namespace EFCorePgExercises.Entities
{
    public class Member
    {
       // ...

        public virtual ICollection<Member> Children { get; set; }
        public virtual Member Recommender { set; get; }
        public int? RecommendedBy { set; get; }

       // ...
    }
}

var id = 27;
var entity27WithAllOfItsParents =
                        context.Members
                            .Where(member => member.MemId == id
                                            || member.Children.Any(m => member.MemId == m.RecommendedBy))
                            .ToList() //It's a MUST - get all children from the database
                            .FirstOrDefault(x => x.MemId == id);// then get the root of the tree

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Exercises.RecursiveQueries
{
    public static class RecursiveUtils
    {
        public static void FindParents(Member member, List<dynamic> actualResult)
        {
            if (member == null || member.Recommender == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            var item = member.Recommender;
            actualResult.Add(new { Recommender = item.MemId, item.FirstName, item.Surname });

            if (item.Recommender != null)
            {
                FindParents(item, actualResult);
            }
        }
    }
}

var actualResult = new List<dynamic>();
RecursiveUtils.FindParents(entity27WithAllOfItsParents, actualResult);

var id = 1;
var entity1WithAllOfItsDescendants =
                        context.Members
                            .Include(member => member.Children)
                            .Where(member => member.MemId == id
                                            || member.Children.Any(m => member.MemId == m.RecommendedBy))
                            .ToList() //It's a MUST - get all children from the database
                            .FirstOrDefault(x => x.MemId == id);// then get the root of the tree

SELECT   [m].[MemId],
         [m].[Address],
         [m].[FirstName],
         [m].[JoinDate],
         [m].[RecommendedBy],
         [m].[Surname],
         [m].[Telephone],
         [m].[ZipCode],
         [m0].[MemId],
         [m0].[Address],
         [m0].[FirstName],
         [m0].[JoinDate],
         [m0].[RecommendedBy],
         [m0].[Surname],
         [m0].[Telephone],
         [m0].[ZipCode]
FROM     [Members] AS [m]
         LEFT OUTER JOIN
         [Members] AS [m0]
         ON [m].[MemId] = [m0].[RecommendedBy]
WHERE    ([m].[MemId] = 1)
         OR EXISTS (SELECT 1
                    FROM   [Members] AS [m1]
                    WHERE  ([m].[MemId] = [m1].[RecommendedBy])
                           AND ([m].[MemId] = [m1].[RecommendedBy]))
ORDER BY [m].[MemId], [m0].[MemId];

namespace EFCorePgExercises.Exercises.RecursiveQueries
{
    public static class RecursiveUtils
    {
        public static void FindChildren(Member member, List<dynamic> actualResult)
        {
            if (member == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            foreach (var item in member.Children)
            {
                actualResult.Add(new { item.MemId, item.FirstName, item.Surname });
                if (item.Children != null)
                {
                    FindChildren(item, actualResult);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

var actualResult = new List<dynamic>();
RecursiveUtils.FindChildren(entity1WithAllOfItsDescendants, actualResult);

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())

select '0.4400' as Expected , cast(0.4400 as decimal) as Actual
select '1.3200' as Expected, cast(1.3200 as decimal) as Actual
select '1.7600' as Expected, cast(1.7600 as decimal) as Actual
select '65.0000' as Expected, cast(65.0000 as decimal) as Actual
select '99.50' as Expected, cast(99.50 as decimal) as Actual

 select iif(cast(0.1 + 0.2 as decimal) = 0, 'true', 'false')

modelBuilder.Properties<decimal>().Configure(x => x.HasPrecision(18, 6));

No store type was specified for the decimal property 'Price' on entity type 'Product'.
This will cause values to be silently truncated if they do not fit in the default precision and scale.
Explicitly specify the SQL server column type that can accommodate all the values in 'OnModelCreating'
using 'HasColumnType', specify precision and scale using 'HasPrecision',
or configure a value converter using 'HasConversion'.

protected override void ConfigureConventions(ModelConfigurationBuilder configurationBuilder)
{
    configurationBuilder.Properties<decimal>().HavePrecision(18, 6);
}

An easy way to perform background job processing in your .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required. CPU and I/O intensive, long-running and short-running jobs are supported. Backed by Redis, SQL Server, SQL Azure and MSMQ. 

PM> Install-Package Hangfire

After installation, update your existing OWIN Startup file with the following lines of code. If you do not have this class in your project or don't know what is it, please read the Quick start guide to learn about how to install Hangfire.

public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.UseSqlServerStorage("<connection string or its name>");
    
    app.UseHangfireServer();
    app.UseHangfireDashboard();
}  

 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\LocalDB\Binn\\sqlservr.exe"   
-c -SMSSQL12E.LOCALDB
-sLOCALDB#5657074F
-d"C:\Users\Vahid\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\MSSQLLocalDB\master.mdf"
-l"C:\Users\Vahid\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\MSSQLLocalDB\mastlog.ldf"
-e"C:\Users\Vahid\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\MSSQLLocalDB\error.log"

 msiexec /i SqlLocalDB.msi /qn IACCEPTSQLLOCALDBLICENSETERMS=YES

  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="Sample35Context"
        connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\test.mdf;Integrated Security=True;"
        providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

 C:\Users\your_user_name_here\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances

For LocalDB SQL EXPRESS 2014
 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn\SqlLocalDB.exe" create "v12.0" 12.0 -s

For LocalDB SQL Express 2012
 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\SqlLocalDB.exe" create "v11.0" 11.0 -s

 AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);

 AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "db"));

 C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SSDT

 The database xyz cannot be opened because it is version 706. This server supports version 663 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="Sample35Context"
        connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\test.mdf;Integrated Security=True;"
        providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
  </startup>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
      <parameters>
        <parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
      </parameters>
    </defaultConnectionFactory>
    <providers>
      <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
    </providers>
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>