Open method: Connection unexpectedly terminated

[Anil Bhatia]

Hey,

I have just installed MySql 5.0.15 and Connector/net 1.0.7.

I am using c# and am just trying to connect to a remote database. The user is valid and I can connect using the console with no problems. However the Open method is producing the exception 'Connection unexpectedly terminated'. My code is as follows:

MySqlConnection dbConn;
string sConnectionString;
sConnectionString = "Database=db;Data Source=host;User Id=abc;Password=abc";
dbConn = new MySqlConnection(sConnectionString);
try
{
dbConn.Open();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}

I originally was using the Odbc Drivers and it was working fine, but wanted to upgrade to use Connector/net.

Anybody have any ideas?? Please help!

Thanks in advance,

Anil