unable to retrieve metadata for unrecognized element providers

Question

I get a message error whenever I try to add a controller with Entity framework template but I keep getting a error message

    unable to retrieve metadata for \'         


        

Answer 1

I was able to fix this issue by removing the section of the configuration file.

This:

Becomes this:

I had this issue this morning and just found the fix. If you don't specify the database (and provider I guess) EF will default to SQL Server Express.