“Unable to determine the provider name” error with mvc-mini-profiler 1.9

Question

I am using entity framework with mvc-mini-profiler. After upgrading from mvc-mini-profiler 1.7 to version 1.9 and solving some issues, I managed to compile my project. Now I

Answer 1

Have you tried removing the DbProviderFactories from your .config?

Do you have the initialize in there?

protected void Application_Start()
{
    ....other code

    MiniProfilerEF.Initialize();
}

With 1.9, I just added the Initialize in Start and removed the config section and now I have SQL profiling with EF.