I have done very little with customizing routes so this is new for me. I would like to send users to my users controller only if it follows a particular pattern. I think that I might be able to use requirements for this? I''ve got this so far, but it''s not quite working. map.user '':user'', :controller => ''users'', :action => ''show'', :requirements => {:user => /[-+]/ } I want this url to work www.domain.com/first-last I want this domain to fail www.domain.com/firstlast The problem is that "firstlast" goes to the users controller and fails. The only way to get out of it is a rescue with a redirect to a 404 page. I''d like to handle this in the routes instead of going to the controller. Is that possible and if so, any help with what I have so far would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.