CREATE TABLE #Employee
(
ID          INT,
FIRST_NAME  NVARCHAR(100),
LAST_NAME   NVARCHAR(300)
)

INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES ( 1, 'Vahid', 'Nasiri' );
INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES ( 2, 'name1', 'lname1' );
INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES ( 3, 'name2', 'lname2' );
INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES ( 2, 'name1', 'lname1' );
INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES ( 3, 'name2', 'lname2' );
INSERT INTO #Employee VALUES ( 4, 'name3', 'lname3' );

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee 
   
SELECT * INTO #DuplicateEmployee
FROM   #Employee

INSERT #DuplicateEmployee
SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee

BEGIN TRAN 
DELETE #Employee
INSERT #Employee
SELECT *
FROM   #DuplicateEmployee

   COMMIT TRAN 
    
  DROP TABLE #DuplicateEmployee 
   
SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee 

SELECT DISTINCT * FROM #Employee

SELECT * INTO #DuplicateEmployee FROM #Employee

INSERT #DuplicateEmployee
SELECT ID,
    FIRST_NAME,
    LAST_NAME
FROM   #Employee
GROUP BY
    ID,
    FIRST_NAME,
    LAST_NAME
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1

BEGIN TRAN
DELETE #Employee
FROM   #DuplicateEmployee
WHERE  #Employee.ID = #DuplicateEmployee.ID
   AND #Employee.FIRST_NAME = #DuplicateEmployee.FIRST_NAME
   AND #Employee.LAST_NAME = #DuplicateEmployee.LAST_NAME

INSERT #Employee
SELECT *
FROM   #DuplicateEmployee

COMMIT TRAN
DROP TABLE #DuplicateEmployee

SELECT DISTINCT * FROM   #Employee

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee

SET ROWCOUNT 1
SELECT 1
WHILE @@rowcount > 0
   DELETE #Employee
   WHERE  1 < (
              SELECT COUNT(*)
              FROM   #Employee a2
              WHERE  #Employee.ID = a2.ID
                     AND #Employee.FIRST_NAME = a2.FIRST_NAME
                     AND #Employee.LAST_NAME = a2.LAST_NAME
          )

SET ROWCOUNT 0

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee;
 
WITH #DeleteEmployee AS (
                         SELECT ROW_NUMBER()
                                OVER(PARTITION BY ID, First_Name, Last_Name ORDER BY ID) AS
                                RNUM
                         FROM   #Employee
                     )

DELETE
FROM   #DeleteEmployee
WHERE  RNUM > 1

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee;
 
ALTER TABLE #Employee ADD UNIQ_ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1)

DELETE
FROM   #Employee
WHERE  UNIQ_ID < (
        SELECT MAX(UNIQ_ID)
        FROM   #Employee a2
        WHERE  #Employee.ID = a2.ID
               AND #Employee.FIRST_NAME = a2.FIRST_NAME
               AND #Employee.LAST_NAME = a2.LAST_NAME
    )

ALTER TABLE #Employee DROP COLUMN UNIQ_ID

SELECT DISTINCT *
FROM   #Employee

DROP TABLE #Employee

public class Supplier
{
    [Key]
    public string Key {get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class Category
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<Product> Products { get; set; }
}

public class Product
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public decimal Price { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("Category")]
    public int CategoryId { get; set; }
    public Category Category { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("Supplier")]
    public string SupplierId { get; set; }
    public virtual Supplier Supplier { get; set; }
}

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            ODataModelBuilder odataModelBuilder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();

            var product = odataModelBuilder.EntitySet<Product>("Products");
            var category = odataModelBuilder.EntitySet<Category>("Categories");
            var supplier = odataModelBuilder.EntitySet<Supplier>("Suppliers");

            var edmModel = odataModelBuilder.GetEdmModel();

            supplier.EntityType.Ignore(c => c.Name);

            config.Select(System.Web.OData.Query.QueryOptionSetting.Allowed);
            config.MaxTop(25);
            config.OrderBy(System.Web.OData.Query.QueryOptionSetting.Allowed);
            config.Count(System.Web.OData.Query.QueryOptionSetting.Allowed);
            config.Expand(System.Web.OData.Query.QueryOptionSetting.Allowed);
            config.Filter(System.Web.OData.Query.QueryOptionSetting.Allowed);
            config.Count(System.Web.OData.Query.QueryOptionSetting.Allowed);

