Unable to find or load Npgsql with Entity Framework

Question

I am totally lost. In Visual Studio 2015, I created a WCF Library Service project and defined the service and service interface.

EntityFramework, EntityFramework.SqlServer, EntityFramework6.Npgsql, and Npgsql was installed with the NuGet console:

• PM> Install-Package EntityFramework6.Npgsql -Version 3.0.5

Setting the library service as startup then starting debug (f5) correctly read the available procedures. However, upon testing any procedure in the WcfSvcHost, I get the following error:

The ADO.NET provider with invariant name 'Npgsql' is either not registered in the machine or application config file, or could not be loaded. See the inner exception for details.

What did I do wrong?

Here is the App.config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
  </configSections>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="aspnet:UseTaskFriendlySynchronizationContext" value="true" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" />
  </system.web>
  <!-- When deploying the service library project, the content of the config file must be added to the host's 
  app.config file. System.Configuration does not support config files for libraries. -->
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="NovaMedicalService.MedicalService">
        <endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" contract="NovaMedicalService.IMedicalService">
          <identity>
            <dns value="localhost" />
          </identity>
        </endpoint>
        <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
        <host>
          <baseAddresses>
            <add baseAddress="http://localhost:8733/Design_Time_Addresses/NovaMedicalService/MedicalService/" />
          </baseAddresses>
        </host>
      </service>
    </services>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior>
          <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, 
          set the values below to false before deployment -->
          <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" httpsGetEnabled="True" />
          <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, 
          set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment 
          to avoid disclosing exception information -->
          <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="False" />
        </behavior>
      </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
      <parameters>
        <parameter value="v12.0" />
      </parameters>
    </defaultConnectionFactory>
    <providers>
      <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
      <provider invariantName="Npgsql" type="Npgsql.NpgsqlServices, EntityFramework6.Npgsql" />
    </providers>
  </entityFramework>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="chaosEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/ChaosModel.csdl|res://*/ChaosModel.ssdl|res://*/ChaosModel.msl;provider=Npgsql;provider connection string=&quot;Database=chaos;Host=localhost;Password=yuyuyu;Username=ooosos&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

Can someone please help? I am totally lost.

TIA

Answer 1

Problem solved. I neglected to add:

<system.data>
    <DbProviderFactories>
      <remove invariant="Npgsql" />
      <add name="Npgsql Data Provider" invariant="Npgsql" description=".Net Data Provider for PostgreSQL" type="Npgsql.NpgsqlFactory, Npgsql, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5d8b90d52f46fda7" support="FF" />
    </DbProviderFactories>
  </system.data>

(See Visual Studio Support (DDEX)

Answer 2

uninstalling and reinstalling Npgsql.vsix resolved this problem.