I was just pulling my hair out trying to get MySql.Data 5.0.7.0 to work in my ASP.NET application.

I followed the instructions I found elsewhere on the forum about adding the <runtime><assemblyBinding>...etc section to my web.config file, however it was still not working.  It was still looking for 5.0.3.0, ignoring my runtime attribute.

 Finally, after many google searches, I came accross this:

http://aspadvice.com/blogs/ssmith/archive/2006/11/15/AssemblyBinding-in-Web-Config-and-XMLNS.aspx

I followed the instructions and removed the xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0"  from the <configuration> element.

After I did this it worked falwlessly.

Thanks for the excellent find (and to Steve Smith for sharing it to begin with.) I updated our assembly redirection thread, so that anyone who finds that, will find this as well.

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David Neal Parsons
www.entityspaces.net