adding model based controller gives me an error in MVC 5

Question

I am trying to add model based controller, according to a tutorial:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/mvc/overview/getting-started/introduction/accessing-your-models-data-from-a-controller

I tried reinstalling Visual studio, tried deleting project restarting tutorial I keep getting the error:

Microsoft Visual Studio

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Error

There was an error running the selected code generator:

'Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.'

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OK

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Answer 1

Hi @David Kamushadze,

Based on the information you provided, there is a problem.

The connection string in web.config needs to be placed in the <connectionStrings> tag.

<connectionStrings>
	<add name="MovieDBContext" connectionString="****" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
</connectionStrings>

Best regards,
Lan Huang

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