Rails - Jul 2006 - Appending something to a Rails route?

Hello railslist,

I''m trying to accomplish the following:

The URL http://localhost:3000/page/news/edit
should redirect to the URL http://localhost:3000/login

I''ve accomplished this by setting up a route like:

map.connect ''page/:name/edit'', :controller =>
"login"

But this fails in the case of the following URL:
http://localhost:3000/page/news/article4000/edit

How can I set up a route that just detects if the URL starts with
/page and ends with /edit?
I''ve tried using route globbing, (by using an asterix symbol) but I
don''t really understand its use. I put it like:
map.connect ''page/*/edit'', :controller => "login"
(..but this neglects the /edit)

Can or should I use regular expressions for this? And how do I fit that in?
Thanks in advance,

Gijs Nijholt

I think you need two routes for this particular task:
map.connect ''page/edit'', :controller =>
''login''
map.connect ''page/*/edit'', :controller =>
''login''

It''s not the strikingly elegant solution you probably wanted, but it  
should work.

---
Jim Kane
http://jim.eponym.com/
fastjames@gmail.com


On Jul 14, 2006, at 4:47 AM, Gijs Nijholt wrote:
> Hello railslist,
>
> I''m trying to accomplish the following:
>
> The URL http://localhost:3000/page/news/edit
> should redirect to the URL http://localhost:3000/login
>
> I''ve accomplished this by setting up a route like:
>
> map.connect ''page/:name/edit'', :controller =>
"login"
>
> But this fails in the case of the following URL:
> http://localhost:3000/page/news/article4000/edit
>
> How can I set up a route that just detects if the URL starts with
> /page and ends with /edit?
> I''ve tried using route globbing, (by using an asterix symbol) but
I
> don''t really understand its use. I put it like:
> map.connect ''page/*/edit'', :controller =>
"login"
> (..but this neglects the /edit)
>
> Can or should I use regular expressions for this? And how do I fit  
> that in?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Gijs Nijholt
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