public ActionResult SignIn(Manager man) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { _manager = _strBL.ManagerSignInName(man.managerName); if (_manager != null) { _manager = _strBL.ManagerSignInPassword(man.managerPassword); if (_manager != null) { ViewData["Name"] = man.managerName; //ViewData["Pass"] = cust.customerPassword; //return View("Menu"); HttpContext.Session.SetString("managerName", _manager.managerName); // for future reference when trying to get session info //string name = HttpContext.Session.GetString("customerName"); HttpContext.Session.SetInt32("managerId", _manager.id); return(View("Menu")); } else { return(Redirect("../Home/Invalid")); } } else { return(Redirect("../Home/Invalid")); } } return(BadRequest("Invalid model state")); }