Entity FrameWork Core does not display the value returned through querying - asp.net-core

Question

I'm trying to display a specific value from a column on the page and I'm using ASP.NET Core MVC with Entity FrameWork Core to do so. The problem which I'm facing that it does not return the the column value, it rather returns some method.
Here's the controller
public IActionResult newTicket()
{
string getUsername = HttpContext.Session.GetString("username");
ViewBag.username = _context.users.Where(o => o.username == getUsername).ToList();
return View();
}
So basically what this action should be doing that it should get username from the session first. Then, it should run a query in the database such that if there is a similar username in the database then pass the value of username to the view by using viewbag.
The view
<input class="form-control w-50" asp-for="cName" required="required" value="#ViewBag.username"/>
This is how the output looks, I don't want it to look like that, I want it to display username.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/n6dXo.png
If I had to explain what I mean in this question through another language (PHP MySQL) is that.
$query = mysqli_query($connection_variable,"SELECT * from complaints
WHERE username = '$username'");
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query))
{
echo $row['username'];
}
This is what I mean, in case I failed to explain you can ask for details.

Answer 1

Your ViewBag use List, not user data.
Use this.
public IActionResult newTicket()
{
string getUsername = HttpContext.Session.GetString("username");
ViewBag.username = _context.users.Where(o => o.username == getUsername).FirstOrDefault()?.username;
return View();
}

Answer 2

What you can do in view something like this:
#foreach(User usr in ViewBag.username)
{
<b>#usr.username</b>
}
But now what you are doing is just calling the default ToString() method of collection. That's why you are getting that result. You should be calling the property of an element in that collection.
Or you can try this:
ViewBag.username = _context.users.FirstOrDefault(o => o.username == getUsername);