Entity Framework profiler - ASP.NET MVC4 with EF 6 -Unable to determine the provider name

Question

I\'ve been using EF 6 in my ASP.NET MVC4 project for a while now without any issues.

The problem comes in when I add Entity Framework Profiler to the project, then s

Answer 1

Just as a tip. This error can also be thrown if you install Glimpse ef6 to your project.

I had this error as soon I installed Glimpse EF6. Uninstalling Glimpse EF6 solved the issue.

Answer 2

This was caused by a bug in Entity framework profiler and has been fixed in build 2214 (See :http://hibernatingrhinos.com/builds/uber-prof-v2/2214)