Entity Framework 6 - Knowledge Base (KB)

How can I use Visual Studio 2010 Express to connect to SqlExpress for Entity Framework?

I'm trying to use the Visual Studio 2010 Express editions to set up an ASP.NET MVC 2 Web Application using SqlExpress + Entity Framework as the data access. I have both the "C# Edition" and "Web Developer Edition" installed....If I try to add a data sour...

Connection string for Entity Framework Code First in SQL Server Express

I am working in Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, and using the Entity Framework code-first CTP. I am able to do this with the new SQL Server CE but I am unable to find a connection string to work with SQL Server Express....This one, using the SQL Server...

Using Visual Studio to get the database name from a SQL Server Express database

I'm currently using this connection string to attach to my database that I created in Visual Studio:...Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database1.mdf;User Instance=true ...I'm trying to host the site with I...

SQL Server CE versus SQL LocalDB

I have a small project that will have 1 user on 1 computer. The database will be rather small (probably less than 1 mb of data). I plan to use WPF and Entity Framework for that project....I came up with 2 potential database solutions for my project : ...S...

SQL Server Express and Entity Framework

I'm new to SQL Server Express (not to SQL Server in general) and I have a problem. I'm using Entity Framework (6-beta) in an ASP.NET MVC application....I created a database using the SQL Server Management Studio. I can connect to the DB using Management S...

System.Data.DataException error occurred in EntityFramework.dll

I have been following this tutorial ...Getting Started with Entity Framework 6 Code First using MVC 5.......When I got to the section where I need to run the program and click on Student so that the program would create database I get the following error....

How do you create the database using code first?

I am trying to learn Entity Framework....I'd like to follow a code first example....I've read over everything on the following link, but I feel like they skipped over some steps....http://www.entityframeworktutorial.net/code-first/simple-code-first-exampl...