title: Configure mysql to work with entity framework 6 code first
body: <p>I know this questions has been asked in many forms previously, but I was wondering if there was something about my setup that is preventing this from working.</p>
  
  <p>I am using visual studio 2010 EF 6, mysql connector 6.8.3, mysql for visual studio 1.1.3.</p>
  
  <p>Here are the relevant config file sections I have used:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;!--
    For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=152368
    --&gt;
  &lt;configuration&gt;
    &lt;configSections&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;!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 --&gt;
    &lt;/configSections&gt;
    &lt;connectionStrings&gt;
      &lt;add name="baseballdataContext" connectionString="server=localhost;user id=root;password=passwd;database=baseballdata;persistsecurityinfo=True"
        providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" /&gt;
    &lt;/connectionStrings&gt;
    &lt;appSettings&gt;
      &lt;add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" /&gt;
      &lt;add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" /&gt;
      &lt;add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" /&gt;
      &lt;add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" /&gt;
      &lt;add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" /&gt;
    &lt;/appSettings&gt;
    &lt;system.web&gt;
      &lt;compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" /&gt;
      &lt;authentication mode="Forms"&gt;
        &lt;forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" /&gt;
      &lt;/authentication&gt;
      &lt;pages&gt;
        &lt;namespaces&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" /&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" /&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" /&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" /&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" /&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.Routing" /&gt;
          &lt;add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" /&gt;
        &lt;/namespaces&gt;
      &lt;/pages&gt;
      &lt;profile defaultProvider="DefaultProfileProvider"&gt;
        &lt;providers&gt;
          &lt;add name="DefaultProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultProfileProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" /&gt;
        &lt;/providers&gt;
      &lt;/profile&gt;
      &lt;membership defaultProvider="DefaultMembershipProvider"&gt;
        &lt;providers&gt;
          &lt;add name="DefaultMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultMembershipProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" /&gt;
        &lt;/providers&gt;
      &lt;/membership&gt;
      &lt;roleManager defaultProvider="DefaultRoleProvider"&gt;
        &lt;providers&gt;
          &lt;add name="DefaultRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultRoleProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" applicationName="/" /&gt;
        &lt;/providers&gt;
      &lt;/roleManager&gt;
      &lt;!--
              If you are deploying to a cloud environment that has multiple web server instances,
              you should change session state mode from "InProc" to "Custom". In addition,
              change the connection string named "DefaultConnection" to connect to an instance
              of SQL Server (including SQL Azure and SQL  Compact) instead of to SQL Server Express.
        --&gt;
      &lt;sessionState mode="InProc" customProvider="DefaultSessionProvider"&gt;
        &lt;providers&gt;
          &lt;add name="DefaultSessionProvider" type="System.Web.Providers.DefaultSessionStateProvider, System.Web.Providers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionStringName="DefaultConnection" /&gt;
        &lt;/providers&gt;
      &lt;/sessionState&gt;
    &lt;/system.web&gt;
    &lt;system.webServer&gt;
      &lt;validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" /&gt;
      &lt;modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" /&gt;
      &lt;handlers&gt;
        &lt;remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" /&gt;
        &lt;remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" /&gt;
        &lt;remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" /&gt;
        &lt;add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" /&gt;
        &lt;add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" /&gt;
        &lt;add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" /&gt;
      &lt;/handlers&gt;
    &lt;/system.webServer&gt;
    &lt;runtime&gt;
      &lt;assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"&gt;
        &lt;dependentAssembly&gt;
          &lt;assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" /&gt;
          &lt;bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" /&gt;
        &lt;/dependentAssembly&gt;
        &lt;dependentAssembly&gt;
          &lt;assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" /&gt;
          &lt;bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" /&gt;
        &lt;/dependentAssembly&gt;
        &lt;dependentAssembly&gt;
          &lt;assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" /&gt;
          &lt;bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" /&gt;
        &lt;/dependentAssembly&gt;
      &lt;/assemblyBinding&gt;
    &lt;/runtime&gt;
    &lt;entityFramework codeConfigurationType="MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlEFConfiguration, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6"&gt;
      &lt;!--&lt;defaultConnectionFactory type="MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlConnectionFactory, MySql.Data.Entity.EF6" /&gt;--&gt;
      &lt;defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" /&gt;
      &lt;providers&gt;
        &lt;provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" /&gt;
        &lt;!--&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;--&gt;
        &lt;provider invariantName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, 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" /&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"/&gt;
      &lt;/DbProviderFactories&gt;
    &lt;/system.data&gt;
  &lt;/configuration&gt;`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is my dbcontext code</p>
  
  <pre><code>[DbConfigurationType(typeof(MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlEFConfiguration))]
  public partial class baseballdataContext : DbContext
  {
      static baseballdataContext()
      {
          DbConfiguration.SetConfiguration(new MySql.Data.Entity.MySqlEFConfiguration());
          Database.SetInitializer&lt;baseballdataContext&gt;(null);
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I try to run this, I get the following error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The 'Instance' member of the Entity Framework provider type 'MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=6.8.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d' did not return an object that inherits from 'System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.DbProviderServices'.<br>
    Entity Framework providers must inherit from this class and the 'Instance' member must return the singleton instance of the provider. This may be because the provider does not support Entity Framework 6 or later; see <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=260882" rel="nofollow">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=260882</a> for more information.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>However, I can reverse engineer the mysql model using entity framework tool package to get the code first model. That seems to work fine.</p>
  
  <p>Can anybody tell me what's wrong with my setup?</p>