VB.NET MySQL Connection String

[Elvira Trösch]

I'm trying to open the connection to a mysql database via VB.Net. But it don't works.

I tried for example:

*1*********************
Dim sConnectionString As String _
= "Initial Catalog=shop;Data Source=localhost"
Dim objConn As New MySQLConnection
objConn.Open()
=> It don't knows "MySQLConnection. And I can't import CoreLab.MySql, ByteFX.Data.MySQLClient or eInfoDesigns

*2****************************
Dim sConnectionString As String _
= "Provider=MySQLProv;SERVER=localhost;DATABASE=shop
Dim objConn As New OleDbConnection(sConnectionString)
objConn.Open()
=> can't open objConn

*3****************************
Dim sConnectionString As String _
"Provider=SQLOLEDB;Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=shop;Integrated Security=SSPI"
Dim objConn As New SqlConnection(sConnectionString)
objConn.Open()