Glimpse EF6: ProviderIncompatibleException

[chernihiv]

Having installed extension (Glimpse EF6), I started receive the following exception (in case code is trying to access data from database via EF context).

ProviderIncompatibleException: A null was returned after calling the 'get_ProviderFactory' method on a store provider instance of type 'Glimpse.Ado.AlternateType.GlimpseDbConnection'.  The store provider might not be functioning correctly.


[ProviderIncompatibleException: A null was returned after calling the 'get_ProviderFactory' method on a store provider instance of type 'Glimpse.Ado.AlternateType.GlimpseDbConnection'. The store provider might not be functioning correctly.]
   System.Data.Entity.Core.Common.DbProviderServices.GetProviderFactory(DbConnection connection) +122
   System.Data.Entity.Migrations.DbMigrator.CreateConnection() +22
   System.Data.Entity.Migrations.DbMigrator.EnsureDatabaseExists(Action mustSucceedToKeepDatabase) +91
   System.Data.Entity.Migrations.DbMigrator.Update(String targetMigration) +78
   System.Data.Entity.MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion`2.InitializeDatabase(TContext context) +108
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.<>c__DisplayClassf`1.<CreateInitializationAction>b__e() +76
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.PerformInitializationAction(Action action) +60

[DataException: An exception occurred while initializing the database. See the InnerException for details.]
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.PerformInitializationAction(Action action) +122
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.PerformDatabaseInitialization() +357
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.<InitializeDatabase>b__4(InternalContext c) +7
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.RetryAction`1.PerformAction(TInput input) +110
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.InitializeDatabaseAction(Action`1 action) +198
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.LazyInternalContext.InitializeDatabase() +73
   System.Data.Entity.Internal.InternalContext.Initialize() +30
   System.Data.Entity.Database.Initialize(Boolean force) +49
   TMP.Data.DatabaseInstaller.CreateOrMigrateTMP() in C:\Work\TMP\src\Libraries\TMP.Data\DatabaseInstaller.cs:10
   TMP.Web.Mvc.MvcApplication.Application_Start() in C:\Work\TMP\src\Presentation\TMP.Web.Mvc\Global.asax.cs:92

[HttpException (0x80004005): An exception occurred while initializing the database. See the InnerException for details.]
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext context, HttpApplication app) +10104513
   System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +118
   System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +173
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +336
   System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +296

[HttpException (0x80004005): An exception occurred while initializing the database. See the InnerException for details.]
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +10085804
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +95
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +254

I've got installed:

  <package id="Glimpse" version="1.8.6" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="Glimpse.Ado" version="1.7.3" targetFramework="net452" />
  <package id="Glimpse.AspNet" version="1.9.2" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="Glimpse.Autofac" version="0.2.4" targetFramework="net452" />
  <package id="Glimpse.AutoMapper" version="1.0.2" targetFramework="net452" />
  <package id="Glimpse.EF6" version="1.6.5" targetFramework="net452" />
  <package id="Glimpse.Mvc5" version="1.5.3" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="EntityFramework" version="6.2.0" targetFramework="net452" />

Connection string:
<add name="TMPDbContext" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=TMP;Integrated Security=True;Persist Security Info=False;MultipleActiveResultSets=True" />

[gregveres]

I just ran into this too after upgrading the Entity Framework package to 6.2.0.

[gregveres]

Yup, I backed down to EF 6.1.3 and things work again. It seems that glimpse is not compatible with EF 6.2.0.

[mehalick]

I had the same problem when upgrading Entity Framework to 6.2.0, reverting to 6.1.3 resolved the issue.

[Geassz]

I had the same problem when upgrading Entity Framework to 6.2.0,I must use this version,Please fix this problem.

[gregveres]

From what I read this is an entity framework problem that they have already fixed but they deemed it not important enough to release before 6.3. I think the people you need to appeal to are the entity framework people. I have stayed at version 6.1.x until it get fixed.

[rhousham]

I didn't think there would be an entity framework 6.3 since they have the new entity framework core and all efforts seem to be pushing that way.

[jakoss]

There is gonna be ef version supporting netstandard (. Net core 3), so I think it's premature to tell 6.3 won't be released