No Entity Framework provider found for the ADO.NET.

(DDEX provider) are not installed for provider. We're on the latest stable versions of Entity Framework (6.1.3), MySql.Data (6.9.6) and (6.9.6).Įspecially curious to hear if anyone else has stumbled across this issue with VS 2015 RC in particular. Visual Studio 2013 VB.net Firebird DDEX add connection closes form. You'll probably need to wait for the next release of the MySql connector.ĭoes that mean this is likely a comparable issue, and we just have to wait it out until a new MySql.Data client is available that is compatible with VS 2015? Or is it possible that some other cause is to blame (perhaps a bug in VS 2015 RC)? The libraries required to enable Visual Studio to communicate with the database for design purposes (DDEX provider) are not installed for provider ''.Ī quick SO search for this error produced this result from November of 2013 (specifically in reference to VS 2013).Īpparently MySql and Visual Studio 2013 don't work together yet.

Because Visual Studio typically uses locally installed. The exception message is: 'Unable to convert runtime connection string to its design-time equivalent. Ddex Provider Are Not Installed For Provider Ddex Provider Not Installed. When doing so, we received the following error.Īn exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred while attempting to update from the database.

My organization upgraded from Visual Studio 2013 to Visual Studio 2015 RC a couple months ago, and we only just now attempted to update some of our existing 'db-first' EntityFramework models from our MySQL database.