public abstract class AdoMapper<T> where T : class
{
    private readonly SqlConnection _connection;
 
    protected AdoMapper(string connectionString)
    {
        _connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString);
    }
 
    protected virtual IEnumerable<T> ExecuteCommand(SqlCommand command)
    {
        command.Connection = _connection;
        command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        _connection.Open();
 
        try
        {
            var reader = command.ExecuteReader();
            try
            {
                return Mapper.Map<IDataReader, IEnumerable<T>>(reader);
            }
            finally
            {
                reader.Close();
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            _connection.Close();
        }
    }
 
    protected virtual T GetRecord(SqlCommand command)
    {
        command.Connection = _connection;
        _connection.Open();
        try
        {
            var reader = command.ExecuteReader();
            try
            {
                reader.Read();
                return Mapper.Map<IDataReader, T>(reader);
            }
            finally
            {
                reader.Close();
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            _connection.Close();
        }
    }
 
    protected virtual IEnumerable<T> GetRecords(SqlCommand command)
    {
        command.Connection = _connection;
        _connection.Open();
        try
        {
            var reader = command.ExecuteReader();
            try
            {
                return Mapper.Map<IDataReader, IEnumerable<T>>(reader);
            }
            finally
            {
                reader.Close();
            }
        }
        finally
        {
            _connection.Close();
        }
    }
}

public class UsersService : AdoMapper<User>, IUsersService
{
    public UsersService(string connectionString)
        : base(connectionString)
    {
    }
 
    public IEnumerable<User> GetAll()
    {
        using (var command = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Users"))
        {
            return GetRecords(command);
        }
    }
 
    public User GetById(int id)
    {
        using (var command = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE Id = @id"))
        {
            command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("id", id));
            return GetRecord(command);
        }
    }
}

public class UsersProfile : Profile
{
    protected override void Configure()
    {
        this.CreateMap<IDataRecord, User>();
    }
 
    public override string ProfileName
    {
        get { return this.GetType().Name; }
    }
}

Mapper.Initialize(cfg => // In Application_Start()
{
    cfg.AddProfile<UsersProfile>();
});

public class Advertisement
{
    public int Id { set; get; }
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
    public int UserId { get; set; }
 
    public string TitleWithOtherName { get; set; }
}

public class AdvertisementsProfile : Profile
{
    protected override void Configure()
    {
        this.CreateMap<IDataRecord, Advertisement>()
            .ForMember(dest => dest.TitleWithOtherName,
                       options => options.MapFrom(src =>
                            src.GetString(src.GetOrdinal("Title"))));
    }
 
    public override string ProfileName
    {
        get { return this.GetType().Name; }
    }
}

public class Article1
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string? Subtitle { get; set; }
    public string Author { get; set; }
    public DateTime Published { get; set; }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Non-nullable property 'Title' must contain a non-null value when exiting constructor. Consider declaring the property as nullable. [CS11Tests]csharp(CS8618)
Non-nullable property 'Author' must contain a non-null value when exiting constructor. Consider declaring the property as nullable. [CS11Tests]csharp(CS8618)

public class Article2
{
    public Article2(string title, string subtitle, string author, DateTime published)
    {
        Title = title;
        Subtitle = subtitle;
        Author = author;
        Published = published;
    }

    public Article2(string title, string author, DateTime published)
    {
        Title = title;
        Author = author;
        Published = published;
    }

    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string? Subtitle { get; set; }
    public string Author { get; set; }
    public DateTime Published { get; set; }
}

 Article2 article = new("C# 11 Required Keyword", "A new language feature", "Name",  new DateTime(2022, 11, 12));

 public string Title { get; set; } = default!;

public class Article3
{
    public required string Title { get; set; }
    public string? Subtitle { get; set; }
    public required string Author { get; set; }
    public DateTime Published { get; set; }
}

public class Book
{
    public Book() => Name = string.Empty;

    public Book(string name) => Name = name;

    public required string Name { get; set; }
}

Book book = new("Book's Name");

