MySQL for Visual Studio

Abstract

This is the MySQL™ for Visual Studio Reference Manual. It documents the MySQL for Visual Studio through 1.2.8.

For notes detailing the changes in each release, see the MySQL for Visual Studio Release Notes.

For legal information, see the Legal Notices.

For help with using MySQL, please visit either the MySQL Forums or MySQL Mailing Lists, where you can discuss your issues with other MySQL users.

Licensing information.  This product may include third-party software, used under license. If you are using a Commercial release of MySQL for Visual Studio, see the MySQL for Visual Studio Commercial License Information User Manual for licensing information, including licensing information relating to third-party software that may be included in this Commercial release. If you are using a Community release of MySQL for Visual Studio, see the MySQL for Visual Studio Community License Information User Manual for licensing information, including licensing information relating to third-party software that may be included in this Community release.

Document generated on: 2019-04-16 (revision: 61712)

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Table of Contents     [+/-]

Preface and Legal Notices

1 General Information     [+/-]

1.1 New in Version 2.0

1.2 New in Version 1.2

2 Installing MySQL for Visual Studio

3 The MySQL Toolbar

4 Making a Connection

5 Editing     [+/-]

5.1 MySQL SQL Editor

5.2 Code Editors

5.3 Editing Tables     [+/-]

5.3.1 Column Editor

5.3.2 Column Properties

5.3.3 Table Properties

5.4 Editing Views

5.5 Editing Indexes

5.6 Editing Foreign Keys

5.7 Editing Stored Procedures and Functions

5.8 Editing Triggers

6 MySQL Website Configuration Tool

7 MySQL Project Items     [+/-]

7.1 Minimum Requirements

7.2 MySQL ASP.NET MVC Items

7.3 MySQL Windows Forms Items

8 MySQL Data Export Tool

9 Using the ADO.NET Entity Framework

10 DDL T4 Template Macro

11 Debugging Stored Procedures and Functions

A MySQL for Visual Studio Frequently Asked Questions