21.2.5.1. Connecting to MySQL Using Connector/Net

All interaction between a .NET application and the MySQL server is routed through a MySqlConnection object. Before your application can interact with the server, it must instantiate, configure, and open a MySqlConnection object.

Even when using the MySqlHelper class, a MySqlConnection object is created by the helper class.

This section describes how to connect to MySQL using the MySqlConnection object.