SQL to LINQ to SQL expression without Join - sql

Question

While converting an SQL query below query with navigation in Entity Framework
SELECT DISTINCT
a.ApplicationID, eA.EmployeeID AS AppID, eA.EmailID AS AppEmail,
eA.Title + eA.Name AS Applicant, eR.EmployeeID, eR.Title + eR.Name
AS Employee, eR.EmailID AS Email, r.Title AS Role, r.RoleID, t .Title AS
Task, t .TaskID, d .ShortName AS AppDeptSN, a.Reminders, '' AS SubTaskID
FROM
dbo.Application_TaskLog AS a INNER JOIN
dbo.Task AS t ON t .TaskID = a.TaskID INNER JOIN
dbo.Role AS r ON r.RoleID = t .RoleID INNER JOIN
dbo.Application_Role AS ar ON ar.ApplicationID = a.ApplicationID AND
ar.RoleID = t .RoleID INNER JOIN
dbo.Employee AS eR ON eR.EmployeeID = ar.EmployeeID INNER JOIN
dbo.Application AS app ON app.ApplicationID = a.ApplicationID INNER JOIN
dbo.Employee AS eA ON eA.EmployeeID = app.EmployeeID LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.Departments AS d ON eA.DepartmentID = d .DepartmentID
I wrote the following function to populate gridview
public List<Application_TaskLog> GetAppTaskLogDistinct(int appID)
{
var context = new FPSDB_newEntities();
var data = (from atl in context.Application_TaskLog
where atl.ApplicationID == appID
&& !atl.Application.ApplicationClosed && !atl.Completed
select atl).Distinct().ToList();
return data;
}
Distinct() is not working as it works in the SQL. I am confused how to use Distinct as I have used in SQL

Answer 1

context.Application_TaskLog already returns distinct Application_TaskLog records and there's nothing in the query that duplicates them, so Distinct() doesn't make any difference