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Asked: 2026-06-09T15:06:56+00:00

I am trying to use the generic DbSet class. I have tried adding the

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I am trying to use the generic DbSet class. I have tried adding the following references so far to my solution because the MSDN documentation states that DbSet lives inside System.Data.Entity:

References

However, as shown below I still cannot add a reference to System.Data.Entity, the only suggestion intellisense has is EntityClient which does not contain DbSet:

Intellisense

Resharper/Intellisense is not giving me any other suggestions of namespaces I could possibly add.

I have tried cleaning and rebuilding my solution, and I am using the .Net Framework 4 full version (not the client version).

I have tried using NuGet to search for EntityFramework and have found one result which I have added to no avail as is show below:

Entity Framework added

What DLL file do I need to add to my solution to add a reference to System.Data.Entity and use the DbSet class?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The same MSDN reference page that you mention says that you need to reference EntityFramework.dll in your project.

    Note that namespaces and assemblies are not the same thing. The following statement is a little over-simplified, but you can think of namespaces as residing inside (or becoming available by referencing) an assembly.

    So, once you’ve referenced the assembly, you will still need the using System.Data.Entity; directive.

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