Required member 'Book.Name' must be set in the object initializer or attribute constructor. [CS11Tests]csharp(CS9035)

public class Book
{
    [SetsRequiredMembers]
    public Book() => Name = string.Empty;

    [SetsRequiredMembers]
    public Book(string name) => Name = name;

    public required string Name { get; set; }
}

This blog post will show a lot of LINQ functions broken down in smaller parts. It will always starts with a info graphic which then gets explained later. 

public class MyContext : DbContext, IUnitOfWork
    {
        // ...
        public IList<T> GetRows<T>(string sql, params object[] parameters) where T: class
        {
            return this.Database.SqlQuery<T>(sql, parameters).ToList();
        }
    }

using System;
using iTextSharp.text;
using PdfRpt.Core.Contracts;
using PdfRpt.Core.Helper;
using PdfRpt.FluentInterface;

namespace PdfReportSamples.CustomCellTemplate
{
    public class CustomCellTemplatePdfReport
    {
        public IPdfReportData CreatePdfReport()
        {
            return new PdfReport().DocumentPreferences(doc =>
            {
                doc.RunDirection(PdfRunDirection.RightToLeft);
                doc.Orientation(PageOrientation.Portrait);
                doc.PageSize(PdfPageSize.A4);
                doc.DocumentMetadata(new DocumentMetadata { Author = "Vahid", Application = "PdfRpt", Keywords = "Test", Subject = "Test Rpt", Title = "Test" });
                doc.Compression(new CompressionSettings
                               {
                                   CompressionLevel = CompressionLevel.BestCompression,
                                   EnableCompression = true
                               });
            })
             .DefaultFonts(fonts =>
             {
                 fonts.Path(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\fonts\\irsans.ttf",
                            Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\verdana.ttf");
             })
             .PagesFooter(footer =>
             {
                 footer.DefaultFooter(DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"));
             })
             .PagesHeader(header =>
             {
                 header.DefaultHeader(defaultHeader =>
                 {
                     defaultHeader.ImagePath(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Images\\01.png");
                     defaultHeader.Message("گزارش جدید ما");
                 });
             })
             .MainTableTemplate(template =>
             {
                 template.BasicTemplate(BasicTemplate.SnowyPineTemplate);
             })
             .MainTablePreferences(table =>
             {
                 table.ColumnsWidthsType(TableColumnWidthType.Relative);
                 table.MultipleColumnsPerPage(new MultipleColumnsPerPage
                 {
                     ColumnsGap = 20,
                     ColumnsPerPage = 2,
                     ColumnsWidth = 250,
                     IsRightToLeft = true,
                     TopMargin = 7
                 });
             })
             .MainTableDataSource(dataSource =>
             {
                 var table = new System.Data.DataTable("لیست حقوق");
                 table.Columns.Add("شخص", typeof(string));
                 table.Columns.Add("ماه", typeof(int));
                 table.Columns.Add("مبلغ", typeof(decimal));

                 var rnd = new Random();
                 for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++)
                     table.Rows.Add("شخص " + i, rnd.Next(1, 12), rnd.Next(400, 2000));

