title: Trying to connect to ODBC database from Visual Studio 2013 Express
body: <p>Can't connect to ODBC database from Visual Studio 2013 Express</p>
  
  <p>Please help, I have looked at HUNDREDS of tutorials online and they all say the same thing, use the data connections, select ".NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC" and.....</p>
  
  <p>But I can't get past that step because there is no ".NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC" available.  I have checked the multiple machine.config files on my computer and each of them have this Data Provider listed under , and there is no  entry to delete as many suggest.</p>
  
  <p>This person had a similar issue with VS2012Express:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17510532/net-framework-data-provider-for-odbc-missing-in-vs-express-2012-for-web">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17510532/net-framework-data-provider-for-odbc-missing-in-vs-express-2012-for-web</a></p>
  
  <p>I am using VS2013Express</p>