CREATE TABLE Data 
(
id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
data VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO Data
VALUES ('~!hasan @#$%^&*(reza)[ali]^^^^^^^^'),
('(Ja[][][]va~!@#$*d-mohammad)'),
('Mohammad'), ('Maryam');

CREATE TABLE Unwanted
(
id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY, 
chars CHAR(1) NOT NULL UNIQUE
);

INSERT Unwanted 
VALUES ('~'),('!'),('@'),('#'),('$'),('%'),
('['),(']'),('^'),('&'),('*');

WITH pre AS
(
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY id) AS id, chars
  FROM Unwanted
),
 cte AS
(
SELECT  data.id,
        nbr,
        CAST(Data AS VARCHAR(50)) AS Data
  FROM Data
       CROSS JOIN (SELECT COUNT(*) AS nbr FROM Unwanted)t
 WHERE EXISTS
       (SELECT *
          FROM Unwanted
         WHERE Data LIKE '%#' + chars + '%' ESCAPE '#')
 
 UNION ALL
  
 SELECT C.id,
        nbr - 1,
        CAST(REPLACE(C.data, U.chars, '') AS VARCHAR(50))
   FROM cte AS C
        INNER JOIN pre U
        ON C.nbr = U.id
  WHERE nbr > 0
)
SELECT data
  FROM cte
 WHERE nbr = 0
 
 UNION ALL
  
SELECT data
  FROM Data
 WHERE NOT EXISTS
       (SELECT id           
          FROM cte
         WHERE cte.id = data.id);

var facilities = context.Facilities.ToList();

var facilities = context.Facilities.Select(x =>
                    new
                    {
                        x.Name,
                        x.MemberCost
                    }).ToList();

var facilities = context.Facilities.Where(x => x.MemberCost > 0).ToList();

var facilities = context.Facilities.Where(x => x.MemberCost > 0
                                                            && x.MemberCost < (x.MonthlyMaintenance / 50))
                                                    .Select(x =>
                                                        new
                                                        {
                                                            x.FacId,
                                                            x.Name,
                                                            x.MemberCost,
                                                            x.MonthlyMaintenance
                                                        }).ToList();

var facilities = context.Facilities.Where(x => x.Name.Contains("Tennis")).ToList();

int[] ids = { 1, 5 };
var facilities = context.Facilities.Where(x => ids.Contains(x.FacId)).ToList();

var facilities = context.Facilities
                        .Select(x =>
                                    new
                                    {
                                        x.Name,
                                        Cost = x.MonthlyMaintenance > 100 ? "expensive" : "cheap"
                                    }).ToList();

var date = new DateTime(2012, 09, 01);
var members = context.Members.Where(x => x.JoinDate >= date)
                                            .Select(x =>
                                                        new
                                                        {
                                                            x.MemId,
                                                            x.Surname,
                                                            x.FirstName,
                                                            x.JoinDate
                                                        }).ToList();

var members = context.Members.OrderBy(x => x.Surname)
                                            .Select(x =>
                                                        new
                                                        {
                                                            x.Surname
                                                        })
                                            .Distinct()
                                            .Take(10)
                                            .ToList();

var names = context.Members.Select(m => m.Surname).ToList()
                            .Union(context.Facilities.Select(f => f.Name).ToList()) // For now we have to use `.ToList()` here
                            .ToList();

SELECT surname
FROM members
UNION
SELECT name
FROM facilities;

var latest = context.Members.Max(x => x.JoinDate);

var latest2 = context.Members.Select(m => m.JoinDate).DefaultIfEmpty().Max();

