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public class TestController
{
    private readonly ILogger<TestController> _logger;
    public TestController(ILogger<TestController> logger)
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

   [HttpGet("/")]
    public string Get()
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("hello world");
          return "Hello world!";
    }
}

CA1848: For improved performance, use the LoggerMessage delegates instead of calling LogInformation

public record Person (int Id, string Name);

var person = new Person(123, "Test");

_logger.LogInformation("hello to {Person}", person);

info: TestController[0]
hello world to Person { Id = 123, Name = Test }

_logger.LogInformation($"hello world to {person}"); // Using interpolation instead of structured logging

if (_logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Information))
{
   _logger.LogInformation("hello world to {Person}", person);
}

_logger.LogInformation("hello world to {Person} because {Reason}", person);

private static readonly Action<ILogger, Person, Exception?> _logHelloWorld =
    LoggerMessage.Define<Person>(
        logLevel: LogLevel.Information,
        eventId: 0,
        formatString: "hello world to {Person}");

[HttpGet("/")]
public string Get()
{
    var person = new Person(123, "Test");
    _logHelloWorld(_logger, person, null);
      return "Hello world!";
}

public partial class TestController
{
   [LoggerMessage(0, LogLevel.Information, "hello world to {Person}")]
   partial void LogHelloWorld(Person person);
}

[LoggerMessage(0, LogLevel.Information, "hello world to {Person} with a {Reason}")]
partial void LogHelloWorld(Person person);

[LoggerMessage(Message = "hello world to {Person}")]
partial void LogHelloWorld(LogLevel logLevel, Person person);

USE [WideWorldImporters];
GO

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS [Application].[usp_GetPersonInfo];
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE [Application].[usp_GetPersonInfo]
    (@PersonID INT)
AS

SELECT
    [p].[FullName],
    [p].[EmailAddress],
    [c].[FormalName]
FROM [Application].[People] [p]
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [Application].[Countries] [c]
    ON [p].[PersonID] = [c].[LastEditedBy]
WHERE [p].[PersonID] = @PersonID;
GO

IF EXISTS (
SELECT *
FROM sys.server_event_sessions
WHERE [name] = 'QueryPerf')
BEGIN
    DROP EVENT SESSION [QueryPerf] ON SERVER;
END
GO

CREATE EVENT SESSION [QueryPerf]
ON SERVER
ADD EVENT sqlserver.sp_statement_completed(
WHERE ([duration]>(1000))),
ADD EVENT sqlserver.sql_statement_completed(
WHERE ([duration]>(1000))),
ADD EVENT sqlserver.query_post_execution_showplan
ADD TARGET package0.event_file(
SET filename=N'C:\Temp\QueryPerf\test.xel',max_file_size=(256))
WITH (
MAX_MEMORY=16384 KB,EVENT_RETENTION_MODE=ALLOW_SINGLE_EVENT_LOSS,
MAX_DISPATCH_LATENCY=5 SECONDS,MAX_EVENT_SIZE=0 KB,
MEMORY_PARTITION_MODE=NONE,TRACK_CAUSALITY=ON,STARTUP_STATE=OFF);
GO

USE [master];
GO

ALTER DATABASE [WideWorldImporters] SET QUERY_STORE = ON;
GO

ALTER DATABASE [WideWorldImporters] SET QUERY_STORE (
OPERATION_MODE = READ_WRITE,
CLEANUP_POLICY = (STALE_QUERY_THRESHOLD_DAYS = 30),
DATA_FLUSH_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 60,
INTERVAL_LENGTH_MINUTES = 5,
MAX_STORAGE_SIZE_MB = 100,
QUERY_CAPTURE_MODE = ALL,
SIZE_BASED_CLEANUP_MODE = AUTO,
MAX_PLANS_PER_QUERY = 200);
GO

ALTER DATABASE [WideWorldImporters] SET QUERY_STORE CLEAR;
GO

DBCC FREEPROCCACHE;
GO

ALTER EVENT SESSION [QueryPerf]
ON SERVER
STATE = START;
GO

SET STATISTICS IO ON;
GO
SET STATISTICS TIME ON;
GO
SET STATISTICS XML ON;
GO

USE [WideWorldImporters];
GO

EXECUTE [Application].[usp_GetPersonInfo] 1234;
GO

SELECT
    [s].[StateProvinceName],
    [s].[SalesTerritory],
    [s].[LatestRecordedPopulation],
    [s].[StateProvinceCode]
FROM [Application].[Countries] [c]
    JOIN [Application].[StateProvinces] [s]
    ON [s].[CountryID] = [c].[CountryID]
WHERE [c].[CountryName] = 'United States';
GO

ALTER EVENT SESSION [QueryPerf]
ON SERVER
STATE = STOP;
GO

DROP EVENT SESSION [QueryPerf] ON SERVER;
GO

SELECT
    [qs].[last_execution_time],
    [qs].[execution_count],
    [qs].[total_elapsed_time],
    [qs].[total_elapsed_time]/[qs].[execution_count] [AvgDuration],
    [qs].[total_logical_reads],
    [qs].[total_logical_reads]/[qs].[execution_count] [AvgLogicalReads],
    [t].[text],
    [p].[query_plan]
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats [qs]
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text([qs].sql_handle) [t]
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan([qs].[plan_handle]) [p]
WHERE [t].[text] LIKE '%Countries%';
GO

USE [WideWorldImporters];
GO

SELECT
    [qsq].[query_id],
    [qst].[query_sql_text],
    CASE
WHEN [qsq].[object_id] = 0 THEN N'Ad-hoc'
ELSE OBJECT_NAME([qsq].[object_id])
END AS [ObjectName],
    [qsp].[plan_id],
    [rs].[count_executions],
    [rs].[avg_logical_io_reads],
    [rs].[avg_duration],
    TRY_CONVERT(XML, [qsp].[query_plan]),
    [rs].[last_execution_time],
    (DATEADD(MINUTE, -(DATEDIFF(MINUTE, GETDATE(), GETUTCDATE())),
[rs].[last_execution_time])) AS [LocalLastExecutionTime]
FROM [sys].[query_store_query] [qsq]
    JOIN [sys].[query_store_query_text] [qst]
    ON [qsq].[query_text_id] = [qst].[query_text_id]
    JOIN [sys].[query_store_plan] [qsp]
    ON [qsq].[query_id] = [qsp].[query_id]
    JOIN [sys].[query_store_runtime_stats] [rs]
    ON [qsp].[plan_id] = [rs].[plan_id]
WHERE [qst].[query_sql_text] LIKE '%Countries%';
GO

string? s1 = "Hello";
string s2 = s1!;

modelBuilder.UseCollation("SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS");

public static void SetCaseInsensitiveSearchesForSQLite(this ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    if (modelBuilder == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(modelBuilder));
    }

    modelBuilder.UseCollation("NOCASE");
    foreach (var property in modelBuilder.Model.GetEntityTypes()
                                            .SelectMany(t => t.GetProperties())
                                            .Where(p => p.ClrType == typeof(string)))
    {
        property.SetCollation("NOCASE");
    }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    if (modelBuilder == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(modelBuilder));
    }

    modelBuilder.SetCaseInsensitiveSearchesForSQLite();
}

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