public static List<T> RemoveDuplicates<T>(List<T> items)
{
   return (from s in items  select s).Distinct().ToList();
}

public static void TestRemoveDuplicates()
{
   List<string> sampleList =
       new List<string>() { "A1", "A2", "A3", "A1", "A2", "A3" };
   sampleList = RemoveDuplicates(sampleList);
   foreach (var item in sampleList)
       Console.WriteLine(item);
}

public class Employee
{
   public int ID { get; set; }
   public string FName { get; set; }
   public int Age { get; set; }
}

public static void TestRemoveDuplicates()
{
   List<Employee> lstEmp = new List<Employee>()
   {
      new  Employee(){ ID=1, Age=20, FName="F1"},
      new  Employee(){ ID=2, Age=21, FName="F2"},
      new  Employee(){ ID=1, Age=20, FName="F1"},
   };

   lstEmp = RemoveDuplicates<Employee>(lstEmp);

   foreach (var item in lstEmp)
       Console.WriteLine(item.FName);
}

public static IEnumerable<TSource> Distinct<TSource>(this IEnumerable<TSource> source, IEqualityComparer<TSource> comparer);

public class EmployeeComparer : IEqualityComparer<Employee>
{
 public bool Equals(Employee x, Employee y)
 {
   //آیا دقیقا یک وهله هستند؟
   if (Object.ReferenceEquals(x, y)) return true;

   //آیا یکی از وهله‌ها نال است؟
   if (Object.ReferenceEquals(x, null) ||
       Object.ReferenceEquals(y, null))
       return false;

   return x.Age == y.Age && x.FName == y.FName && x.ID == y.ID;
 }

 public int GetHashCode(Employee obj)
 {
   if (Object.ReferenceEquals(obj, null)) return 0;
   int hashTextual = obj.FName == null ? 0 : obj.FName.GetHashCode();
   int hashDigital = obj.Age.GetHashCode();
   return hashTextual ^ hashDigital;
 }
}

public static List<T> RemoveDuplicates<T>(List<T> items, IEqualityComparer<T> comparer)
{
   return (from s in items select s).Distinct(comparer).ToList();
}

public static void TestRemoveDuplicates()
{
   List<Employee> lstEmp = new List<Employee>()
   {
      new  Employee(){ ID=1, Age=20, FName="F1"},
      new  Employee(){ ID=2, Age=21, FName="F2"},
      new  Employee(){ ID=1, Age=20, FName="F1"},
   };

   lstEmp = RemoveDuplicates(lstEmp, new EmployeeComparer());

   foreach (var item in lstEmp)
       Console.WriteLine(item.FName);
}

public static void FindDuplicates()
{
   List<Employee> lstEmp = new List<Employee>()
   {
      new  Employee(){ ID=1, Age=20, FName="F1"},
      new  Employee(){ ID=2, Age=21, FName="F2"},
      new  Employee(){ ID=1, Age=20, FName="F1"},
   };

   var query = from c in lstEmp
               group c by c.Age into g
               where g.Count() > 1
               select new { Age = g.Key, Count = g.Count() };

   foreach (var item in query)
   {
       Console.WriteLine("Age {0} has {1} records", item.Age, item.Count);
   }
}

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 static class ExpandoXml
{
    public static dynamic AsExpando(this XDocument document)
    {
        return CreateExpando(document.Root);
    }

    private static dynamic CreateExpando(XElement element)
    {
        var result = new ExpandoObject() as IDictionary<string, object>;
        if (element.Elements().Any(e => e.HasElements))
        {
            var list = new List<ExpandoObject>();
            result.Add(element.Name.ToString(), list);
            foreach (var childElement in element.Elements())
            {
                list.Add(CreateExpando(childElement));
            }
        }
        else
        {
            foreach (var leafElement in element.Elements())
            {
                result.Add(leafElement.Name.ToString(), leafElement.Value);
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
}

