Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed.
Published on August 5, 2012
Recently when i am working on a MVC3 app i got the error “Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed.”
It also generated a bunch of text as below.
System.ArgumentException was unhandled by user code
Message=Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider. It may not be installed.
Source=System.Data
StackTrace:
at System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(String providerInvariantName)
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalConnection.TryInitializeFromAppConfig(String name)
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalConnection.Initialize()
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalConnection.get_ConnectionHasModel()
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.InitializeContext()
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.Initialize()
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.GetEntitySetAndBaseTypeForType(Type entityType)
at System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.InternalSet1.Initialize() at System.Data.Entity.Internal.Linq.InternalSet1.GetEnumerator()
at System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbQuery1.System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TResult>.GetEnumerator() at System.Collections.Generic.List1..ctor(IEnumerable1 collection) at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable1 source)
at lambda_method(Closure , ControllerBase , Object[] )
at System.Web.Mvc.ActionMethodDispatcher.Execute(ControllerBase controller, Object[] parameters)
at System.Web.Mvc.ReflectedActionDescriptor.Execute(ControllerContext controllerContext, IDictionary2 parameters) at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethod(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor, IDictionary2 parameters)
at System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.<>c__DisplayClass15.
I searched many blogs and sites. Finally i got resolved the problem by simplely re-installing the sqlServerCE on my machine. Here is the link for download //download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/D/05DCCDB5-57E0-4314-A016-874F228A8FAD/SSCERuntime_x86-ENU.exe