                 dataSource.DataTable(table);
             })
             .MainTableEvents(events =>
             {
                 events.DataSourceIsEmpty(message: "There is no data available to display.");
                 events.CellCreated(args =>
                     {
                         //change the background color of the cell based on the value
                         if (args.RowType == RowType.DataTableRow && args.Cell.RowData.Value != null && args.Cell.RowData.Value is decimal)
                         {
                             if ((decimal)args.Cell.RowData.Value <= 1000)
                                 args.Cell.BasicProperties.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.CYAN;
                         }
                     });
             })
             .MainTableSummarySettings(summary =>
             {
                 summary.OverallSummarySettings("جمع کل");
                 summary.PageSummarySettings("جمع صفحه");
                 summary.PreviousPageSummarySettings("نقل از ستون قبل");
             })
             .MainTableColumns(columns =>
             {
                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName("rowNo");
                     column.IsRowNumber(true);
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(0);
                     column.Width(1);
                     column.HeaderCell("ردیف");
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName("شخص");
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(1);
                     column.Width(3);
                     column.HeaderCell("شخص");
                     column.ColumnItemsTemplate(t => t.CustomTemplate(new MyCustomCellTemplate()));
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName("ماه");
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(2);
                     column.Width(2);
                     column.HeaderCell("ماه");
                     column.ColumnItemsTemplate(template =>
                     {
                         template.TextBlock();
                         template.ConditionalFormatFormula(list =>
                         {
                             var cellValue = int.Parse(list.GetSafeStringValueOf("ماه", nullValue: "0"));
                             if (cellValue == 7)
                             {
                                 return new CellBasicProperties
                                 {
                                     PdfFontStyle = DocumentFontStyle.Bold | DocumentFontStyle.Underline,
                                     FontColor = new BaseColor(System.Drawing.Color.Brown),
                                     BackgroundColor = new BaseColor(System.Drawing.Color.Yellow)
                                 };
                             }
                             return new CellBasicProperties { PdfFontStyle = DocumentFontStyle.Normal };
                         });
                     });
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName("مبلغ");
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(3);
                     column.Width(2);
                     column.HeaderCell("مبلغ");
                     column.ColumnItemsTemplate(template =>
                     {
                         template.TextBlock();
                         template.DisplayFormatFormula(obj => obj == null ? string.Empty : string.Format("{0:n0}", obj));
                     });
                     column.AggregateFunction(aggregateFunction =>
                     {
                         aggregateFunction.NumericAggregateFunction(AggregateFunction.Sum);
                         aggregateFunction.DisplayFormatFormula(obj => obj == null ? string.Empty : string.Format("{0:n0}", obj));
                     });
                 });
             })
             .Export(export =>
                 {
                     export.ToXml();
                     export.ToExcel();
                 })
             .Generate(data => data.AsPdfFile(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Pdf\\RptDataTableSample.pdf"));
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using PdfRpt.Core.Contracts;
using PdfRpt.Core.Helper;

namespace PdfReportSamples.CustomCellTemplate
{
    public class MyCustomCellTemplate : IColumnItemsTemplate
    {
        Random _rnd = new Random();

        public void CellRendered(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position, PdfContentByte[] canvases, CellAttributes attributes)
        {
        }

        public CellBasicProperties BasicProperties { set; get; }
        public Func<IList<CellData>, CellBasicProperties> ConditionalFormatFormula { set; get; }

        public PdfPCell RenderingCell(CellAttributes attributes)
        {
            var pdfCell = new PdfPCell();
            var table = new PdfPTable(1) { RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL };

            var filePath = AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Images\\" + _rnd.Next(1, 5).ToString("00") + ".png";
            var photo = PdfImageHelper.GetITextSharpImageFromImageFile(filePath);
            table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(photo, fit: false)
            {
                Border = 0,                
                VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_BOTTOM,
                HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER
            });

            var name = attributes.RowData.TableRowData.GetSafeStringValueOf("شخص");
            table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(attributes.BasicProperties.PdfFont.FontSelector.Process(name))
            {
                Border = 0,
                HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER
            });

            pdfCell.AddElement(table);

            return pdfCell;
        }
    }
}

events.CellCreated(args =>
    {
         //change the background color of the cell based on the value
         if (args.RowType == RowType.DataTableRow && args.Cell.RowData.Value != null && args.Cell.RowData.Value is decimal)
         {
              if ((decimal)args.Cell.RowData.Value <= 1000)
                   args.Cell.BasicProperties.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.CYAN;
          }
      });

 CREATE TABLE xmlTest
(
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 doc XML
)
GO
INSERT xmlTest VALUES('<Person name="Vahid" />')
INSERT xmlTest VALUES('<Person name="Farid" />')
INSERT xmlTest VALUES('<Person name="Mehdi" /><Person name="Hamid" />')
GO

 SELECT doc.query('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
')
FROM xmlTest

 <li>Vahid has id = 1</li>

 SELECT doc.query('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
')
FROM xmlTest
WHERE doc.exist('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
')=1