    public class DynamicXml : DynamicObject, IEnumerable
    {
        private readonly dynamic _xml;
        public DynamicXml(string fileName)
        {
            _xml = XDocument.Load(fileName);
        }

        public DynamicXml(dynamic xml)
        {
            _xml = xml;
        }

        public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
        {
            foreach (var item in _xml.Elements())
            {
                yield return new DynamicXml(item);
            }
        }

        public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result)
        {
            var xml = _xml.Element(binder.Name);
            if (xml != null)
            {
                result = new DynamicXml(xml);
                return true;
            }

            var attribute = _xml.Attribute(binder.Name);
            if (attribute != null)
            {
                result = new DynamicXml(attribute);
                return true;
            }

            result = null;
            return false;
        }

        public static implicit operator string(DynamicXml xml)
        {
            return xml._xml.Value;
        }
    }

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Employees>
    <Employee Id="1">
        <FirstName>
            Employee1
        </FirstName>
    </Employee>
     <Employee Id="2">
        <FirstName>
            Employee2
        </FirstName>
    </Employee>
     <Employee Id="3">
        <FirstName>
            Employee3
        </FirstName>
    </Employee>
     <Employee Id="4">
        <FirstName>
            Employee4
        </FirstName>
    </Employee>
</Employees>

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult Grid(KendoGridMvcRequest request)
{
    var employees = new List<Employee>
    {
        new Employee { EmployeeId = 1, FirstName = "Bill", LastName = "Jones", Email = "bill@email.com" },
        new Employee { EmployeeId = 2, FirstName = "Rob", LastName = "Johnson", Email = "rob@email.com" },
        new Employee { EmployeeId = 3, FirstName = "Jane", LastName = "Smith", Email = "jane@email.com" },
    };

    var grid = new KendoGridEx<Employee, EmployeeVM>(request, employees.AsQueryable());
    return Json(grid);
}

 <Employees>
     <Employee>
         <Name>Vahid</Name>
         <Phone>11111111</Phone>
         <Department>IT</Department>
  <Age>52</Age>
     </Employee>
     <Employee>
         <Name>Farid</Name>
         <Phone>124578963</Phone>
         <Department>Civil</Department>
        <Age>35</Age>
     </Employee>
     <Employee>
         <Name>Mehdi</Name>
         <Phone>1245788754</Phone>
         <Department>HR</Department>
        <Age>30</Age>
     </Employee>
 </Employees>

using System.Xml.Linq;

XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load("Employee.xml");

// loading XML from string
StringReader sr = new StringReader(stringXML);
XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load(sr);

using System.Collections;

IEnumerable<XElement> empList = from e in xDoc.Root.Elements("Employee") select e;

foreach (XElement employee in empList)
{               
    foreach (XElement e in employee.Elements())
    {
         Console.WriteLine(e.Name + " = " + e.Value);
    }
}

IEnumerable<XElement> hrList = from e in xDoc.Root.Elements("Employee")
                                                  where e.Element("Department").Value == "HR"
                                                  select e;

IEnumerable<XElement> tList = from e in xDoc.Root.Elements("Employee")
                                                where int.Parse(e.Element("Age").Value) > 30
                                                select e;

IEnumerable<XElement> tList = from e in xDoc.Root.Elements("Employee")
                                               where int.Parse(e.Element("Age").Value) > 30
                                               orderby e.Element("Name").Value
                                               select e;

           var empList = from e in xDoc.Root.Elements("Employee")
                         orderby e.Element("Name").Value
                         select new
                         {
                             Name = e.Element("Name").Value,
                             Phone = e.Element("Phone").Value,
                             Department = e.Element("Department").Value,
                             Age = int.Parse(e.Element("Age").Value)
                         };

           foreach (var employee in empList)
           {
               Console.WriteLine("Name = " + employee.Name);
               Console.WriteLine("Dep = " + employee.Department);
               Console.WriteLine("Phone = " + employee.Phone);
               Console.WriteLine("Age = " + employee.Age);
           }

   public class Employee
   {
       public string Name { get; set; }
       public string Phone { get; set; }
       public string Department { get; set; }
       public int Age { get; set; }
  }

       public class Employee
       {
           public string Name { get; set; }
           public string Phone { get; set; }
           public string Department { get; set; }
           public int Age { get; set; }
       }

