I have a reference which called EntityFramework but I am getting an error ("No connection string named 'xxx' could be found in the app.config")

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I'am getting an error in my console application program and it says :

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

However, I added entityFramework as a Reference. Also I have everything in my app.config file. Here is my <connectionStrings> :

<connectionStrings>
<add name="SimpleBankEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/SimpleBankModel.csdl|res://*/SimpleBankModel.ssdl|res://*/SimpleBankModel.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=.;initial catalog=Training;integrated security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
</connectionStrings>

Thanks a lot, have a nice day !

If you need something more than that, please let me know.

Possible duplicate of [No connection string named 'MyEntities' could be found in the application config file](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12622408/no-connection-string-named-myentities-could-be-found-in-the-application-config) — Peter4499, Jun 07 '16 at 11:53
Could not get it @Peter4499. Could you please expand your comment :) — Ahmet Batu Orhan, Jun 07 '16 at 11:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '16 at 11:55

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Do you have more than one project in your solution? If so, did you add the connection string to the config file in your startup project?

Everything looks correct if this is the configuration file in the start up project.

answered Jun 07 '16 at 11:55

Larry Dukek

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Thanks TwistedStem, that works perfect. In other questions like this one, there were no answers, so that will be good for people who are having trouble with this issue. – Ahmet Batu Orhan Jun 07 '16 at 11:59

I have a reference which called EntityFramework but I am getting an error ("No connection string named 'xxx' could be found in the app.config")

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