LINQ to SQL: GroupBy() and Max() to get the object with latest date

Question

Consider a SQL Server table that\'s used to store events for auditing.

The need is to get only that latest entry for each CustID. We want to get the entire

Answer 1

Using LINQ syntax, which I think looks cleaner:

var custsLastAccess = from c in db.CustAccesses 
                      group c by c.CustID into grp
                      select grp.OrderByDescending(c => c.AccessDate).FirstOrDefault();