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