MySQL For Visual Studio 2012/2013

Question

I would like to create a EF model using a MySQL database. I am running VS2012 and VS2013 on a 64 bit machine. What do I need to install to get MySQL to show up in the Enti

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2013 Express cannot be used with MySQL for visual Studio according to the following article: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-net/en/connector-net-visual-studio-install.html

In the Requirements section the above article mention that:

Requirements
MySQL Connector/Net supports full versions of Visual Studio 2008 and later, although the extent of support is based on your installed versions of MySQL Connector/Net and Visual Studio:

Visual Studio 2013 (***Professional edition and up only***) is supported by MySQL Connector/Net 6.8 and up with the MySQL for Visual Studio product.

Visual Studio 2012 is supported by MySQL Connector/Net 6.7 with MySQL for Visual Studio, and by MySQL Connector/Net 6.6 with the older Visual Studio Plugin.

Since you are using Express version, that may be the porblem.