Azure Web Sites connection string for EF not being picked up

Question

I am deploying an ASP.NET web app to Azure Web Sites.

The site uses Entity Framework, and when I include the following in Web.config it runs fine:

Answer 1

See similar question here.

Try leaving the connection string in web.config with some value (either some test connection string, or some dummy value) e.g.

<connectionStrings>
  <add name="DataContext" connectionString="dummy" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
</connectionStrings>