title: Entity framework database provider compatibility error
body: <p>I am trying to use Entity framework to setup an ADO.net model using MYSQL DB following the instructions @<a href="https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-entityframework60.html,I" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-entityframework60.html,I</a> installed the connector and stuck at the below error,I shared my App.config details aswell,can anyone help me on how to fix this error?</p>
  
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  <p>App.config</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;configuration&gt;
    &lt;configSections&gt;
      &lt;!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 --&gt;
      &lt;section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" /&gt;
    &lt;/configSections&gt;
    &lt;startup&gt;
      &lt;supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" /&gt;
    &lt;/startup&gt;
    &lt;entityFramework&gt;
        &lt;parameters&gt;
          &lt;parameter value="mssqllocaldb" /&gt;
        &lt;/parameters&gt;
      &lt;providers&gt;
        &lt;provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6"&gt;&lt;/provider&gt;
        &lt;provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" /&gt;
      &lt;provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6, Version=6.9.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d"&gt;&lt;/provider&gt;&lt;provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlProviderServices, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6, Version=6.8.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d"&gt;&lt;/provider&gt;&lt;/providers&gt;
    &lt;/entityFramework&gt;
  &lt;system.data&gt;
      &lt;DbProviderFactories&gt;
        &lt;remove invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" name="MySQL Data Provider" /&gt;
        &lt;add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=6.9.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" /&gt;
      &lt;add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=6.8.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" /&gt;&lt;/DbProviderFactories&gt;
    &lt;/system.data&gt;&lt;/configuration&gt;
  </code></pre>