            //config.MapODataServiceRoute("ODataRoute", "odata", edmModel); // کانفیگ به صورت معمولی
           config.MapODataServiceRoute("ODataRoute", "odata",
                builder =>
                {
                    builder.AddService(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, sp => edmModel);
                    builder.AddService<IEnumerable<IODataRoutingConvention>>(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, sp => ODataRoutingConventions.CreateDefault());
                });
}

[EnableQuery]
        public IQueryable<Product> Get()
        {
            return new List<Product>
            {
                new Product { Id = 1, Name = "name 1", Price = 11, Category = new Category {Id =1, Name = "Cat1" } },
                new Product { Id = 2, Name = "name 2", Price = 12, Category = new Category {Id =2, Name = "Cat2" } },
                new Product { Id = 3, Name = "name 3", Price = 13, Category = new Category {Id =3, Name = "Cat3" } },
                new Product { Id = 4, Name = "name 4", Price = 14, Category = new Category {Id =4, Name = "Cat4" } },
            }.AsQueryable(); ;
        }

/odata/Products?$select=Id,Name

/odata/Products?$top=3&$skip=2

/odata/Products?$count=true

{@odata.context: "http://localhost:4516/odata/$metadata#Products", @odata.count: 4,…}
@odata.context:"http://localhost:4516/odata/$metadata#Products"
@odata.count:4
value:[{Id: 1, Name: "name 1", Price: 11, SupplierId: 0, CategoryId: 0},…]
0:{Id: 1, Name: "name 1", Price: 11, SupplierId: 0, CategoryId: 0}
1:{Id: 2, Name: "name 2", Price: 12, SupplierId: 0, CategoryId: 0}
2:{Id: 3, Name: "name 3", Price: 13, SupplierId: 0, CategoryId: 0}
3:{Id: 4, Name: "name 4", Price: 14, SupplierId: 0, CategoryId: 0}

/odata/Products?$filter=Id eq 1

/odata/Products?$filter=Id gt 1 and Id lt 3

/odata/Products?$orderby=Id desc

[EnableQuery(PageSize = 10)]

[EnableQuery(AllowedLogicalOperators=AllowedLogicalOperators.Equal)]

var product = odataModelBuilder.EntitySet<Product>("Products");
product.EntityType.Ignore(e => e.Price);

[EnableQuery(AllowedOrderByProperties = "Id,Name")]

public System.Web.Http.IHttpActionResult GetName(int key)
        {
            Product product = Get().Single(c => c.Id == key);            
            return Ok(product.Name);
        }

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
DataServiceVersion: 3.0
Content-Length: 3

Ali

public class Product
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [NotFilterable, NotSortable]
        public decimal Price { get; set; }

        [ForeignKey(nameof(SupplierId))]
        [NotNavigable]
        public virtual Supplier Supplier { get; set; }
        public int SupplierId { get; set; }


        [ForeignKey(nameof(CategoryId))]
        public virtual Category Category { get; set; }
        public int CategoryId { get; set; }

        [NotExpandable]
        public virtual ICollection<TestEntity> TestEnities { get; set; }
    }

public DateTimeOffset CreatedOn { get; set; }

/odata/Products?$filter=year(CreatedOn) eq 2016

/odata/Products?$filter=CreatedOn lt cast(2017-04-01T04:11:31%2B08:00,Edm.DateTimeOffset)

/odata/Categories?$expand=Products($filter=Id gt 1 and Id lt 5)

/odata/Categories?$expand=Products($select=Id,Name)

public class MyEnableQueryAttribute : EnableQueryAttribute
{
    public override IQueryable ApplyQuery(IQueryable queryable, ODataQueryOptions queryOptions)
    {
       // Don't apply Skip and Top.
       var ignoreQueryOptions = AllowedQueryOptions.Skip | AllowedQueryOptions.Top;
       return queryOptions.ApplyTo(queryable, ignoreQueryOptions);
    }
}

 public class CaseInsensitiveResolver : ODataUriResolver
    {
        private bool _enableCaseInsensitive;

        public override bool EnableCaseInsensitive
        {
            get { return true; }
            set { _enableCaseInsensitive = value; }
        }
    }

config.MapODataServiceRoute("ODataRoute", "odata",
                builder =>
                {
                    builder.AddService(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, sp => edmModel);
                    builder.AddService<IEnumerable<IODataRoutingConvention>>(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, sp => ODataRoutingConventions.CreateDefault());
                    builder.AddService<ODataUriResolver>(ServiceLifetime.Singleton, sp => new CaseInsensitiveResolver()); // how enable case sensitive
                });

