Как подключиться к БД mysql в ASP.NET ?

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Я попробовал таким образом подключиться к базе данных с помощью mysql, однако при запуске кода ... ответ.Write вообще ничего не пишет на сайт.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;



public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{

      private MySqlConnection connection;
        private string server;
        private string database;
        private string uid;
        private string password;

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        if (!IsPostBack)
        // if it is not a post back method, page renders for first time 
        {

            connectdb();
        
        }

    }

        private void connectdb()
        {
        
             server = "localhost";
            database = "first_db";
            uid = "root";
            password = "";
            string connectionString;
            connectionString = "SERVER=" + server + ";" + "DATABASE=" +
            database + ";" + "UID=" + uid + ";" + "PASSWORD=" + password + ";";

            connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString) ;



            try{
                connection.Open();

                Console.ReadKey();


                Response.Write("connection opened");

                
            }
            catch (MySqlException ex)
            {
                //When handling errors, you can your application's response based 
                //on the error number.
                //The two most common error numbers when connecting are as follows:
                //0: Cannot connect to server.
                //1045: Invalid user name and/or password.
                switch (ex.Number)
                {
                    case 0:
                        Response.Write("Cannot connect to server.  Contact administrator");
                        break;

                    case 1045:
                        Response.Write("Invalid username/password, please try again");
                        break;
                }
               
            }



        
        
          } //end of connectdb 


    


    
}

Что я уже пробовал:

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