MySQL Connection string to Context

[Samantha Martin]

I am trying to figure out how to pass a MySQL connection string through a datacontext. I keep getting a exception thrown when it gets to the DataContext "login failed at user: root". I believe it thinks im using SQL Server and I do not know where I am going wrong. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Its an app the the user plugs in the values to the database and it gets the info to and from the database.


//This gets the values the user enters to access the databse and returns the //string to where its needed

private string MustangConnString()
{
string connStr = ("persist security info = true;server=" + Server + ";uid=" + username + ";database=" + Database + ";pwd=" + Password + );

MySqlConnection myConnectionString = MySqlConnection(connStr);

myConnectionString.Open();

return myConnectionString.ConnectionString;
}

//This is where the connection string is needed
private void ect (bool oneanddon)
{

MySqlConnection myConnectionString = new MySqlConnection(ConnectionString);
myConnectionString.Open();

//I am getting the error here, Like I said I believe it thinks im trying to log //into an SQL servr database and I don't know how to solve this.
using (var MessageConn = new DataContext(myConnectionString.ConnectionString))
{
var cos = MustangConn.COS.ToList();
}

}