VB.net and MYSQL5 connection

Question

I'm having a great deal of trouble finding code examples to connect a VB.net client application I am writing to a MYSQL5 database. I am trying to access a database I created through WAMP and phpMyAdmin.

where on the internet is a simple example of a programmatic implementation of an object I can use to connect these two seemingly un-connectable entities?

Just to make it a bit clearer:

I have a DB made through phpMyAdmin called: test within the db is a table: sys_users within the table are: user_ID (pk), user_name, user_password

simply looking to connect VB.net to test and query the table sys_users, returning a boolean if they exist. From there, I can figure out the rest of my solution for my program dealing with other tables and data.

thanks for any help in this.

Answer 1

Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Public Class login Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim strConStr As String = "Data Source=localhost;uid=********;pwd=********;database=********" Dim conn As MySqlConnection conn = New MySqlConnection(strConStr) MsgBox(conn.ConnectionString.ToString)

    Try
        conn.Open()
        MessageBox.Show("Connection Opened Successfully")
        conn.Close()
    Catch myerror As MySqlException
        MessageBox.Show("Error Connecting to Database: " & myerror.Message)
    Finally
        conn.Dispose()
    End Try
End Sub

End Class

Yes, this was a problem for someone else, but the solution seems to work so far. As for the Password validation etc, I will most definitely make use of it. All I needed guys, thanks.