http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/easytolearn/

There are some video tutorials you can look at. It uses visual C# express but it is a stripped down version of Visual Studio so...

It is possible to do what you are talking about but i am not sure though with a mysql database i would use SQL-Server if you can. I have heard of people using mysql but have also heard it is very...