ASP.NET MVC 4 EF5 with MySQL

Question

So I\'ve just picked up VS2012 and I want to start an ASP.NET MVC 4 app with EF5.

My host does not have MSSQL so I have to use MySQL.

How do I tell my app th

Answer 1

Install Package:

PM> Install-Package EntityFramework
PM> Update-Package EntityFramework
PM> Install-Package MySql.Data.Entity

Web.config

Create Model Class

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace LiteRemit.Models
{
    [Table("customers")]
    public class CustomerModel
    {
        [Key]
        public int CustomerId { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Country { get; set; }
    }
}

Create Model Context:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace LiteRemit.Models
{
    public class MySqlCon : DbContext
    {
        //MySql Database connection String
        public MySqlCon() : base(nameOrConnectionString: "DefaultConnection") { }
        public virtual DbSet Customers { get; set; }
    }
}

Create Controller Class

using LiteRemit.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace LiteRemit.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        MySqlCon _con;
        public HomeController()
        {
            _con = new MySqlCon();
        }

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(_con.Customers.ToList());
        }
 }
}

Code add view page:

@using LiteRemit.Models
@model IEnumerable


 @foreach (var item in Model)
 {
  
 }

   
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.CustomerId)
   

    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Name)
   
   
@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Country)