How to connect to postresql database in visual studio 2010 express

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Hallo,

I want to connect to a new postgresql database (local) in visual studio. Do I need additional drivers? Are there any tutorials about this? How can I do this?

In addition, how does it work witk mySQL?

Thanks

Posted 3-Nov-11 22:08pm

chris085

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Prerak Patel · Answer 1 · 2011-11-03T22:12:00

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http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/postgresql/download.html[^]
http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/postgresql/docs/[^]
http://www.connectionstrings.com/postgre-sql[^]

Posted 3-Nov-11 22:12pm

Prerak Patel

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chris085 4-Nov-11 4:39am

Thanks for the links. I installed dotconnect, but I cannot add the connection elements into the toolbox of VS 2010 Express. Any ideas why?

chris085 4-Nov-11 5:06am

Now I get a message: Unknown connection string parameter when I want to establish the connection in the database explorer. I used the standard connection string (with my user id, passwort and database name