Caution
This documentation is for EF Core. For EF6.x and earlier release see http://msdn.com/data/ef.
Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition¶
This database provider allows Entity Framework Core to be used with SQL Server Compact Edition. The provider is maintained as part of the ErikEJ/EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact GitHub Project.
In this article:
Install¶
To work with SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0, install the EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServerCompact40 NuGet package.
PM> Install-Package EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServerCompact40
To work with SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5, install the EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServerCompact35.
PM> Install-Package EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServerCompact35
Supported Database Engines¶
- SQL Server Compact Edition 3.5
- SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0
Supported Platforms¶
- Full .NET (4.5.1 onwards)