Question

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I have property

public string UserName { get; set; }

can i set this property to retrieve user name using linq statement?

from u in context.Users
where u.UserID==session["UserID"]
select u.UserName

something like this

public string UserName { get value; 
set from u in context.Users
    where u.UserID==session["UserID"]
    select u.UserName; }

Answer 1

Try

public string UserName {
    get {
        return (from u in context.Users
                where u.UserID==session["UserID"]
                select u.UserName).SingleOrDefault(); 
    }
}