Connect to mysql 5.0 database using pure vbscript?

Question

I've tried the below script but I am getting an error:

dim cn, rs

set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
cn.connectionstring = "Provider=MysqlProv; Data Source=Adonis; User Id=mysqluser; Password = mysqlpass;"
cn.open
rs.open "select * from Countries", cn, 3
rs.MoveFirst
while not rs.eof
    wscript.echo rs(0)
    rs.next
wend
cn.close
wscript.echo "End of program"

Its giving the following error:

C:\mysql.vbs(6, 1) ADODB.Connection: Provider cannot be found. It may not be pro
perly installed.

When I googled for an odbc connector I came up to this page where I could download the odbc 5.1 connector. Wondering if this is enough to connect to a mysql server 5.0 database...?

Answer 1

Install MySQL Connector/ODBC and use a connection string like the following

connectionString = "Driver={MySQL ODBC 5.1 Driver};Server=yourServerAddress;" & _
                   "Database=yourDataBase;User=yourUsername;" & _
                   "Password=yourPassword;"