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The type or namespace name 'DbContext' could not be found

Asked 2011-04-21T07:49:09.573
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I am VERY new to ASP.NET MVC (3) and am having a hard time resolving a build error in Visual Studio:

The type or namespace name 'DbContext' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Data.Entity;

namespace MyProjectName.Models
{   
    public class MachineModel
    {
        // name
        [Required]
        [Display(Name = "Nom de la machine")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        // IP
        [Required]
        [RegularExpression(@"(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)",
           ErrorMessage = "Donnez une adresse IPv4 valide.")]
        [Display(Name = "Adresse IP de la machine")]
        public string IP { get; set; }
    }

    public class MachineDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<MachineModel> Machines{ get; set; }
    }
}

The two errors I am getting are:

  • The type or namespace name 'DbContext' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
  • The type or namespace name 'DbSet' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

What am I missing?

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5 Answers

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I had the same issue... Installing the EF from Package Manager Console worked for me

the command was: Install-Package EntityFramework

answered 2012-10-03T17:09:47.477
5

If your compiler doesn't recognize

  • System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure
  • DbContext
  • DbSet
  • et alii,

make sure

  1. you have Entity Framework 4.1 installed on your machine;
  2. in your .csproj file, you have the following reference

    <Reference Include="EntityFramework, Version=4.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
    

    within the element

    <ItemGroup>
      ...
    </ItemGroup>
    

    that houses references to other assemblies.

answered 2011-06-08T09:10:08.030
3

For step-by-step instructions, see this new MVC / EF tutorial series: http://www.asp.net/entity-framework/tutorials/creating-an-entity-framework-data-model-for-an-asp-net-mvc-application The tutorial assumes you have installed the latest MVC 3 Tools Update and provides a link in case you haven't.

answered 2011-04-21T21:55:09.783
2

This happened to me when I branched code. To fix it I right-clicked my project in Visual Studio, chose manage Nu-get packages, uninstalled EntityFramework, then re-installed it. Problem solved

answered 2013-04-24T07:42:32.387
1

having referenced entityframework.dll both system.data.entity worked.

answered 2012-08-31T15:41:22.543

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