The problem is in the routes. The first match found will be what that url is routed to, so when you declared resources :users, it defines / users/:id to match users#show.
Try this: Reg::Application.routes.draw do resources :users, :except => [:show] root :to => "users#new" match "/users/:token" => "users#show", :via => :get end On Jan 29, 5:56 pm, camgill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have spent the last couple of hours Googling and trying any thing > that i think will work but i haven't any luck. :( > > Here is an outline of what I am trying to do. > > I want to show a use there info by going to "http://localhost:3000/ > users/5c6e957b523f931fdda3e9922b680c2d868cf44b" (random token) > > This is what I have in the routes file and the controller. > > # routes > > Reg::Application.routes.draw do > resources :users > > root :to => "users#new" > > match "/users/:token" => "users#show" > end > > # controller > > def show > @user = User.find(params[:token]) > end > > At the moment it is giving me this error. > > Started GET "/users/5c6e957b523f931fdda3e9922b680c2d868cf44b" for > 127.0.0.1 at 2011-01-30 09:54:23 +1100 > Processing by UsersController#show as HTML > Parameters: {"id"=>"5c6e957b523f931fdda3e9922b680c2d868cf44b"} > Completed in 10ms > > ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound (Couldn't find User without an ID): > app/controllers/users_controller.rb:7:in `show' > > This is one of my first rails apps so I don't know exactly what is > causing it - I guess that it will be a simple thing :) > > Thanks for you help. -- 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.
