MySQL on remote box & Microsoft Entity Framework tips?

We have a client with a MySQL database that we need to access over the internet. A port number is open on their end for us to gain access and run queries.

I was wondering if anyone's had experience using the Entity Framework with a MySQL database over the internet and what gotchas and tips you had to share? Is it pretty straightforward getting t开发者_运维问答o the data in your experience? We'll likely be using the most recent version of EF, if that makes a difference. Thanks much for sharing.

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