rg = ent.regions.where(x => x.regionid != null).tolist();

select 
[extent1].[regionid] as [regionid], 
[extent1].[regiondescription] as [regiondescription]
from [dbo].[region] as [extent1]

rg = ent.regions.where(x => x.regiondescription == null).tolist();

select 
cast(null as int) as [c1], 
cast(null as varchar(1)) as [c2]
from  ( select 1 as x ) as [singlerowtable1]
where 1 = 0

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

        public virtual ICollection<Person> Personnel { set; get; }
    }

    public class Person
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }
        public string FirstName { set; get; }
        public string LastName { set; get; }

        [ForeignKey("BirthPlaceId")]
        public virtual Place BirthPlace { set; get; }
        public int BirthPlaceId { set; get; }

        [ForeignKey("IssuanceLocationId")]
        public virtual Place IssuanceLocation { set; get; }
        public int? IssuanceLocationId { set; get; }
    }

var query = from personnel in context.Personnel
                            join issuanceLocation in context.Places on
                                  personnel.IssuanceLocationId equals issuanceLocation.Id into aIssuanceLocation
                            from IL in aIssuanceLocation.DefaultIfEmpty()
                            join birthLocation in context.Places on
                                  personnel.BirthPlaceId equals birthLocation.Id into aBirthLocation
                            from BL in aBirthLocation.DefaultIfEmpty()
                            select new
                               {
                                   personnel.Id,
                                   personnel.FirstName,
                                   personnel.LastName,
                                   IssuanceLocation = IL.Name,
                                   BirthLocation = BL.Name
                               };

SELECT
                        [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
                        [Extent1].[FirstName] AS [FirstName],
                        [Extent1].[LastName] AS [LastName],
                        [Extent2].[Name] AS [Name],
                        [Extent3].[Name] AS [Name1]
                        FROM [dbo].[People] AS [Extent1]
                        LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Places] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[IssuanceLocationId] = [Extent2].[Id]
                        INNER JOIN [dbo].[Places] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[BirthPlaceId] = [Extent3].[Id]

var query = context.Personnel.Select(x => new
             {
              x.Id,
              x.FirstName,
              x.LastName,
              BirthPlaceName = x.BirthPlace.Name,
              IssuanceLocationName = x.IssuanceLocation == null ? "" : x.IssuanceLocation.Name
             });

SELECT
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[FirstName] AS [FirstName],
    [Extent1].[LastName] AS [LastName],
    [Extent2].[Name] AS [Name],
    CASE WHEN ([Extent3].[Id] IS NULL) THEN N'' ELSE [Extent3].[Name] END AS [C1]
    FROM   [dbo].[People] AS [Extent1]
    INNER JOIN [dbo].[Places] AS [Extent2] ON [Extent1].[BirthPlaceId] = [Extent2].[Id]
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [dbo].[Places] AS [Extent3] ON [Extent1].[IssuanceLocationId] = [Extent3].[Id]

    public class Role : IdentityRole<int, UserRole, RoleClaim>, IAuditableEntity
    {
        public Role()
        {
        }

        public Role(string name)
            : this()
        {
            Name = name;
        }

        public Role(string name, string description)
            : this(name)
        {
            Description = description;
        }

        public string Description { get; set; }
    }

    public class UserRole : IdentityUserRole<int>, IAuditableEntity
    {
        public virtual User User { get; set; }

        public virtual Role Role { get; set; }
    }

public class RoleClaim : IdentityRoleClaim<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual Role Role { get; set; }
}

public class UserClaim : IdentityUserClaim<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

public class UserToken : IdentityUserToken<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

public class UserLogin : IdentityUserLogin<int>, IAuditableEntity
{
   public virtual User User { get; set; }
}

