Rails - Jul 2007 - Transform URLs from: "url.com/Bob+Doe" to "url.com/bob_doe"

Is that possible, and would you know how I can do that?

I''m creating individual pages for users based on their first and last
names.

In my routes.rb, I have:

map.client '':user_full_name'', :controller =>
''user'', :action =>
''individual_user_page''

Then in my controller, I have:

def individual_user_page
    @user = User.find(:first, :conditions => [''first_name =
?'',
params[:user_full_name]])
    render :layout => "user_page"
  end

Right now, the url is in this format: "url.com/Bob+Doe" -- and
I''m
looking to get it in this format: "url.com/bob_doe"

I googled for some time, and still have no idea where to start. Any help
would be great appreciated. Thank you.

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If you are using Apache HTTP Server they have some nice URL rewrite
stuff.  Of course you will still need to tell rails what controller
you want.  I''m new to Rails though so maybe there is a Rails specific
way to do this.  My personal bias is towards letting Apache take care
of any massive amount of URL rewriting.

On Jul 19, 6:51 pm, Bob Sanders
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Is that possible, and would you know how I can do that?
>
> I''m creating individual pages for users based on their first and
last
> names.
>
> In my routes.rb, I have:
>
> map.client '':user_full_name'', :controller =>
''user'', :action =>
> ''individual_user_page''
>
> Then in my controller, I have:
>
> def individual_user_page
>     @user = User.find(:first, :conditions => [''first_name =
?'',
> params[:user_full_name]])
>     render :layout => "user_page"
>   end
>
> Right now, the url is in this format: "url.com/Bob+Doe" -- and
I''m
> looking to get it in this format: "url.com/bob_doe"
>
> I googled for some time, and still have no idea where to start. Any help
> would be great appreciated. Thank you.
>
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> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

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This got me to for a while.  The method you are looking for is
<dot>underscore.  It takes a string as a parameter and out puts it like
you
want it.  After that, you can parse how you need to search in the database.

HTH,
Richard

On 7/19/07, schof <sean.schofield-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> If you are using Apache HTTP Server they have some nice URL rewrite
> stuff.  Of course you will still need to tell rails what controller
> you want.  I''m new to Rails though so maybe there is a Rails
specific
> way to do this.  My personal bias is towards letting Apache take care
> of any massive amount of URL rewriting.
>
> On Jul 19, 6:51 pm, Bob Sanders
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Is that possible, and would you know how I can do that?
> >
> > I''m creating individual pages for users based on their first
and last
> > names.
> >
> > In my routes.rb, I have:
> >
> > map.client '':user_full_name'', :controller =>
''user'', :action =>
> > ''individual_user_page''
> >
> > Then in my controller, I have:
> >
> > def individual_user_page
> >     @user = User.find(:first, :conditions => [''first_name
= ?'',
> > params[:user_full_name]])
> >     render :layout => "user_page"
> >   end
> >
> > Right now, the url is in this format: "url.com/Bob+Doe" --
and I''m
> > looking to get it in this format: "url.com/bob_doe"
> >
> > I googled for some time, and still have no idea where to start. Any
help
> > would be great appreciated. Thank you.
> >
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
> >
>

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Developer/System Administrator

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