Need help converting SQL into LINQ - linq

Question

SELECT ra.ResidentID, ra.RoomID, r.Number, ra.StartDate, p.FacilityID
FROM(
SELECT ResidentID, MAX(StartDate) AS max_start
FROM RoomAssignments
GROUP BY ResidentID
) m
INNER JOIN RoomAssignments ra
ON ra.ResidentID = m.ResidentID
AND ra.StartDate = m.max_start
INNER JOIN Rooms r
ON r.ID = ra.RoomID
INNER JOIN Person p
ON p.ID = ra.ResidentID
inner join ComplianceStage cs
ON cs.Id = p.ComplianceStageID
ORDER BY ra.EndDate DESC
I'm trying to figure out how to convert this to C# using LINQ. I'm brand new with C# and LINQ and can't get my subquery to fire correctly. Any chance one of you wizards can turn the lights on for me?
Update-----------------
I think I've got the jist of it, but am having trouble querying for the max startdate:
var maxQuery =
from mra in RoomAssignments
group mra by mra.ResidentID
select new { mra.ResidentID, mra.StartDate.Max() };
from ra in RoomAssignments
join r in Rooms on ra.RoomID equals r.ID
join p in Persons on ra.ResidentID equals p.ID
where ra.ResidentID == maxQuery.ResidentID
where ra.StartDate == maxQuery.StartDate
orderby ra.ResidentID, ra.StartDate descending
select new {ra.ResidentID, ra.RoomID, r.Number, ra.StartDate, p.FacilityID}

Answer 1

Following my LINQ to SQL Recipe, the conversion is pretty straight forward if you just follow the SQL. The only tricky part is joining the range variable from the subquery for max start date to a new anonymous object from RoomAssignments that matches the field names.
var maxQuery = from mra in RoomAssignments
group mra by mra.ResidentID into mrag
select new { ResidentID = mrag.Key, MaxStart = mrag.Max(mra => mra.StartDate) };
var ans = from m in maxQuery
join ra in RoomAssignments on m equals new { ra.ResidentID, MaxStart = ra.StartDate }
join r in Rooms on ra.RoomID equals r.ID
join p in Persons on ra.ResidentID equals p.ID
join cs in ComplianceStage on p.ComplianceStageID equals cs.Id
orderby ra.EndDate descending
select new {
ra.ResidentID,
ra.RoomID,
r.Number,
ra.StartDate,
p.FacilityID
};