Specifying network protocol using MySqlConnection

Connection string

This MySQL Connector/Net connection string can be used for connections to MySQL.

Use this one to specify which network protocol to use for the connection.

Server=myServerAddress;Database=myDataBase;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
Protocol=socket;

"socket" is the default value used if the key isn't specified. Value "tcp" is an equivalent for "socket".

Use "pipe" to use a named pipes connection, "unix" for a Unix socket connection and "memory" to use MySQL shared memory.