Re: MySqlException: Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts

[Kenneth Brady]

I've read through all of these posts, and still cannot solve my simplest of problems. I cannot EVER connect to my local mysql (5.1) via .NET connector, even though ODBC and cmd-line utilities work great. Connection string is:

"server=localhost; uid=root; pwd=***; database=addresses;"

Error is "{"Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts"}"

Port is default (3306); same connstr works with odbc (after adding driver).

A previous post suggested uninstalling ODBC driver, but not know why that helps, I'm hesitant since that is currently my only programmatic access to the mysql databases.

What the heck does this error message mean, anyway? I only specified one host (can one specify multiple hosts??).

Thanks -

ken brady / home hacker