routing problem

Question

i have two identically controllers routed in the same way :

resources :profile resources :friends

here are the controllers

class ProfileController < ApplicationController def index @text = "profile" end def show end def new end def create end def edit end def update end def destroy end end class FriendsController < ApplicationController def index @text = "friends" end def show end def new end def create end def edit end def update end def destroy end end

but when i want to define a menu in the view layout , a problem occurs for the profile controller but not also for the friends controller . Here is the code that generates the error :

<ul id="menu"> <li> <%= link_to "Friends",friends_path %> </li> <li> <%= link_to "Profile", profile_path %> </li> </ul>

and the error is :

No route matches {:action=>"show", :controller=>"profile"}

Why is this happening if the controllers and views are identical ?

jemminger · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-19 14:49:02Z

It's related to the fact that you've given your Profile controller a singular name and route. You can run rake routes to find out what the route helpers are named. Look for GET /profile, it might be something like index_profile_path or profile_index_path

Edit: more specifically, the error is because it's expecting by default for profile_path to be the helper for showing a certain instance, e.g. profile_path(@profile)

Augusto · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-19 14:45:17Z

try using

<%= link_to "Profile", profiles_path %>

The difference is in the variable name profile s _path. As the path to the index url should be in plural.

You can also see all the routes if your application by running rake routes - it's a live saver to debug routes problems.

no , that is not it .. i've tried it earlier and i've tried it now . i get the error : undefined local variable or method `profiles_path' for #<#<Class:0xa095f74>:0xa0944bc> so i think that this is not the problem

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