I am trying to connect to MYSQL Database using EF6 in visual studio , later i was using SQL and it worked fine afterwards i shifted to Mysql then i install such this required components :
- MySQL for Visual Studio 1.1.1
- MySQL Connector/Net 6.8.
The error says :
Your project references the latest version of Entity Framework; however, an Entity Framework database provider compatible with this version could not be found for you data connection. Exit this wizard, install a compatible provider, and rebuild your project before performing this action
i tried possible online solutions e.g reinstall this components but it did not work ,
Otherwise this i tried to add such this code to my App.config
:
<configuration>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlConnectionFactory, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" />
<providers>
<provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" />
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
</configuration>
but it face the same destiny, or event clear all entity tags from my app.config
.
also i tried to install later version of entity such :
Install-Package EntityFramework -Version 5.0.0
but it get : Install failed. Rolling back...
Install-Package : Already referencing a newer version of 'EntityFramework'.
can anyone help me to identify what should i do then ?
This worked for me WITHOUT reinstalling the Visual Studio or anything what so ever.
- installed latest MySQL visual studio plugin and MySQL connector net
- removed the entityFramework Tag in App.config or Web.config and all its child tags.
- replaced it with the following code:
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlConnectionFactory, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" />
<providers>
<provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" />
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
I resolved the same way as above.
My step for example:
- Install latest EntityFramework using NuGet
Install latest MySql.Data.Entity
Add reference all the 4 files in C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Connector Net 6.8.3\Assemblies\v4.5
Replace the entityFramework in Web.config as below:
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlConnectionFactory, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" />
<providers>
<provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" />
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
if you have updated your MySQL to 8.0 and facing issues in Visual Studio EntityFramework integration, then I have successfully integrated and recorded all my steps.
Follow this to get your issue solved:
https://gist.github.com/pishangujeniya/41a051572a471fa0311a8f4f6d0c5332
For anyone else with the same issue I had, VS2019's Manage Nuget Packages window kinda hid the package I needed and I made a couple of bad assumptions. I was creating a .Net Framework class library to wrap my DB, and the Nuget packages for 8.20.0 are named differently than 6.x.x. I needed MySql.Data and MySql.Data.EntityFramework. The second one has a version for .Net Core with the similar name MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore. Pity there isn't better error reporting.