I am trying to connect my MVC web application to a MySQL database. I've downloaded and installed the ADO.NET connector driver for MySQL and inserted the following lines into Web.config:
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
<add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=6.9.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" />
</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="MySqlConnection" providerName="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" connectionString="Data source=server_address;Database=database_name;user id=username;password=password;" />
</connectionStrings>
And I've added these MySQL references:
But when I try to add an ADO.NET Model from the database I don't have a select option for the MySQL Database:
What am I missing? From everything I have researched I should have all of the necessary parts. Thank in advance.