The database XYZ is not accessible. (ObjectExplorer)

Database 'XYZ' is in transition. Try the statement later. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 952)

System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString() = 81276701-9dd7-42e9-b128-81c762a172ff
System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") = 489ecfc61ee7403988efe8546806c6a2
System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D") = 119201d9-84d9-4126-b93f-be6576eedbfd
System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("B") = {fd508d4b-cbaf-4f1c-894c-810169b1d20c}
System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString("P") = (eee1fe00-7e63-4632-a290-516bfc457f42)

using System;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace sample
{
  /// <summary>
  /// بررسی اعتبار یک گوئید
  /// </summary>
  public static class CValidGUID
  {
      /// <summary>
      /// بررسی تعیین اعتبار ورودی
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="guidString">ورودی</param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      public static bool IsGuid(this string guidString)
      {
          if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(guidString)) return false;

          bool bResult;
          try
          {
              Guid g = new Guid(guidString);
              bResult = true;
          }
          catch
          {
              bResult = false;
          }

          return bResult;
      }

      /// <summary>
      /// بررسی تعیین اعتبار ورودی
      /// </summary>
      /// <param name="input">ورودی</param>
      /// <returns></returns>
      public static bool IsValidGUID(this string input)
      {
          return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(input) &&
              new Regex(@"^(\{{0,1}([0-9a-fA-F]){8}-([0-9a-fA-F]){4}-([0-9a-fA-F]){4}-([0-9a-fA-F]){4}-([0-9a-fA-F]){12}\}{0,1})$").IsMatch(input);
      }
  }

}

using NUnit.Framework;
using sample;

namespace TestLibrary
{
  [TestFixture]
  public class TestCValidGUID
  {

      /*******************************************************************************/
      [Test]
      public void TestIsGuid1()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("81276701-9dd7-42e9-b128-81c762a172ff".IsGuid());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsGuid2()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("489ecfc61ee7403988efe8546806c6a2".IsGuid());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsGuid3()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("{fd508d4b-cbaf-4f1c-894c-810169b1d20c}".IsGuid());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsGuid4()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("(eee1fe00-7e63-4632-a290-516bfc457f42)".IsGuid());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsGuid5()
      {
          Assert.IsFalse("81276701;9dd7;42e9-b128-81c762a172ff".IsGuid());
      }


      /*******************************************************************************/
      [Test]
      public void TestIsValidGUID1()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("81276701-9dd7-42e9-b128-81c762a172ff".IsValidGUID());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsValidGUID2()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("489ecfc61ee7403988efe8546806c6a2".IsValidGUID());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsValidGUID3()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("{fd508d4b-cbaf-4f1c-894c-810169b1d20c}".IsValidGUID());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsValidGUID4()
      {
          Assert.IsTrue("(eee1fe00-7e63-4632-a290-516bfc457f42)".IsValidGUID());
      }

      [Test]
      public void TestIsValidGUID5()
      {
          Assert.IsFalse("81276701;9dd7;42e9-b128-81c762a172ff".IsValidGUID());
      }
  }

}

C:\backup\expressmaint.exe -S (local)\sqlexpress -D ALL_USER -T DB -R C:\backup -RU WEEKS -RV 2 -B C:\backup -BU DAYS -BV 2 -V -C

AT 23:30 /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\backup\backup.bat
AT 11:30 /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\backup\backup.bat

public class CustomMappingProfile : Profile
{
    public CustomMappingProfile(IEnumerable<IHaveCustomMapping> haveCustomMappings)
    {
        foreach (var item in haveCustomMappings)
            item.CreateMappings(this);
    }
}

