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Hello fellow programmers. I am trying to connect to a project i created in vb.net using mysql as backend from another PC via a LAN. And when ever it load it brings up an error...
this is my code for the connection string

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Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
Public Class Form1
Dim conn As MySqlConnection

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
conn = New MySqlConnection("server=localhost; Port=3306; user id=root; password=; database=customer_data"
Try
If conn.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then
conn.Open()
MessageBox.Show("Connection is now open", "INFORMATION", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
Else
conn.Close()
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString)
End Try

End Sub
End Class

post error too.

THE ERROR IS
Mysql.Data.MysqlClient cannot be accessed from this server