No connection string named could be found in the application config file

Question

I\'m using EF and generated .EDMX from it but then I only wanted it to be used for automated generation of Class Files.

I then used the Class Files to create a Enti

Answer 1

Copy and paste the connectionstring to your WEBAPI Project web.config file will solve the issue.

Answer 2

It's dumb, but I had this error that was fixed by a Rebuild All !!
Might as well have turned it off and on again....

Answer 3

The easiest solution:

Remove current edmx file and related connection string in app.config and add Edmx item with same name as previous again.

this worked for me.