The following example is a connection string for use with a native .net driver for mySQL.
sConnectString = "Data Source=sqlX.sqlsvr.net;Database=yourDBname;User ID=yourUser;Password=yourPassword"
Dim oCon As New MySqlConnection(sConnectString)
NOTE: The connection string may vary depending on your native drivers implementation. Article ID: 261, Created On: 4/24/2009, Modified: 4/25/2009