[solved]Passing values from a record in a session?

[eluser]elektra[/eluser]
Hi I'm fairly new to codeigniter and I'm actually having the same problem but can't seem to figure out why. All I want is to retrieve few user data so I could echo them out when they logged in. Really need help and running out of time. Thank you.

Controller

Code:

$query = $this->User_model->validate_login();
  
   if($query)
   {
    $data['user_session'] = $this->session->userdata('user');
    redirect('users/dashboard', $data);  
   }
   else
   {
    redirect('users/index');
   }  
  }

Model

Code:

public function validate_login()
{
  $this->db->where('username', $this->input->post('username'));
  $this->db->where('password', sha1($this->input->post('password')));
  $query = $this->db->get('users');
  
  if($query->num_rows == 1)
  {
   $row = $query->row();
      $userdata = array (
    'name' => $row->name,
    'username' => $row->username,
    'email' => $row->email,
    'role' => $row->role
       );
   $this->session->set_userdata('user', $userdata);    
   return TRUE;
  }
   return FALSE;
}

View

Code:

<?php if($this->session->userdata('logged_in') == TRUE): ?>
     Welcome <?php echo $this->session->userdata('name'); ?>, <?php echo anchor('users/logout', 'Logout'); ?>
    <?php else: ?>
     <?php echo anchor('users/login', 'Login'); ?> /
     <?php echo anchor('users/register', 'Register'); ?>
    <?php endif; ?>