Why do System.Data.Entity not give access to DbContext class/method. C# Visual Studio Community 2013

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using System.Data.Entity;

namespace Shop.Models
{
public class ProductionContext : DbContext
{
public DbSet<spareparts> parts {get;set;}
....
}
}

//Getting following msg. form the underlined:
//The type or namespace 'DbContext' could not be found (are you missing a using //directive or an assembly reference?)

Posted 29-Apr-15 17:29pm

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virusstorm · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-30T05:49:00

Solution 1

The DbContext class actually lives in the EntityFramework.dll so you need to add reference to that. You can easily do this by adding the Entity Framework NuGet package to your project.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.entity.dbcontext%28v=vs.113%29.aspx[^]

Posted 30-Apr-15 5:49am

virusstorm