ASP.NET MVC - Routes and UrlHelper

Question

I have the following route

       routes.MapRoute(
            "GigDayListings",                                   // Route name
            "gig/list/{year}/{month}/{day}",                    // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Gig", action = "List" },
            new
            {
                year = @"^[0-9]+$",
                month = @"^[0-9]+$",
                day = @"^[0-9]+$"
            }  // Parameter defaults
        );

When I visit the url

gig/list/2009/01/01

This route matches perfectly and my action is called.

Inside my view I have a helper which does the following:

var urlHelper = new UrlHelper(ViewContext);
string url = urlHelper.RouteUrl(ViewContext.RouteData.Values);

The string generated is:

http://localhost:3539/gig/list?year=2005&month=01&day=01

Why is it not

http://localhost:3539/gig/list/2005/01/01

What am I doing wrong?

Help!

Answer 1

Hello! I think your problem is that you didn't specify the route name in your call. Try to use urlHelper.RouteUrl("GigDayListings", ViewContext.RouteData.Values); overload with route name.

Cheers!

Answer 2

Have you checked that when you supply gig/list/2008/01/01 that it is actually using the GigDayListings route? Maybe it's using a different one