Linking MySQL server on Sql Server 2008

Question

In our application I have to transfer data from between a MySql Server deployed on Linux machine and a SQL Server deployed on a Windows machine, its both the ways. We plan to do it by creating MySql as a linked server on SQL Server. I have created a DSN pointing to the Linux Server and it shows "Connection Successfull" when I "test" it.

I get the following error when I try to add the same MySql server as a linked server

Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "MYSQLDNS". 
OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "MYSQLDNS" returned message "[MySQL][ODBC 5.1 Driver]Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 10060". (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 7303)

The DSN I am using is a System DSN. I have tried with a User DSN too. I can connect to the mysql instance using a MySQL Workbench. I can telnet into it too.

Our MySQL is installed on a 64 bit linux machine and the SQL Server is a 32 bit windows machine.

Answer 1

I was getting this error too - 64 bit ODBC version 8 driver from MySQL, using 64 bit Windows and 64 bit SQL Server. For me it was the Connection Timeout property on the linked server in SQL Server