
    myConnection.Open();
  }
  

Overload methods for MySqlDataAdapter

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlDataAdapter class.

When an instance of MySqlDataAdapter is created, the following read/write properties are set to the following initial values.

You can change the value of any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlDataAdapter and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

 
Public Sub CreateSqlDataAdapter()
    Dim conn As MySqlConnection = New MySqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;" & _
    "database=test")
    Dim da As MySqlDataAdapter = New MySqlDataAdapter
    da.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey    
   
    da.SelectCommand = New MySqlCommand("SELECT id, name FROM mytable", conn)
    da.InsertCommand = New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable (id, name) " & _
                                            "VALUES (?id, ?name)", conn)
    da.UpdateCommand = New MySqlCommand("UPDATE mytable SET id=?id, name=?name " & _
                                            "WHERE id=?oldId", conn)
    da.DeleteCommand = New MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id=?id", conn)
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id")
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name")
 
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id")
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name")
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?oldId", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original
    da.DeleteCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original
End Sub

C# example:

public static void CreateSqlDataAdapter() 
{
    MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;database=test");
    MySqlDataAdapter da = new MySqlDataAdapter();
    da.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey;
   
    da.SelectCommand = new MySqlCommand("SELECT id, name FROM mytable", conn);
    da.InsertCommand = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable (id, name) " +
                                            "VALUES (?id, ?name)", conn);
    da.UpdateCommand = new MySqlCommand("UPDATE mytable SET id=?id, name=?name " +
                                            "WHERE id=?oldId", conn);
    da.DeleteCommand = new MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id=?id", conn);
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id");
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name");
 
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id");
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name");
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?oldId", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;
    da.DeleteCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;
}  

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlDataAdapter class with the specified MySqlCommand as the SelectCommand property.

Parameters: MySqlCommand that is a SQL SELECT statement or stored procedure and is set as the SelectCommand property of the MySqlDataAdapter.

When an instance of MySqlDataAdapter is created, the following read/write properties are set to the following initial values.

You can change the value of any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

When SelectCommand (or any of the other command properties) is assigned to a previously created MySqlCommand, the MySqlCommand is not cloned. The SelectCommand maintains a reference to the previously created MySqlCommand object.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlDataAdapter and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

 
Public Sub CreateSqlDataAdapter()
    Dim conn As MySqlConnection = New MySqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;" & _
    "database=test")
  Dim cmd as new MySqlCommand("SELECT id, name FROM mytable", conn)
    Dim da As MySqlDataAdapter = New MySqlDataAdapter(cmd)
    da.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey    
   
    da.InsertCommand = New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable (id, name) " & _
                                            "VALUES (?id, ?name)", conn)
    da.UpdateCommand = New MySqlCommand("UPDATE mytable SET id=?id, name=?name " & _
                                            "WHERE id=?oldId", conn)
    da.DeleteCommand = New MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id=?id", conn)
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id")
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name")
 
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id")
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name")
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?oldId", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original
    da.DeleteCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original
End Sub

C# example:

public static void CreateSqlDataAdapter() 
{
    MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;database=test");
    MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT id, name FROM mytable", conn);
    MySqlDataAdapter da = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmd);
    da.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey;
   
    da.InsertCommand = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable (id, name) " +
                                            "VALUES (?id, ?name)", conn);
    da.UpdateCommand = new MySqlCommand("UPDATE mytable SET id=?id, name=?name " +
                                            "WHERE id=?oldId", conn);
    da.DeleteCommand = new MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id=?id", conn);
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id");
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name");
 
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id");
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name");
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?oldId", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;
    da.DeleteCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;
}  

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlDataAdapter class with a SelectCommand and a MySqlConnection object.

Parameters: A String that is a SQL SELECT statement or stored procedure to be used by the SelectCommand property of the MySqlDataAdapter.

Parameters: A MySqlConnection that represents the connection.

This implementation of the MySqlDataAdapter opens and closes a MySqlConnection if it is not already open. This can be useful in a an application that must call the DbDataAdapter.Fill method for two or more MySqlDataAdapter objects. If the MySqlConnection is already open, you must explicitly call MySqlConnection.Close or MySqlConnection.Dispose to close it.

When an instance of MySqlDataAdapter is created, the following read/write properties are set to the following initial values.

You can change the value of any of these properties through a separate call to the property.

Examples

The following example creates a MySqlDataAdapter and sets some of its properties.

Visual Basic example:

 
Public Sub CreateSqlDataAdapter()
    Dim conn As MySqlConnection = New MySqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;" & _
    "database=test")
    Dim da As MySqlDataAdapter = New MySqlDataAdapter("SELECT id, name FROM mytable", conn)
    da.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey    
   
    da.InsertCommand = New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable (id, name) " & _
                                            "VALUES (?id, ?name)", conn)
    da.UpdateCommand = New MySqlCommand("UPDATE mytable SET id=?id, name=?name " & _
                                            "WHERE id=?oldId", conn)
    da.DeleteCommand = New MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id=?id", conn)
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id")
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name")
 
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id")
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name")
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?oldId", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original
    da.DeleteCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original
End Sub

C# example:

public static void CreateSqlDataAdapter() 
{
    MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection("Data Source=localhost;database=test");
    MySqlDataAdapter da = new MySqlDataAdapter("SELECT id, name FROM mytable", conn);
    da.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey;
   
    da.InsertCommand = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO mytable (id, name) " +
                                            "VALUES (?id, ?name)", conn);
    da.UpdateCommand = new MySqlCommand("UPDATE mytable SET id=?id, name=?name " +
                                            "WHERE id=?oldId", conn);
    da.DeleteCommand = new MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM mytable WHERE id=?id", conn);
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id");
    da.InsertCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name");
 
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id");
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?name", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 40, "name");
    da.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add("?oldId", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;
    da.DeleteCommand.Parameters.Add("?id", MySqlDbType.VarChar, 5, "id").SourceVersion = DataRowVersion.Original;
}  

Initializes a new instance of the MySqlDataAdapter class with a SelectCommand and a connection string.

Parameters: A string that is a SQL SELECT statement or stored procedure to be used by the SelectCommand property of the MySqlDataAdapter.

Parameters: The connection string

When an instance of MySqlDataAdapter is created, the following read/write properties are set to the following initial values.