Could not load file or assembly 'MySql.Data, Version=6.3.6.0

Question

I'm at a COMPLETE loss - I'm having super wierd issues with what I still really dont even understand... I'm running Entity Framework 4.1, MySql 5.xx and my MySql Connector is v 6.4.4 - everything works beatifully locally however whenever I upload to the server I receive:

Could not load file or assembly 'MySql.Data, Version=6.3.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'MySql.Data, Version=6.3.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Source Error:

Line 48:         /// Initializes a new proventradesEntities object using the connection string found in the 'proventradesEntities' section of the application configuration file.
Line 49:         /// </summary>
Line 50:         public proventradesEntities() : base("name=proventradesEntities", "proventradesEntities")
Line 51:         {
Line 52:             this.ContextOptions.LazyLoadingEnabled = false;


Source File: e:\web\proventrade\htdocs\App_Code\ProvenTrades.Designer.cs    Line: 50

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'MySql.Data, Version=6.3.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d' could not be loaded.

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

I am SO confused, I am positive that I have MySql 6.4.4 dll's in my Bin directory, also my Web.config makes ZERO references to version 6.3.6 - I've searched my entire project (using global find) for 6.3.6 and even just for MySql to see if I can find ANY random references to this rogue 6.3.6 version but I find nothing!

I'm so lost and am getting no where. I would GREATLY appreciate any guidance on this, thanks so much in advance.

Answer 1

You must add provider library to bin directory in your web application and register provider in your web.config

Then You must download Connector .Net Mono here.

And put Dlls into bin folder.