ADO.NET provider with invariant name 'System.Data.SqlClient;' cannot be found (Entity Framework MVC)

Question

I cannot seem to resolve what appears to be a common issue with Entity Framework 6. I have reviewed the many topics related to this issue on SO, and am unable to find a solu

Answer 1

You have this:

 <-- semi-colon

It should be this:

 <-- no semi-colon

Otherwise, you're telling ADO to find a provider named System.Data.SqlClient; - there isn't one.