• این کلاس از AutoMapper.Profile ارث بری کرده‌است.
• درون سازنده‌ی خود لیستی از اشیاء اینترفیس IHaveCustomMapping را دریافت کرده و بر روی آنها گردش می‌کند.
• و متد CreateMappings هرکدام را فراخوانی کرده و خودش (this : شی جاری) را (که از نوع Profile شده) به عنوان پارامتر ورودی پاس می‌دهد.

public static class AutoMapperConfiguration
{
    public static void InitializeAutoMapper()
    {
        Mapper.Initialize(config =>
        {
            config.AddCustomMappingProfile();
        });

        //Compile mapping after configuration to boost map speed
        Mapper.Configuration.CompileMappings();
    }

    public static void AddCustomMappingProfile(this IMapperConfigurationExpression config)
    {
        config.AddCustomMappingProfile(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly());
    }

    public static void AddCustomMappingProfile(this IMapperConfigurationExpression config, params Assembly[] assemblies)
    {
        var allTypes = assemblies.SelectMany(a => a.ExportedTypes);

        //Find all classes that implement IHaveCustomMapping inteface and create new instance of each
        var list = allTypes.Where(type => type.IsClass && !type.IsAbstract &&
            type.GetInterfaces().Contains(typeof(IHaveCustomMapping)))
            .Select(type => (IHaveCustomMapping)Activator.CreateInstance(type));

        //Create a new automapper Profile for this list to create mapping then add to the config
        var profile = new CustomMappingProfile(list);
        config.AddProfile(profile);
    }
}

public abstract class BaseDto<TDto, TEntity, TKey> : IHaveCustomMapping
        where TEntity : BaseEntity<TKey>
{
    [Display(Name = "ردیف")]
    public TKey Id { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Maps this dto to a new entity object.
    /// </summary>
    public TEntity ToEntity()
    {
        return Mapper.Map<TEntity>(CastToDerivedClass(this));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Maps this dto to an exist entity object.
    /// </summary>
    public TEntity ToEntity(TEntity entity)
    {
        return Mapper.Map(CastToDerivedClass(this), entity);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Maps the specified entity to a new dto object.
    /// </summary>
    public static TDto FromEntity(TEntity model)
    {
        return Mapper.Map<TDto>(model);
    }

    protected TDto CastToDerivedClass(BaseDto<TDto, TEntity, TKey> baseInstance)
    {
        return Mapper.Map<TDto>(baseInstance);
    }

    //Get automapper Profile then create mapping and ignore unmapped properties
    public void CreateMappings(Profile profile)
    {
        var mappingExpression = profile.CreateMap<TDto, TEntity>();

        var dtoType = typeof(TDto);
        var entityType = typeof(TEntity);

        //Ignore mapping to any property of source (like Post.Categroy) that dose not contains in destination (like PostDto)
        //To prevent from wrong mapping. for example in mapping of "PostDto -> Post", automapper create a new instance for Category (with null catgeoryName) because we have CategoryName property that has null value
        foreach (var property in entityType.GetProperties())
        {
            if (dtoType.GetProperty(property.Name) == null)
                mappingExpression.ForMember(property.Name, opt => opt.Ignore());
        }

        //Pass mapping expressin to customize mapping in concrete class
        CustomMappings(mappingExpression.ReverseMap());
    }

    //Concrete class can override this method to customize mapping
    public virtual void CustomMappings(IMappingExpression<TEntity, TDto> mapping)
    {
    }
}

public class PostDto : BaseDto<PostDto, Post, long>
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string Text { get; set; }
    public int CategoryId { get; set; }

    public string CategoryName { get; set; } //=> Category.Name
    public string FullTitle { get; set; } //=> custom mapping for "Title (Category.Name)"
        
    public override void CustomMappings(IMappingExpression<Post, PostDto> mapping)
    {
        mapping.ForMember(
                dest => dest.FullTitle,
                config => config.MapFrom(src => $"{src.Title} ({src.Category.Name})"));
    }
}

List<PostDto> list =
    //ProjectTo method select only needed properties (of PostDto) not all properties
    //Also select only needed property of navigations (like Post.Category.Name) not all unlike Include
    //This ability called "Projection"
    await _applicationDbContext.Posts.ProjectTo<PostDto>()
    //We can also use Where on IQuerable<PostDto>
    .Where(p => p.Title.Contains("test") || p.CategoryName.Contains("test"))
    .ToListAsync();