Question

I’m trying to do this:

User user = (User)db.Users.Include("Sports").Where(a => a.UserId == currentUser.UserId);

But I’m getting a cast error.

How can I retrieve a user from database and cast to an user object ?

SOLUTION:

User user = db.Users.Include("Sports").Where(a => a.UserId == currentUser.UserId).FirstOrDefault();   

or

User user = db.Users.Include("Sports").SingleOrDefault(a => a.UserId == currentUser.UserId);            

Answer 1

You don’t need to explicitly cast.

User user = db.Users.Include("Sports").
              Where(a => a.UserId == currentUser.UserId).FirstOrDefault();

This should work, Asssumung Users is a Property of Type DbSet<User>.