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

first add Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

next add in your .cs file using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

finally add this in your core Startup.cs

  public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddEntityFrameworkSqlServer().AddDbContext(options => options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("MovieContext")));
        }