 SELECT * FROM
(
 (SELECT doc.query('
 for $p in //Person
 where $p/@name="Vahid"
 return <li>{data($p/@name)} has id = {sql:column("xmlTest.id")}</li>
 ') AS col1
 FROM xmlTest)
) A
WHERE CONVERT(VARCHAR(8000), col1)<>''

 DECLARE @number INT = 1
SELECT doc.query('
for $p in //Person
where $p/@name="Vahid"
return <li>{data($p/@name)} has number = {sql:variable("@number")}</li>
')
FROM xmlTest

 SELECT doc.query('/Person') FROM xmlTest

 DECLARE @doc XML
SET @doc = (SELECT * FROM xmlTest FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS)
SELECT @doc.query('/xmlTest/doc/Person')

 DECLARE @doc XML ='
<people>
  <person><name>Vahid</name></person>
  <person><name id="2">Farid</name></person>
  <person><name>Mehdi</name></person>
  <person><name>Hooshang</name><name id="1">Hooshi</name></person>
  <person></person>
</people>
'

 SELECT @doc.value('/people/person/name', 'varchar(50)')

 SELECT @doc.value('(/people/person/name)[1]', 'varchar(50)')

 SELECT @doc.query('/people/person/name')

 <name>Vahid</name>
<name id="2">Farid</name>
<name>Mehdi</name>
<name>Hooshang</name>
<name id="1">Hooshi</name>

 SELECT
tab.col.value('text()[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS name,
tab.col.query('.'),
tab.col.query('..')
from @doc.nodes('/people/person/name') AS tab(col)

 tab.col.query('.'),

 SELECT
tab.col.value('.', 'varchar(50)') AS name,
tab.col.query('data(.)'),
tab.col.query('.'),
tab.col.query('..')
from @doc.nodes('/people/person/name') AS tab(col)

 SELECT
tab.col.value('name[.="Farid"][1]', 'varchar(50)') AS name,
tab.col.value('name[.="Farid"][1]/@id', 'varchar(50)') AS id,
tab.col.query('.')
from @doc.nodes('/people/person[name="Farid"]') AS tab(col)

 DECLARE @tblXML TABLE (
 id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
 doc XML
 )

INSERT @tblXML VALUES('<person name="Vahid" />')
INSERT @tblXML VALUES('<person name="Farid" />')
INSERT @tblXML VALUES('<person />')
INSERT @tblXML VALUES(NULL)

SELECT
id,
doc.value('(/person/@name)[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS name
FROM @tblXML

 CREATE PROCEDURE LookForPhysicalOps (@op VARCHAR(30))
AS
SELECT sql.text, qs.EXECUTION_COUNT, qs.*, p.*
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(sql_handle) sql
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(plan_handle) p
WHERE query_plan.exist('
declare default element namespace "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan";
/ShowPlanXML/BatchSequence/Batch/Statements//RelOp/@PhysicalOp[. = sql:variable("@op")]
') = 1
GO

EXECUTE LookForPhysicalOps 'Table Scan'
EXECUTE LookForPhysicalOps 'Clustered Index Scan'
EXECUTE LookForPhysicalOps 'Hash Match'

 WITH XMLNAMESPACES(DEFAULT N'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan')
SELECT RelOp.op.value(N'../../@NodeId', N'int') AS ParentOperationID,
RelOp.op.value(N'@NodeId', N'int') AS OperationID,
RelOp.op.value(N'@PhysicalOp', N'varchar(50)') AS PhysicalOperator,
RelOp.op.value(N'@LogicalOp', N'varchar(50)') AS LogicalOperator,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimatedTotalSubtreeCost ', N'float') AS EstimatedCost,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimateIO', N'float') AS EstimatedIO,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimateCPU', N'float') AS EstimatedCPU,
RelOp.op.value(N'@EstimateRows', N'float') AS EstimatedRows,
cp.plan_handle AS PlanHandle,
st.TEXT AS QueryText,
qp.query_plan AS QueryPlan,
cp.cacheobjtype AS CacheObjectType,
cp.objtype AS ObjectType
FROM sys.dm_exec_cached_plans cp
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(cp.plan_handle) st
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(cp.plan_handle) qp
CROSS APPLY qp.query_plan.nodes(N'//RelOp') RelOp(op)

