at quick glance did you mean to have:
(/:q)
the colon is after the slash.
Michael
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:56 PM, tc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If anyone can answer this question, it would be much appreciated.
> I've been playing around with Merb Router and came across some
> functionality which strikes me as somewhat odd.
>
> If I define a route:
>
> match("/search/:type(:/q)").to(:controller => 'home', :action =>
> 'search')
>
> The "q" parameter is optional. I can access the action correctly if I
> use the full url (e.g. /search/user/test). But I also want to have
> the same action accessible by a POST method. If I have a search form
> send a POST to /search/user with a param "q" in the form, the "q"
> param is wiped out and set to "nil." It's also wiped out if I call a
> GET with /search/user/?q=test.
>
> If this the functionality that is expected? Or is this a bug? Since
> "q" is optional, I would expect to be able to access that action with
> or without the parameter in the url string and not have it set to
> "nil" by the router.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- tc.
> >
>
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