Entity Framework Core: DbContextOptionsBuilder does not contain a definition for 'usesqlserver' and no extension method 'usesqlserver'

Question

I am new to EF core and I\'m trying to get it to work with my ASP.NET Core project.

I get the above error in my startup.cs when trying configure the

Answer 1

I was using Visual Studio Code.

1) Try to install the package 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer' by specifying the version number.

VS Code:

'dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -v 1.1.1'

Visual Studio:-

'Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -v 1.1.1'

Refer the link 'Package 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer' is incompatible with 'all' frameworks in the project' for doing it.

2) Then add the namespace 'using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;' manually in the Startup.cs file.

Refer the below link https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework/issues/7891.

3) If you get any dependency issue for 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design', like "Package 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design' is incompatible with 'all' frameworks in project" ,we need to run the below command,

VS Code:-

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design -v 1.1

Visual Studio

Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design -v 1.1