       List<Employee> Get()
       {
           XDocument xDoc = XDocument.Load("Employee.xml");
           var items =
               from e in xDoc.Root.Elements("Employee")
               orderby e.Element("Name").Value
               select new Employee
               {
                   Name = e.Element("Name").Value,
                   Phone = e.Element("Phone").Value,
                   Department = e.Element("Department").Value,
                   Age = int.Parse(e.Element("Age").Value)
               };
           return items.ToList();
       }

   [DataContract( IsReference = true )]
    public class Employee
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [DataMember]
        public Employee Manager { get; set; }
    }

HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.EntityFramework.EntityFrameworkProfiler.Initialize();

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace EF_Sample06.Models
{
    public class Department
    {
        public int DepartmentId { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }

        //Creates Employee navigation property for Lazy Loading (1:many)
        public virtual ICollection<Employee> Employees { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace EF_Sample06.Models
{
    public class Employee
    {
        public int EmployeeId { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }        

        //Creates Department navigation property for Lazy Loading
        public virtual Department Department { get; set; }
    }
}

using System.Data.Entity;
using EF_Sample06.Models;

namespace EF_Sample06.DataLayer
{
    public class Sample06Context : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Department> Departments { set; get; }
        public DbSet<Employee> Employees { set; get; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using EF_Sample06.Models;

namespace EF_Sample06.DataLayer
{
    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<Sample06Context>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }

        protected override void Seed(Sample06Context context)
        {
            var employee1 = new Employee { FirstName = "f name1", LastName = "l name1" };
            var employee2 = new Employee { FirstName = "f name2", LastName = "l name2" };
            var employee3 = new Employee { FirstName = "f name3", LastName = "l name3" };
            var employee4 = new Employee { FirstName = "f name4", LastName = "l name4" };

            var dept1 = new Department { Name = "dept 1", Employees = new List<Employee> { employee1, employee2 } };
            var dept2 = new Department { Name = "dept 2", Employees = new List<Employee> { employee3 } };
            var dept3 = new Department { Name = "dept 3", Employees = new List<Employee> { employee4 } };

            context.Departments.Add(dept1);
            context.Departments.Add(dept2);
            context.Departments.Add(dept3);
            base.Seed(context);
        }
    }
}

void ExportMappings(DbContext context, string edmxFile)
{
     var settings = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true };
     using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(edmxFile, settings))
     {
         System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.EdmxWriter.WriteEdmx(context, writer);
     }
}

using (var db = new Sample06Context())
{
     ExportMappings(db, "mappings.edmx");
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;
using EF_Sample06.DataLayer;
using EF_Sample06.Models;

namespace EF_Sample06
{
    class Program
    {
        static IList<Employee> FindEmployees(string fName, string lName, bool byName, bool byLName)
        { 
            using (var db = new Sample06Context())
            {
                IQueryable<Employee> query = db.Employees.AsQueryable();

                if (byLName)
                {
                    query = query.Where(x => x.LastName == lName);
                }

                if (byName)
                {
                    query = query.Where(x => x.FirstName == fName);
                }

                return query.ToList();
            }
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // note: remove this line if you received : create database is not supported by this provider.
            HibernatingRhinos.Profiler.Appender.EntityFramework.EntityFrameworkProfiler.Initialize();

            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<Sample06Context, Configuration>());

            var list = FindEmployees("f name1", "l name1", true, true);
            foreach (var item in list)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(item.FirstName);
            }
        }
    }
}

var list = FindEmployees("f name1", "l name1", true, true);

