asp.net mvc Invalid value for key 'attachdbfilename'

Question

I am currently reading Manning\'s \"ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action\" book and trying to get the first example to work.

Within my test application, I built a simple Model a

Answer 1

You are using SQL Server Compact 4.0:

Be sure you have installed SQL Server Compact 4.0.

Install VS 2010 SP1 Tools for SQL Server Compact.

Change your connection string to:

Right click on controllers folder and -> add -> controller

Type:

YourController
MVC-Controller with read/write ...
MyModel
new datacontext -> APP.Models.DatabaseContext