How to deploy ASP.NET MVC4 application with SQL Server CE to Azure website

Question

I deployed a ASP.NET MVC4 app with SQL Server CE database, but I'm getting

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I am using VS2012 to publish this app to azure website. How can I solve this issue? Thanks.

Answer 1

To summarize and so an answer can get marked on this to help the next person that comes by.

When running into issues on azure-web-sites FTP is a handy debugging tool which enables you to:

• Verify that the dll exists in your bin directory
  • Sometimes the .gitignore file blocks directories from being checked in
• Verify that your web.config file has the proper version of the assembly configured
  • NuGet can help, but it's ultimately up to you to verify your dependencies

Answer 2

Here is a good article to follow on the subject: http://www.dotnetcurry.com/showarticle.aspx?ID=883 Unfortunately with VS 2013 Compact edition is not supported any more, so things are somewhat tricky.