How Do I Fix It? The Provider Did Not Return A Providermanifest Instance In Vs 2013 And Entityframework 6

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The metadata specified in the connection string could not be loaded

Consider rebuilding the web project to build assemblies that may

contain metadata. The following error(s) occurred:

The provider did not return a ProviderManifest instance

Do let me know if you know the solution.

Posted 24-May-15 9:47am

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Updated 24-May-15 9:56am

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gaurav.s23 · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-24T11:48:00

Solution 1

1.go where you project is located(open Solution explorer. right click on solution and click on "Open Folder in file explorer")
2.open EDMX file with notepad and change ProviderManifestToken="2012" to ProviderManifestToken="2008". save it
3.build your solution

Its fixed.

Posted 24-May-15 11:48am

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Graeme_Grant 16-Sep-17 8:06am

Please don't answer your own question with a solution and then accept it as a valid solution. This is see as REP farming and can get you banned if continued. Update your question instead.

Shalini Pivahal 15-Jul-19 22:56pm

Its worked.
But What is the reason why we have to do so?