LOL There's no reason to use to_param. It's just a convention to pass the id through the URL. It's type is not enforced.
# expects /users/15 def edit @user = User.find(params[:id]) end # expects /users/bphogan def show @user = User.find_by_username(params[:id]) end The only thing to watch out for is that find throws a RecordNotFound exception when there is no record found, which will display a 404 in production, and find_by_username returns nil, so you'll wanna handle that. But there's no need to do anything funny with to_params or routing or anything like that. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
