can't import external assembly using single-file asp.net

[Andy Fish]

Hi,

I have a single-file aspx file (no codebehind). when I try to do this:

<%@ Import Namespace="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" %>

I get this:

CS0246: The type or namespace name 'MySql' could not be found (are you
missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

I have the MySql.Data assembly registered in the gac. Any ideas why it won't
pick it up?

Andy

 

[Brock Allen]

You need to add a reference via the:

<%@ Assembly Name="FullyQualifiedAssemblyName" %> directive:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconassembly.asp

or specify it in <assemblies> in web.config:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...pgenref/html/gngrfaddelementforassemblies.asp

 

[Andy Fish]

ok, so I have put this in the top of the file

<%@ Assembly Name="MySql.Data" %>

but I just get the error message

File or assembly name MySql.Data, or one of its dependencies, was not found

I'm not sure what you mean by the "fully qualified" assembly name. according
to the documentation I cannot put the path or file extension in the assembly
directive, just the assembly name