ASP.NET Routing

Question

I have a small task to do, and figured it would be better to start here than doing it wrong then coming here again. I need to replace my URLs with a more friendly format as the following: Current: www.MySite.com/default.aspx?userID=XX I want it the users to type : www.MySite.com/user/(UserName)

Also, Current: www.MySite.com/default.aspx?userID=XX&ref#XX I want the users to type: www.MySite.com/user/(UserName)/ref#{refno}

Thanks in advance

PS: I do not want to use Asp.net MVC.

Answer 1

If you can, I'd just use IIS7 URL Rewriting for that. Your mapping configuration can go in your web.config, and you wouldn't have to change your application at all.

• Friendly URL tutorial
• IIS7 Rewriting and Web Forms

Answer 2

scott guntrie posted a great tutorial on this http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx

Answer 3

You can use the MVC Routing Feature without using MVC, as it's a separate component built on top of ASP.net.

There is an article on 4GuysFromRolla about this.

Answer 4

You can use routing in Webforms:

Using ASP.NET Routing Without ASP.NET MVC