Establish connection to MySQL database hosted on LINUX machine through Windows Client

I am going to explain stepwise how to access a MySQL database on LINUX machine through Windows.

1. Install mysql-connector-odbc-5.1.5-win32.msi setup on your machine.
2. Add a Data Source Name (DSN) using ODBC DataSource Administrator.
3.Goto Control Panel-->Administrative tools.
4.Select Data Sources (ODBC).
5.It will open up ODBC DataSource Administrator window.
6.Click Add-->Select MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver from the list.Click Finish.
7.Specify the following connection parammeters,
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Data Source Name:Your new DNS name.
Description: any
Server:IP Address of the LINUX machine.
Port: 3306 by default.
User:LINUX Server's mysql username.
Password:LINUX Server's mysql username.
DataBase:MySQL Database name.

Test the connection and if successful click OK.
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Now specify the connection string in your application.

string odbc_connectionstr = "DSN=Mysource;Server=100.200.3.50;Database=mydbname;User=myusername;Password=mypassword;Port=3306";
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Also, Include Namespace in your application:
using System.Data.Odbc;
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Regards,
Good Luck Guys....stay connected !!!