DECLARE @doc XML = '
<Invoice>
<InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
<CustomerName>Vahid</CustomerName>
<LineItems>
<LineItem>
<Sku>134</Sku>
<Quantity>10</Quantity>
<Description>Item 1</Description>
<UnitPrice>9.5</UnitPrice>
</LineItem>
<LineItem>
<Sku>150</Sku>
<Quantity>5</Quantity>
<Description>Item 2</Description>
<UnitPrice>1.5</UnitPrice>
</LineItem>
</LineItems>
</Invoice>
'

 SET @doc.modify('
insert <InvoiceInfo><InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate></InvoiceInfo>
after /Invoice[1]/CustomerName[1]
')

SELECT @doc

<Invoice>
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
  <CustomerName>Vahid</CustomerName>
  <InvoiceInfo>
        <InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate>
  </InvoiceInfo>
  <LineItems>
...

 SET @x.modify('insert sql:variable("@x") into /doc[1]')

 The argument 1 of the XML data type method "modify" must be a string literal.

 SET @doc.modify('
insert attribute status{"backorder"}
into /Invoice[1]
')

SELECT @doc

 <Invoice status="backorder">
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
....

 SET @doc.modify('delete /Invoice/LineItems/LineItem')
SELECT @doc

 <Invoice status="backorder">
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
  <CustomerName>Vahid</CustomerName>
  <InvoiceInfo>
      <InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate>
  </InvoiceInfo>
  <LineItems />
</Invoice>

 SET @doc.modify('replace value of
  /Invoice[1]/CustomerName[1]/text()[1]
  with "Farid"
')
SELECT @doc

 <Invoice status="backorder">
  <InvoiceId>100</InvoiceId>
  <CustomerName>Farid</CustomerName>
  <InvoiceInfo>
       <InvoiceDate>2014-02-10</InvoiceDate>
  </InvoiceInfo>
  <LineItems />
</Invoice>

 The target of 'replace value of' must be a non-metadata attribute or an element with simple typed content.

 DECLARE @tblTest AS TABLE (xmlField XML)

INSERT INTO @tblTest(xmlField)
VALUES
 (
'<Sample>
   <Node1>Value1</Node1>
   <Node2>Value2</Node2>
   <Node3/>
</Sample>'
)
 
DECLARE @newValue VARCHAR(50) = 'NewValue'

UPDATE @tblTest
SET xmlField.modify(
'insert text{sql:variable("@newValue")} into
  (/Sample/Node3)[1] [not(text())]'
)

SELECT xmlField.value('(/Sample/Node3)[1]','varchar(50)') FROM @tblTest

 UPDATE @tblTest
SET xmlField.modify(
'replace value of (/Sample/Node3/text())[1]
  with sql:variable("@newValue")'
)

SELECT row_id, customer_id, order_date, order_value
  FROM (SELECT *,
               ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY customer_id
                                 ORDER BY order_date DESC, order_value DESC) AS rnk
          FROM table_name
       )t
 WHERE rnk = 1;

 SELECT *
  FROM table_name t
 WHERE row_id = (SELECT TOP 1 row_id
                   FROM table_name
                  WHERE customer_id = t.customer_id
                  ORDER BY order_date DESC, order_value DESC);

SELECT MIN(row_id) AS row_id, customer_id, order_date, order_value
    FROM table_name t
   WHERE order_date =
         (SELECT MAX(order_date)
            FROM table_name
           WHERE customer_id = t.customer_id)
     AND order_value =
         (SELECT MAX(order_value)
            FROM table_name
           WHERE customer_id = t.customer_id
             AND order_date =
                 (SELECT MAX(order_date)
                    FROM table_name
                   WHERE customer_id = t.customer_id))
                   GROUP BY customer_id, order_date, order_value;