Visual Studio无法连接到正确版本的MySql Server

Question

I have an installation of MySql Server 5.0 which I may not uninstall. However Visual Studio 2017 does not like this version, so I've managed to install MySql Server 8.0 (using the community installer 8.0.14).

I have installed the MySql for Visual Studio 1.2.8 using the installer as well, and as far as connectors/net go, I have tried 8.0.15, 6.10.8 and 6.9.12 (with 6.9.12 having the most luck in initially connecting and generating an entity framework model, but something has broken since).

The MySql CL still recognizes MySql 8.0 and the database is there and fine, but VS refuses to see or use that version, and instead what's to use MySql 5.0

Answer 1

There is nothing with EF here. You need to use correct MySql Driver in order to connect with your DB. You can connect to Mysql version 5.5+ with EF using MySql Connector/NET

Requirements for EF6 Connector/NET 6.10.x or 8.0.x

• MySQL Server 5.5 or higher

• Entity Framework 6 assemblies

• .NET Framework 4.0 or higher (.NET Framework 4.5.1 or higher is required for Connector/NET 6.10 and 8.0)

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Answer 2

So after much fiddling, I found out after this morning's reboot, the version 5 service had restarted and somehow took preference over version 8's one. Stopping it solved the issue. (And I've discovered I could probably have used v5... Key word, probably.)