it should, i used something like that (i mean with '-') did you keep the numeric id at the beginning of the to_params? you can search for Document.find(params[:id]) at usual because params [:id] is passed through to_i "43-en-2008-04.pdf".to_i == 43
On 16 Nov, 21:08, Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried this. It works but only with underscores, but it doesn't work > with "-". > > On Nov 16, 12:22 pm, Rick DeNatale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello. I am a beginner. > > > I wanna make a route like this: > > > > /document-:language-:month-:year.pdf > > > > With 3 params, so I can retrieve a PDF in a URL like: > > > > /document-english-june-2008.pdf > > > > I have 2 problems... > > > > 1. It seems I can't put more than 1 param between the slashes > > > The route /document/:language/:month/:year.pdf works fine. Because I > > > have each params isolated... > > > > 2. It seems that the "-" cannot be used in the route. Is it true? Is > > > there a workaround? > > > I think so. > > > You can come close > > > url /document/english-june-2008.pdf > > route /document/:permalink > > > then in the controller parse the single permalink parameter however you > > wish. > > > I used the name permalink since this is a general term for a human > > readable 'id'. > > > -- > > Rick DeNatale > > > Blog:http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > > WWR:http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