    public class User : IdentityUser<int, UserClaim, UserRole, UserLogin>, IAuditableEntity
    {
        public User()
        {
            UserUsedPasswords = new HashSet<UserUsedPassword>();
            UserTokens = new HashSet<UserToken>();
        }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        [NotMapped]
        public string DisplayName
        {
            get
            {
                var displayName = $"{FirstName} {LastName}";
                return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayName) ? UserName : displayName;
            }
        }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string PhotoFileName { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? BirthDate { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? CreatedDateTime { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset? LastVisitDateTime { get; set; }

        public bool IsEmailPublic { get; set; }

        public string Location { set; get; }

        public bool IsActive { get; set; } = true;

        public virtual ICollection<UserUsedPassword> UserUsedPasswords { get; set; }

        public virtual ICollection<UserToken> UserTokens { get; set; }
    }

    public class UserUsedPassword : IAuditableEntity
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string HashedPassword { get; set; }

        public virtual User User { get; set; }
        public int UserId { get; set; }
    }

 public abstract class ApplicationDbContextBase :
  IdentityDbContext<User, Role, int, UserClaim, UserRole, UserLogin, RoleClaim, UserToken>,
  IUnitOfWork

protected void BeforeSaveTriggers()
{
  ValidateEntities();
  SetShadowProperties();
  this.ApplyCorrectYeKe();
}

 public class ApplicationDbContext : ApplicationDbContextBase

        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
        {
            // it should be placed here, otherwise it will rewrite the following settings!
            base.OnModelCreating(builder);

            // Adds all of the ASP.NET Core Identity related mappings at once.
            builder.AddCustomIdentityMappings(SiteSettings.Value);

            // Custom application mappings


            // This should be placed here, at the end.
            builder.AddAuditableShadowProperties();
        }

public class Magazine
{
  public int MagazineId { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }
  public string Publisher { get; set; }

  public List<Article> Articles { get; set; }
}

public class Article
{
  public int ArticleId { get; set; }
  public string Title { get; set; }
  public DateTime PublishDate { get;  set; }

  public int MagazineId { get; set; }

  public Author Author { get; set; }
  public int? AuthorId { get; set; }
}

public class Author
{
  public int AuthorId { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }

  public List<Article> Articles { get; set; }
}

protected override void OnModelCreating (ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
   modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData(new Magazine { MagazineId = 1, Name = "DNT Magazine" });
}

migrationBuilder.InsertData(
  table: "Magazines",
  columns: new[] { "MagazineId", "Name", "Publisher" },
  values: new object[] { 1, "DNT Magazine", null });

set IDENTITY_INSERT ON
INSERT INTO "Magazines" ("MagazineId", "Name", "Publisher") VALUES (1, 'DNT Magazine', NULL);

modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>()
           .HasData(new Magazine{ MagazineId=2, Name="This Mag" },
                    new Magazine{ MagazineId=3, Name="That Mag" }
           );

modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().Property(m=>m.Publisher).IsRequired();

 "The seed entity for entity type 'Magazine' cannot be added because there was no value provided for the required property 'Publisher'."

public Magazine(string name, string publisher)
{
  Name=name;
  Publisher=publisher;
}

modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData(new Magazine("DNT Magazine", "1105 Media"));

modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData(new {MagazineId=1, Name="DNT Mag", Publisher="1105 Media"});

migrationBuilder.InsertData(
                table: "Magazines",
                columns: new[] { "MagazineId", "Name", "Publisher" },
                values: new object[] { 1, "DNT Mag", "1105 Media" });

public class Magazine
{
  public Magazine(string name, string publisher)
  {
    Name=name;
    Publisher=publisher;
    MagazineId=Guid.NewGuid();
  }

  public Guid MagazineId { get; private set; }
  public string Name { get; private set; }
  public string Publisher { get; private set; }
  public List<Article> Articles { get; set; }
}

modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData(new Magazine("DNT Mag", "1105 Media");

var mag1=new {MagazineId= new Guid("0483b59c-f7f8-4b21-b1df-5149fb57984e"),  Name="DNT Mag", Publisher="1105 Media"};
modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData(mag1);

