I’m working with Visual Studio 2010 Web Express and recently installed the MySQL .NET Connector version 6.3.3 Beta. I chose this specific version based on recommendations I found online. The installation seemed to complete successfully, but I’m running into an issue.
When I try to add a new database connection through the Server Explorer in VS 2010 Express, I don’t see MySQL as an available option. The connector doesn’t appear in the list of data providers when attempting to create a new connection.
I expected to see MySQL listed alongside other database options like SQL Server, but it’s simply not there. Has anyone else encountered this same issue with this particular version of the connector and Visual Studio setup? Any suggestions on how to get MySQL connections working properly in the database explorer would be really helpful.