public ActionResult UserProfile([Bind(Include = "OrcaUserID,OrcaUserName,FirstName,LastName,Email,PhoneNumber")] UserProfile profileInfo) { // convnention for making it easier to pass messages between controllers if (TempData["Message"] != null) { ViewBag.Message += (" " + TempData["Message"].ToString()); } if (ModelState.IsValid) { // save the profile changes if (OrcaHelper.ChangeUserProfileInfo(profileInfo) != null) { // update the session variables that may have changed (really need to get the time to find out how to do this correctly but this clunky work-around will have to suffice for now) //Session["OrcaUserID"] = userQuery.OrcaUserID; //Session["OrcaUserName"] = userQuery.OrcaUserName; Session["FirstName"] = profileInfo.FirstName; Session["LastName"] = profileInfo.LastName; //Session["UserType"] = userQuery.UserType; ViewBag.Message += " Changes have been saved."; TempData["Message"] = " Changes have been saved."; return(RedirectToAction("UserProfile")); } else { ViewBag.Message += " A problem occured and changes were not saved."; } } else { ViewBag.Message += " Unable to save changes. Please review your changes."; } return(View(profileInfo)); }