modelBuilder.Entity<Article>().HasData(new Article { ArticleId = 1, MagazineId = 1, Title = "EF Core 2.1 Query Types"});

var mag1=new {MagazineId= new Guid("0483b59c-f7f8-4b21-b1df-5149fb57984e"),  Name="DNT Mag", Publisher="1105 Media"};
modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData(mag1);

public class Publisher
{
  public string Name { get; set; }
  public int YearFounded { get; set; }
}

public class Magazine
{ 
  public int MagazineId { get;  set; }
  public string Name { get;  set; }
  public Publisher Publisher { get;  set; }
  public List<Article> Articles { get; set; }
}

modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().HasData (new Magazine { MagazineId = 1, Name = "DNT Magazine" });
modelBuilder.Entity<Magazine>().OwnsOne (m => m.Publisher)
   .HasData (new { Name = "1105 Media", YearFounded = 2006, MagazineId=1 });

migrationBuilder.InsertData(
  table: "Magazines",
  columns: new[] { "MagazineId", "Name", "Publisher_Name", "Publisher_YearFounded" },
  values: new object[] { 1, "DNT Magazine", "1105 Media", 2006 });

namespace EFCoreMultipleDb.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            applyPendingMigrations(app);
// ...
        }

        private static void applyPendingMigrations(IApplicationBuilder app)
        {
            var scopeFactory = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>();
            using (var scope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
            {
                var uow = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<IUnitOfWork>();
                uow.Migrate();
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace EFCoreMultipleDb.DataLayer.SQLite.Context
{
    public class SQLiteDbContext : DbContext, IUnitOfWork
    {
    // ... 

        public void Migrate()
        {
            this.Database.Migrate();
        }
    }
}

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
   var host = BuildWebHost(args);
   using (var scope = host.Services.CreateScope())
   {
       var context = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<yourDBContext>();
       context.Database.Migrate();
   }
   host.Run();
}

var connection = new SqliteConnection("Data Source=:memory:");
connection.Open();

var createCommand = connection.CreateCommand();
createCommand.CommandText =
            @"
                CREATE TABLE persian_letter (
                    value TEXT
                );

                INSERT INTO persian_letter
                VALUES ('ا'),('ب'),('پ'),('ت'),('ث'),('ج'),('چ'),('ح'),('خ'),('د'),('ذ'),('ر'),('ز'),('ژ'),('س'),('ش'),
                       ('ص'),('ض'),('ط'),('ظ'),('ع'),('غ'),('ف'),('ق'),('ک'),('گ'),('ل'),('م'),('ن'),('و'),('ه'),('ی');
            ";
createCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();

var queryCommand = connection.CreateCommand();
queryCommand.CommandText =
            @"
                SELECT value
                FROM persian_letter
                order by value
            ";
var reader = queryCommand.ExecuteReader();
var sortedDbItems = new List<string>();
while (reader.Read())
{
    sortedDbItems.Add($"{reader["value"]}");
}

connection.CreateCollation("PersianCollationNoCase", (x, y) => string.Compare(x, y, ignoreCase: true));

SELECT value
FROM persian_letter
order by value COLLATE PersianCollationNoCase

connection.CreateCollation("PersianCollationNoCaseYekeInsensitive",
(x, y) => string.Compare(x.ApplyCorrectYeKe(), y.ApplyCorrectYeKe(), ignoreCase: true));

CREATE TABLE persian_letter (
value TEXT
);
INSERT INTO persian_letter
VALUES ('ی'),('ک');

SELECT count()
FROM persian_letter
WHERE value = 'ی' COLLATE PersianCollationNoCaseYekeInsensitive

var menuesFirst = await _publicMenus.Where(p => p.Language == _caltureName).Cacheable().ToListAsync();
var menues = menuesFirst.Where(x => x.MenuId == null).ToList();

var outParam = new SqlParameter("@ParamOut", DbType.Int32)
    { Direction = ParameterDirection.Output };
ctx.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("EXEC dbo.MyTest @ParamOut OUTPUT", outParam);