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

In Visual Studio, check the NuGet Package Manager => Manage Packages for Solution, check all this packages, whether got installed in your solution or not, as below:

1. EntityFrameworkCore
2. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
3. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory
4. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational
5. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core
6. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
7. Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools

I solved the same issues after check all the above packages have been installed.