SELECT MAX([m].[JoinDate])
FROM   (SELECT NULL AS [empty]) AS [empty]
       LEFT OUTER JOIN
       [Members] AS [m]
       ON 1 = 1;

var latest3 = context.Members.Max(m => (DateTime?)m.JoinDate) ?? DateTime.Now;

var latest4 = context.Members.OrderByDescending(m => m.JoinDate).Select(m => m.JoinDate).FirstOrDefault();

var lastMember = context.Members.OrderByDescending(m => m.JoinDate)
                            .Select(x => new { x.FirstName, x.Surname, x.JoinDate })
                            .FirstOrDefault();

var members = context.Members.Select(x => new { x.FirstName, x.Surname, x.JoinDate })
                                    .Where(x => x.JoinDate == context.Members.Max(x => x.JoinDate))
                                    .ToList();

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.checkPerson(@data XML)
RETURNS BIT WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
BEGIN
   RETURN @data.exist('/people/person')
END
GO

CREATE TABLE tblXML
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
doc XML CHECK(dbo.checkPerson(doc)=1)  
)
GO

 INSERT INTO tblXML (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 1, '<people><person name="Vahid"/></people>'
)

INSERT INTO tblXML (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 2, '<people><emp name="Vahid"/></people>'
)

 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "CK__tblXML__doc__060DEAE8".
The conflict occurred in database "testdb", table "dbo.tblXML", column 'doc'.
The statement has been terminated.

 CREATE TABLE xml_tab
(
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 xml_col  XML
)

 INSERT INTO xml_tab
VALUES ('<people><person name="Vahid"/></people>')
INSERT INTO xml_tab
VALUES ('<people><person name="Farid"/></people>')

 CREATE FUNCTION getIdValue(@doc XML)
RETURNS int WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
BEGIN
  RETURN @doc.value('/*[1]/@Id', 'int')
END

 CREATE TABLE docs_tab
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
doc XML,
CONSTRAINT id_chk CHECK(dbo.getIdValue(doc)=id)  
)

 INSERT INTO docs_tab (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 1, '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

INSERT INTO docs_tab (id,  doc) VALUES
(
 2, '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "id_chk".
The conflict occurred in database "testdb", table "dbo.docs_tab".
The statement has been terminated.

 CREATE TABLE Invoices
(
 doc XML,
 id AS dbo.getIdValue(doc) PERSISTED PRIMARY KEY
)

 INSERT INTO Invoices VALUES
(
 '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)
INSERT INTO Invoices VALUES
(
 '<Invoice Id="1"/>'
)

 Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__Invoices__3213E83F145C0A3F'.
Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Invoices'. The duplicate key value is (1).
The statement has been terminated.

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = '<foo bar="baz" />'
SELECT @doc.query('/foo/@bar')

 XQuery [query()]: Attribute may not appear outside of an element

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = '<foo bar="baz" />'
SELECT @doc.query('data(/foo/@bar)')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x = '<x>hello<y>world</y></x><x>again</x>'
SELECT @x.query('data(/*)')

 DECLARE @x XML
SET @x = '<x>hello<y>world</y></x><x>again</x>'
SELECT @x.query('string(/*)')

 XQuery [query()]: 'string()' requires a singleton (or empty sequence), found operand of type 'element(*,xdt:untyped) *'

 SELECT @x.query('string(/*[1])')

 SELECT @x.query('string(/)')

 DECLARE @x XML = '<age>12</age>'
SELECT @x.query('string(/age[1])')

 CREATE XML SCHEMA COLLECTION root_el AS
'<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                  targetNamespace="urn:geo">
      <xs:element name="Root" type="xs:string" />    
</xs:schema>
'
GO

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
/g:Root/text()
')

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML(root_el)
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
/g:Root[1]/text()
')

 XQuery [query()]: 'text()' is not supported on simple typed or 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#anyType'
elements, found 'element(g{urn:geo}:Root,xs:string) *'.

 DECLARE @xmlDoc XML(root_el)
SET @xmlDoc = '<g:Root xmlns:g="urn:geo">datadata...</g:Root>'
SELECT @xmlDoc.query('
declare namespace g="urn:geo";
data(/g:Root[1])
')

data(/age/text())