Entity Framework's Entity Data Wizard Crashes When Connecting to MySQL Database

Question

I am attempting to create an Entity Data Model using the wizard to reverse engineer an existing MySQL database. I get to the Choose Your Data Connection page of the wizard, sele

Answer 1

It is caused by version mismatch.

On my system, I had MySQL Connector 6.9.6. Issuing the command in NuGet Package Manger Console:

Install-Package MySql.Data.Entity installs version 6.9.8 by default. Your connector must match the actual version of the NuGet Package. You can download an updated version of the connector from: https://www.mysql.com/products/connector/

Here select the "Ado.net driver for MySQL", and download the corresponding version (in this case 6.9.8). Reopen Visual Studio and now the wizard does not crash. No reboot required.