Rails - Dec 2005 - route a name to an id?

i have a database setup with an id and a field called uniquename

say for example my db looks like this:

<table border="1" cellpadding="1"
cellspacing="1">
  <tr>
    <td>id</td>
    <td>uniquename</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>pizza</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2</td>
    <td>salad</td>
  </tr>
</table>

at the moment the routing works as follows:

<b>domain.com/recipe/show/2</b>

instead i''d like it to route from:

<b>domain.com/recipe/show/salad</b>

any ideas?

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Andrew Kendall wrote:
> i have a database setup with an id and a field called uniquename
> 
> say for example my db looks like this:
> 
> <table border="1" cellpadding="1"
cellspacing="1">
>   <tr>
>     <td>id</td>
>     <td>uniquename</td>
>   </tr>
>   <tr>
>     <td>1</td>
>     <td>pizza</td>
>   </tr>
>   <tr>
>     <td>2</td>
>     <td>salad</td>
>   </tr>
> </table>
> 
> at the moment the routing works as follows:
> 
> <b>domain.com/recipe/show/2</b>
> 
> instead i''d like it to route from:
> 
> <b>domain.com/recipe/show/salad</b>
> 
> any ideas?

You can do this as-is.  Just use the params[:id] differently.  i.e., 
search for it in the database:

   item = Items.find_by_uniquename(params[:id])

I''m a newbie answering a question, so take this with a grain of salt.

   Jake


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