Rails - Aug 2007 - Quick routes question...

I have

  # This is a catch-all for routes that don''t exist, visitor is
redirected to home page.
  ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
    map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
    map.connect ''*path'', :controller =>
''home''
  end

in my routes.rb file.
This works fine to redirect to the home page if somebody types a wrong
or missing address into the web browser.
But it doesn''t change the url/uri displayed in the browser.

How can I change the url/uri to display what it should be? (in this
case, domain followed by /home)


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Nevermind, I''ve found a simple solution that works:
I''ve simply made the catch-all route controller/action go to a
controller where I def''d an action method that creates a flash message
and redirects to the home page.

In routes.rb:

  # This is a catch-all for routes that don''t exist, visitor is
redirected to home page.
  ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
    map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''
    map.connect ''*path'', :controller =>
''home'', :action =>
''catcher''#:controller => ''home'', :action
=> ''index''
  end


In the corresponding controller:

  def catcher
    flash[:notice] = ''Seems that the page you were looking for does
not exist, so you\''ve been redirected here.''
    redirect_to :action => ''index''
  end


It''s not the most sophisticated thing but it works.
Does anybody know the param to include in my flash message to display
the originally requested address?


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On Aug 23, 2007, at 6:39 PM,
dangerwillrobinsondanger-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
wrote:
>     map.connect ''*path'', :controller =>
''home''
You could route this to a "redirect_home" action that calls  
redirect_to /home

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Ah, Thanks Mr. Ivey, but it looks like my watery brain kicked in just
minutes before your post! I already came to that conclusion.
That said, I can see where adding loggin for this catcher method could
generate useful SEO data for site features or simply routes that
*should* be added! Of course it is also a good way to catch malicious
visitors that should be banned in the htaccess file.


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