An unhandled exception of type 'system.argumentexception' occurred in system.data.dll

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I am trying to build a sql database username and password for my c# project but when I try to run it, it says

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in System.Data.dll

here is my code

MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(@"Data Source =localhost;port3306;Inital Catalog=id412964_loginl33t;User Id=root;password= ''");

it says the ; is not support but it worked on the tutorial for the video.

What I have tried:

I have tried to take away the ; but it gives me a error so I require the ;

Posted 8-Apr-17 13:17pm

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Updated 9-Apr-17 1:33am

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[no name] 8-Apr-17 19:43pm

Go read the documentation for whatever the MySqlConnection class is and/or ask whomever wrote it.

Dave Kreskowiak 8-Apr-17 22:14pm

That one line of code you posted is where the exception is being thrown, it means your connection string is incorrect somehow.

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Abhipal Singh · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-09T01:33:00

Solution 1

Looks like there is a typo in port property, it should be ~~port3306~~

C#

Port=3306

You can check the below link for readymade connections strings:
MySQL connection strings - ConnectionStrings.com[^]

Posted 9-Apr-17 1:33am

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Karthik_Mahalingam 9-Apr-17 23:25pm

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