title: Reading from the stream has failed - MySqlException
body: <p>I'm trying to open a connection to a MySql database using the following code piece:</p>
  
  <pre><code>string connectionString = "Server=ip_number;Database=database_name;Uid=uid;Password=password";
  MySqlConnection connection;
  connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
  connection.Open();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is the exception I get:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/k90Fm.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>I'm using the latest mysql connector (<a href="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/" rel="noreferrer">downloaded from here</a>). What am I missing?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance,</p>