How to use SqlClient in ASP.NET Core?
I think you may have missed this part in the tutorial: Instead of referencing System.Data and System.Data.SqlClient you need to grab from Nuget: System.Data.Common and System.Data.SqlClient. Currently this creates dependency in project.json –> aspnetcore50 section to these two libraries. “aspnetcore50”: { “dependencies”: { “System.Runtime”: “4.0.20-beta-22523”, “System.Data.Common”: “4.0.0.0-beta-22605”, “System.Data.SqlClient”: “4.0.0.0-beta-22605” } } Try getting System.Data.Common and … Read more