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

I faced the same issue it was because I was using Mysql connector v 8.0.12 ,MySql.Data v8.0.12 and Mysql.Data.Entity v6.10.8.

The program crashes because of compatibility issues.What worked for me is I installed all three of the same version

Mysql connector v 6.10.8 and MySql.Data v6.10.8 and Mysql.Data.Entity v6.10.8.