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MySQL connection Strings

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:40 pm
by Neo
MySQL Connector/Net
Type: .NET Framework Class Library
Usage: MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection
Manufacturer: MySQL

Standard

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
Default port is 3306

Specifying port
Server=myServerAddress;Port=1234;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
Download the driver at MySQL Developer Zone

Named pipes

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Server=myServerAddress;Port=-1;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
It is the port value of -1 that tells the driver to use named pipes network protocol. This is available on Windows only. The value is ignored if Unix socket is used.

Multiple servers
Use this to connect to a server in a replicated server configuration without concern on which server to use.

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Server=serverAddress1 & serverAddress2 & etc..;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;

Using encryption
This one activates SSL encryption for all data sent between the client and server. The server needs to have a certificate installed.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Encryption=true;
This option is available from Connector/NET version 5.0.3. In earlier versions, this option has no effect.

Using encryption, alternative
Some reported problems with the above one. Try replacing the key "Encryption" with "Encrypt" instead.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Encrypt=true;

Specifying default command timeout
Use this one to specify a default command timeout for the connection. Please note that the property in the connection string does not supercede the individual command timeout property on an individual command object.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;default command timeout=20;
This option is available from Connector/NET version 5.1.4.

Specifying connection attempt timeout
Use this one to specify the length in seconds to wait for a server connection before terminating the attempt and receive an error.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Connection Timeout=5;

Inactivating prepared statements
Use this one to instruct the provider to ignore any command prepare statements and prevent corruption issues with server side prepared statements.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Ignore Prepare=true;
The option was added in Connector/NET version 5.0.3 and Connector/NET version 1.0.9.

Specifying port
Use this one to specify what port to use for the connection.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Port=3306;
The port 3306 is the default MySql port.

The value is ignored if Unix socket is used.

Specifying network protocol
Use this one to specify which network protocol to use for the connection.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword; Protocol=socket;
"socket" is the default value used if the key isn't specified. Value "tcp" is an equivalent for "socket".

Use "pipe" to use a named pipes connection, "unix" for a Unix socket connection and "memory" to use MySQL shared memory.

Specifying character set
Use this one to specify which character set to use to encode queries sent to the server.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword; CharSet=UTF8;
Note that resultsets still are returned in the character set of the data returned.

Specifying shared memory name
Use this one to specify the shared memory object name used for the communication.

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Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;Shared Memory Name=MYSQL;
This one is applicable only when the connection protocol value is set to "memory".


eInfoDesigns.dbProvider
Type: .NET Framework Class Library
Usage: eInfoDesigns.dbProvider.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection
Manufacturer: eInfoDesigns

Standard

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Data Source=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Command Logging=false;

SevenObjects MySqlClient
Type: .NET Framework Class Library
Manufacturer: SevenObjects

Standard

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Host=myServerAddress;UserName=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Database=myDataBase;

dotConnect for MySQL (former MyDirect.NET and Core Labs MySQLDirect.NET)
Type: .NET Framework Class Library
Usage: Devart.Data.MySql.MySqlConnection
Manufacturer: Devart

Standard

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User ID=root;Password=myPassword;Host=localhost;Port=3306;Database=myDataBase; Direct=true;Protocol=TCP;Compress=false;Pooling=true;Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=100;Connection Lifetime=0;

MySQLDriverCS
Type: .NET Framework Class Library
Usage: MySQLDriverCS.MySQLConnection
Manufacturer: MySQLDriverCS project team

Standard

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Location=myServerAddress;Data Source=myDataBase;User ID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Port=3306;Extended Properties="""";
This is a free simple .NET compliant MySQL driver.


MySQL OLEDB
Type: OLE DB Provider
Usage: Provider=MySQLProv
Manufacturer: MySQL

Standard

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Provider=MySQLProv;Data Source=mydb;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB
Type: .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
Usage: System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
Manufacturer: Microsoft

Bridging to MySQL OLEDB
This is just one connection string sample for the wrapping OleDbConnection class that calls the underlying OLEDB provider. See respective OLE DB provider for more connection strings to use with this class.

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Provider=MySQLProv;Data Source=mydb;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

MyODBC 2.50
Type: ODBC Driver
Usage: Driver={mySQL}
Manufacturer: MySQL

Local database

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Driver={mySQL};Server=localhost;Option=16834;Database=myDataBase;

Remote database

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Driver={mySQL};Server=myServerAddress;Option=131072;Stmt=;Database=myDataBase; User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
Specifying TCP/IP port

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Driver={mySQL};Server=myServerAddress;Port=3306;Option=131072;Stmt=; Database=myDataBase; User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
The driver defaults to port value 3306, if not specified in the connection string, as 3306 is the default port for MySQL.


MySQL Connector/ODBC 3.51
Type: ODBC Driver
Usage: Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver}
Manufacturer: MySQL

Local database

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase; User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;
Remote database

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Option=3;
Specifying TCP/IP port

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Port=3306;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Option=3;
The driver defaults to port value 3306, if not specified in the connection string, as 3306 is the default port for MySQL.

Specifying character set

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;charset=UTF8;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Option=3;
Note that the charset option works from version 3.51.17 of the driver.

Specifying socket
This one specifies the Unix socket file or Windows named pipe to connect to. Used only for local client connections.

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Socket=MySQL;Option=3;
On Windows, the socket variable is the name of the named pipe that is used for local client connections. The default value is MySQL.

On Unix platforms, the socket variable is the name of the socket file that is used for local client connections. The default is /tmp/mysql.sock.

Using SSL

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;sslca=c:\cacert.pem;sslcert=c:\client-cert.pem;sslkey=c:\client-key.pem;sslverify=1;Option=3;
SSLCA specifies the path to a file with a list of trust SSL CAs

SSLCERT specifies the name of the SSL certificate file to use for establishing a secure connection.

SSLKEY specifies the name of the SSL key file to use for establishing a secure connection.


MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1
Type: ODBC Driver
Usage: Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver}
Manufacturer: MySQL

Local database

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase; User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;
Remote database

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Option=3;
Specifying TCP/IP port

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Port=3306;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Option=3;
The driver defaults to port value 3306, if not specified in the connection string, as 3306 is the default port for MySQL.

Specifying character set

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;charset=UTF8;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Option=3;
Specifying socket
This one specifies the Unix socket file or Windows named pipe to connect to. Used only for local client connections.

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;Socket=MySQL;Option=3;
On Windows, the socket variable is the name of the named pipe that is used for local client connections. The default value is MySQL.

On Unix platforms, the socket variable is the name of the socket file that is used for local client connections. The default is /tmp/mysql.sock.

Using SSL

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;User=myUsername; Password=myPassword;sslca=c:\cacert.pem;sslcert=c:\client-cert.pem;sslkey=c:\client-key.pem;sslverify=1;Option=3;
SSLCA specifies the path to a file with a list of trust SSL CAs

SSLCERT specifies the name of the SSL certificate file to use for establishing a secure connection.

SSLKEY specifies the name of the SSL key file to use for establishing a secure connection.


.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC
Type: .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
Usage: System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
Manufacturer: Microsoft

Bridging to MySQL Connector/ODBC 5.1
This is just one connection string sample for the wrapping OdbcConnection class that calls the underlying ODBC Driver. See respective ODBC driver for more connection strings to use with this class.

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Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=localhost;Database=myDataBase; User=myUsername;Password=myPassword;Option=3;