diff --git a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile index 72a76e25bb..ae80ba77e4 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -441,13 +441,13 @@ h4. Segment Constraints You can use the +:constraints+ option to enforce a format for a dynamic segment: -match 'photo/:id' => 'photos#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ } +match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ } -This route would match URLs such as +/photo/A12345+. You can more succinctly express the same route this way: +This route would match URLs such as +/photos/A12345+. You can more succinctly express the same route this way: -match 'photo/:id' => 'photos#show', :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ +match 'photos/:id' => 'photos#show', :id => /[A-Z]\d{5}/ +:constraints+ takes regular expression. However note that regexp anchors can't be used within constraints. For example following route will not work: @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ You can also constrain a route based on any method on the {:subdomain => "admin"} +match "photos", :constraints => {:subdomain => "admin"} You can also specify constrains in a block form: @@ -511,10 +511,10 @@ h4. Route Globbing Route globbing is a way to specify that a particular parameter should be matched to all the remaining parts of a route. For example -match 'photo/*other' => 'photos#unknown' +match 'photos/*other' => 'photos#unknown' -This route would match +photo/12+ or +/photo/long/path/to/12+, setting +params[:other]+ to +"12"+ or +"long/path/to/12"+. +This route would match +photos/12+ or +/photos/long/path/to/12+, setting +params[:other]+ to +"12"+ or +"long/path/to/12"+. h4. Redirection