SELECT [Extent1].[EmployeeId]              AS [EmployeeId],
       [Extent1].[FirstName]               AS [FirstName],
       [Extent1].[LastName]                AS [LastName],
       [Extent1].[Department_DepartmentId] AS [Department_DepartmentId]
FROM   [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
WHERE  ([Extent1].[LastName] = 'l name1' /* @p__linq__0 */)
       AND ([Extent1].[FirstName] = 'f name1' /* @p__linq__1 */)

using (var db = new Sample06Context())
{
    var dept1 = db.Departments.Find(1);
    if (dept1 != null)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(dept1.Name);
        foreach (var item in dept1.Employees)
        {
             Console.WriteLine(item.FirstName);
        }
    }
}

SELECT [Limit1].[DepartmentId] AS [DepartmentId],
       [Limit1].[Name]         AS [Name]
FROM   (SELECT TOP (2) [Extent1].[DepartmentId] AS [DepartmentId],
                       [Extent1].[Name]         AS [Name]
        FROM   [dbo].[Departments] AS [Extent1]
        WHERE  [Extent1].[DepartmentId] = 1 /* @p0 */) AS [Limit1]


SELECT [Extent1].[EmployeeId]              AS [EmployeeId],
       [Extent1].[FirstName]               AS [FirstName],
       [Extent1].[LastName]                AS [LastName],
       [Extent1].[Department_DepartmentId] AS [Department_DepartmentId]
FROM   [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent1]
WHERE  ([Extent1].[Department_DepartmentId] IS NOT NULL)
       AND ([Extent1].[Department_DepartmentId] = 1 /* @EntityKeyValue1 */)

using (var db = new Sample06Context())
{
      foreach (var dept in db.Departments)
      {
           Console.WriteLine(dept.Name);
           foreach (var item in dept.Employees)
           {
                Console.WriteLine(item.FirstName);
            }
        }
}

There is already an open DataReader associated with this Command which must be closed first

<connectionStrings>
    <clear/>
    <add
       name="Sample06Context"
       connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=testdb2012;Integrated Security = true;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;"
       providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"
      />
</connectionStrings>

using (var db = new Sample06Context())
{
      foreach (var dept in db.Departments.Include(x => x.Employees))
      {
           Console.WriteLine(dept.Name);
           foreach (var item in dept.Employees)
           {
              Console.WriteLine(item.FirstName);
           }
       }
}

SELECT [Project1].[DepartmentId]            AS [DepartmentId],
       [Project1].[Name]                    AS [Name],
       [Project1].[C1]                      AS [C1],
       [Project1].[EmployeeId]              AS [EmployeeId],
       [Project1].[FirstName]               AS [FirstName],
       [Project1].[LastName]                AS [LastName],
       [Project1].[Department_DepartmentId] AS [Department_DepartmentId]
FROM   (SELECT [Extent1].[DepartmentId]            AS [DepartmentId],
               [Extent1].[Name]                    AS [Name],
               [Extent2].[EmployeeId]              AS [EmployeeId],
               [Extent2].[FirstName]               AS [FirstName],
               [Extent2].[LastName]                AS [LastName],
               [Extent2].[Department_DepartmentId] AS [Department_DepartmentId],
               CASE
                 WHEN ([Extent2].[EmployeeId] IS NULL) THEN CAST(NULL AS int)
                 ELSE 1
               END                                 AS [C1]
        FROM   [dbo].[Departments] AS [Extent1]
               LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Employees] AS [Extent2]
                 ON [Extent1].[DepartmentId] = [Extent2].[Department_DepartmentId]) AS [Project1]
ORDER  BY [Project1].[DepartmentId] ASC,
          [Project1].[C1] ASC

public class Sample06Context : DbContext
{
        public Sample06Context()
        {
            this.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = false;
        }

public class Department
{
     public int DepartmentId { get; set; }
     public string Name { get; set; }

     public  ICollection<Employee> Employees { get; set; }
     public Department()
     {
         Employees = new HashSet<Employee>();
     }
}