creating controller doesn't work - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm learning asp.net mvc3 from w3schools and following that tutorial.http://w3schools.com/aspnet/mvc_models.asp In the section "ASP.NET MVC Models" I have created the model like this.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Data.Entity;
namespace MvcDemo.Models
{
public class MovieDB
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Director { get; set; }
public DateTime Date { get; set; }
}
public class MovieDBContext : DbContext
{
public DbSet<MovieDB> Movies { get; set; }
}
}
Then I was going to add a controller according to the instructions.
In the Solution Explorer, right-click the Controllers folder, and select Add and Controller
Set controller name to MoviesController
Select template: Controller with read/write actions and views, using Entity Framework
Select model class: MovieDB (McvDemo.Models)
Select data context class: MovieDBContext (McvDemo.Models)*
Select views Razor (CSHTML)
Click Add
But the problem I have is that the drop down list doesn't show MovieDB (McvDemo.Models) in Model Class and Data Context Class to be selected. Can anyone please help me? Thanks.

Answer 1

You should just be able to recompile (Shift-Ctrl-B) and then try it again - it will be there. Otherwise you can always just declare it yourself at the top of a blank view, but that will not provide the scaffolding that the generator does:
#model MvcDemo.Models.MovieDB;

Answer 2

I recompiled but that did not fix the issue for me and yes I am doing the same thing and ran into the same exact issue. The problem for me was caused by visual web developer not being able to connect to my Movies database. I had to change the definition of my connectionString within web.config like this:
<add name="MovieDBContext"connectionString="Data Source=c:\sites\w3schools_demo\MvcDemo2\MvcDemo2\App_Data\Movies.sdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"/>
If you are having this issue you will need to change the "Data Source" path to point to your Movies.sdf database file.