Rails - Feb 2011 - [Rails 3] "No Route Matches" error when certain params have URL-encoded values

I''ve run into a fairly strange issue recently when testing my Rails
application.  I have a route set up as follows in routes.rb:

  controller :employees do
    match '':company/:department/:lastname'' => :show, :via
=> :get
  end

So, doing a request as follows:
get ''/exampleinc/it/foo''

Routes correctly to:
{ :controller => "employees", :department => "it",
:company =>
"exampleinc", :lastname => "foo", :action =>
"show" }

However, when using Faker to generate some basic test data, I have it
generating information with spaces, periods, and other special
characters that will undoubtedly be part of the real world for this
application.  But in testing, I''ve found that when spaces, periods,
and/or other URL-encoded (or not) variables are present in the
request, the router doesn''t even route it to the controller - it just
spits out a "No Route Matches" error instead.

So for example:
get ''/Example,+Inc./IT/Some+Last+Name''

Causes an ActionController::RoutingError: No route matches { :action
=> "show", :company => "Example+Inc.", :controller
=>
"employees", :lastname => "Some+Last+Name", :department
=> "IT" }

What can I do differently in my routes to make this route correctly?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

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On Feb 9, 3:27 am, Phoenix Rising
<polarisris...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I''ve run into a fairly strange issue recently when testing my
Rails
> application.  I have a route set up as follows in routes.rb:
>
>   controller :employees do
>     match '':company/:department/:lastname'' => :show,
:via => :get
>   end
>
> So, doing a request as follows:
> get ''/exampleinc/it/foo''
>
> Routes correctly to:
> { :controller => "employees", :department =>
"it", :company =>
> "exampleinc", :lastname => "foo", :action =>
"show" }
>
> However, when using Faker to generate some basic test data, I have it
> generating information with spaces, periods, and other special
> characters that will undoubtedly be part of the real world for this
> application.  But in testing, I''ve found that when spaces,
periods,
> and/or other URL-encoded (or not) variables are present in the
> request, the router doesn''t even route it to the controller - it
just
> spits out a "No Route Matches" error instead.
>
> So for example:
> get ''/Example,+Inc./IT/Some+Last+Name''
>
> Causes an ActionController::RoutingError: No route matches { :action
> => "show", :company => "Example+Inc.",
:controller =>
> "employees", :lastname => "Some+Last+Name",
:department => "IT" }
>
> What can I do differently in my routes to make this route correctly?
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
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