On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Ryan Mckenzie < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello, > > At the moment I have the following route in my routes.rb file > > map.resources :categories do |categories| > categories.resources :products > end > > Simple relationship... > product belongs_to a category > a category has_many products > > is it possible to create a route where I could have something like: > > map.product '/:category_name/:product_name' > > I can't seem to get both of the controllers working together to create > such route. > > Thanks in advance. > > McKenzie > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > You can do that with map.connect ':category_name/:product_name', :controller => <controller_name>, :action => <action_name> You'll have to think about how good an idea it is to use only category and product names and not ids Think about using to_param on your models which can then display both id and name class Category < ActiveRecord::Base def to_param "#{id}-#{name.gsub(/[^\w\d]+/, '-')}" end end Then you don't have to mess with your routes and your urls will be /1-category/2-product and your controllers will still get the id in params[:id] -- Andrew Timberlake http://ramblingsonrails.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtimberlake "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education" - Mark Twain --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
