Entity Framework MySQL Discover About this Provider
Introduction
You can also use MySQL Connector/Net which integrates support for Entity Framework. MySql.Data.Entity allows Entity Framework Core to be used with MySQL. The provider is maintained as part of the MySQL project.
Requirements
How to Use MySQL Database Provider
To use MySQL database provider, the first step is to install MySql.Data.Entity NuGet package.
Now to use Entity Framework with MySQL database, configure Connector/NET support for EF6 by adding connection string and the Connector/NET provider for EF6 in configuration sections of App.config file.
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MyContext" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"
connectionString="server=localhost;port=3306;database=mycontext;uid=root;password=********"/>
</connectionStrings>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework"/>
<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>
Unless Connector/NET was installed with the standalone MSI or MySQL Installer, which adds the reference, insert the following data provider information into the config file.
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
<remove invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" />
<add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL"
type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=8.0.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" />
</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>
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