Entity Framework 6 + SQLite

Question

I\'m trying to use EF6 alpha and SQLite 1.0.66.0

My .config file:

Answer 1

The System.Data.SQLite Entity Framework provider will need to be updated to work with version 6 of the Entity Framework. (See Rebuilding EF providers for EF6)

For SQLite, this is a fairly trivial task:

1. Download and open the System.Data.SQLite.Linq project
2. Remove the reference to System.Data.Entity.dll
3. Add a reference to EntityFramework.dll version 6
4. Update the broken namespace references
5. Rebuild the provider

Jun 21, 2013 Update: I've shared an updated version of the provider on my blog. See System.Data.SQLite on Entity Framework 6 for more information.

Answer 2

System.Data.SQLite 1.0.91.0 has been updated to support EF6. Many thanks for Brice's EF SQLite excellent tutorial and update. You need to update your app.config for the new changes if you want it to work with the tutorial. I can confirm that this has worked for me on VS 2010:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false"/>
</configSections>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
  <parameters>
    <parameter value="v11.0"/>
  </parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
<providers>
  <provider invariantName="System.Data.SQLite" type="System.Data.SQLite.EF6.SQLiteProviderServices, System.Data.SQLite.EF6, Version=1.0.91.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
  <remove invariant="System.Data.SQLite" />
  <add name="SQLite Data Provider" invariant="System.Data.SQLite" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for SQLite" type="System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory, System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.91.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139" />
</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="ChinookContext" connectionString="Data Source=|DataDirectory|Chinook_Sqlite_AutoIncrementPKs.sqlite" providerName="System.Data.SQLite"/>
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>

Answer 3

The exception disappeared when reinstalled the NuGet package (System.Data.SQLite version 1.0.94.1) with

Update-Package –reinstall System.Data.SQLite

Answer 4

I put working solution of EF 6.0 with Sqlite on my Bitbucket account: https://zchpit@bitbucket.org/zchpit/sqlitesamples.git

or git https://github.com/zchpit/SQLiteSamples

You can download working solution from that git repository. In my solution, I connect to Sqlite by:

• Data Reader
• Simple.Data
• EF 6.0

p.s. my App.config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="true" />
  </configSections>
  <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true">
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client" />
  </startup>
  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Data.SQLite" publicKeyToken="db937bc2d44ff139" culture="neutral" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.0.96.0" newVersion="1.0.96.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>
  <system.data>
    <DbProviderFactories>
      <remove invariant="System.Data.SQLite.EF6" />
      <add name="SQLite Data Provider" invariant="System.Data.SQLite" description="Data Provider for SQLite" type="System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory, System.Data.SQLite" />
    </DbProviderFactories>
  </system.data>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="SqlLiteContext" connectionString="Data Source=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.sqlite" providerName="System.Data.SQLite" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <entityFramework>
    <providers>
      <provider invariantName="System.Data.SQLite" type="System.Data.SQLite.EF6.SQLiteProviderServices, System.Data.SQLite.EF6"/>
    </providers>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory, EntityFramework">
      <parameters>
        <!---parameter value="v11.0" />-->
      </parameters>
    </defaultConnectionFactory>
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>

Answer 5

if you used EF 6.1.3 + System.Data.SQLite v1.0.96.0, just adjust(add) the following declarations in the web.config. (you can find the difference with some text-compare tool, i have numbered them).

    <entityFramework>
        <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
            <parameters>
                <parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
            </parameters>
        </defaultConnectionFactory>
        <providers>
            <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
            <provider invariantName="System.Data.SQLite.EF6" type="System.Data.SQLite.EF6.SQLiteProviderServices, System.Data.SQLite.EF6" /> 

            <!-- 1. Solves SQLite error of "Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider."-->
            <provider invariantName="System.Data.SQLite" type="System.Data.SQLite.EF6.SQLiteProviderServices, System.Data.SQLite.EF6" />

        </providers>
    </entityFramework>
    <system.data>
        <DbProviderFactories>
            <remove invariant="System.Data.SQLite.EF6" />
            <add name="SQLite Data Provider (Entity Framework 6)" invariant="System.Data.SQLite.EF6" description=".NET Framework Data Provider for SQLite (Entity Framework 6)" type="System.Data.SQLite.EF6.SQLiteProviderFactory, System.Data.SQLite.EF6" /> 

            <!-- 2. Solves SQLite error of "Unable to find the requested .Net Framework Data Provider."-->
            <remove invariant="System.Data.SQLite"/>
            <add name="SQLite Data Provider" invariant="System.Data.SQLite"
                description=".Net Framework Data Provider for SQLite" type="System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory, System.Data.SQLite" />

        </DbProviderFactories>
    </system.data>

It works for me.