Dim myConnectionString As String = "Database=" & myDatabase & _ " ;Data Source=" & myHost & _ ";User Id=" & myUserId & ";Password=" & myPassword Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnectionString) Try myConnection.Open() Catch MyException As MySqlException Console.WriteLine("Connection error: MySQL code: " & MyException.Number & _ " " + MyException.Message) End Try Try Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand("call error_test_proc(1)") myCommand.Connection = myConnection myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() Catch MyException As MySqlException Console.WriteLine("Stored procedure error: MySQL code: " & _ MyException.Number & " " & _ MyException.Message) End Try */