routing

ASP.NET MVC: url routing vs querystring

Hi, I have a page routed like /Comments/Search/3 where i search and display all the comments of the thread "3". I'm adding a sort function (by date, author etc). What is the best way to handle it? /Comments/Search/3/Sort/Author or /Comments/Search/3?sort=author ? How do I automatically handle the querystring sort=author as a parameter ...

Mixing Zend and Old Procedural code

We have a really old legacy code base that uses globals like they're going out of fashion - nearly all of the inter-page communication is done via globals and sessions or both. This could be changed as a last resort but ideally I don't want to touch any of it as everything I touch could introduce more bugs :-p. Anyway, We're incorporati...

asp.net mvc dropdownlist onchange routing

Hi, I have a problem with transfer of my project to iis server. At the asp.net development server all routing went smoothly. Now i want to migrate to iis server and my onchange attribute on select tag doesnt work. When i try to get from https://www.web.com/Manager/Authorized/Accounts/0 using the onchange="location.href='<%= Manager.MyCo...

In Symfony, how can I use the url_for helper in a class?

I am building a URL inside of a class and I'd like to be able to change the routing if necessary later by just changing the routing.yml file. If I have the route: userSignup: url: /user/signup param: { module: user, action: signup } How can I use the url_for('userSignup') helper in a class to dynamically create the URL? ...

ASP.NET MVC Default route?

I created a new ASP.NET MVC project and implemented a site authorization filter. When I map the routes to the {controller}/{action} pair, I pass a role = "SomeRole" default to the route. It works perfectly if I go through the full url (http://localhost/somecontroller/someaction) and I specified the full route [ MapRoute("SomeAction",...

How to get IIS version through .NET

I got web app which uses ms mvc. I'm still living in stone age - using IIS5. I'm not aware how to make URL`s clean in it (without .aspx postfix) and i do not care, cause production environment won't use 5th version. But it's irritating when testing app manually. I need a way how to make those URL`s clean or to get version of IIS inside ...

How can you access RouteData from the code-behind?

When using ASP.Net routing, how can you get the RouteData from the code-behind? I know you can get it from the GetHttpHander method of the RouteHandler (you get handed the RequestContext), but can you get this from the code-behind? Is there anything like... RequestContext.Current.RouteData.Values["whatever"]; ...that you can access ...

Rails routing to XML/JSON without views gone mad

I have a mystifying problem. In a very simple Ruby app i have three classes: Drivers, Jobs and Vehicles. All three classes only consist of Id and Name. All three classes have the same #index and #show methods and only render in JSON or XML (this is in fact true for all their CRUD methods, they are identical in everything but name). There...

How do I set up this route with ASP.NET MVC?

Hi folks, I'm trying to create a route and then programatically retrieve the url of that route (so i can pass it to my jquery-rater.js code). So, i wish to have the following url: /vote/create The user will need to HTTP-POST to it. Posting the two values: 1. PostId 2. Vote Score (byte from 1<->5). This is my route info: routes.MapRou...

Rails nested resources with strange path?

I have a typical artist has_many songs model and I'm trying to set up the nested resource in Rails. My routes.rb looks like this: map.resources :artists do |artist| map.resources :songs end This works fine for the artist paths, but when I want to link to the songs controller, like this: <%= link_to artist.name, artist_songs_path(...

Asp.Net Mvc RouteData is filled with wrong parameters

routes .Add ("Detail", new Route ("{maincategory}/{category}", new RouteValueDictionary (new { controller = "Category", action = "Detail"}), new RouteValueDictionary (new { category = new FromValuesListConstraint ("")}), new MyRouteHandler ()));...

Can two different URLs be routed to the same view in ASP.NET MVC?

I am just starting to learn ASP.NET MVC and I have a situation where I have two URLs which I would like to point to the same view. For example I could have http://some.domain/reports/daily/team1 and http://some.domain/team1/reports/daily. Could I then point them to the same view as the request is obviously the same? The reason I am ask...

Problem with "Security" and the ASP.NET Routing Engine

I´m developing an ASP.NET Web Application and want to use the ASP.NET Routing Engine (System.Web.Routing) with it. My Application works fine in Cassini, but when I start it in IIS7 (Integrated Application Pool, of course) I always get an error on this line: User.Identity.IsAuthenticated What could be the reason for this? Is there an...

When to set up URL re-writting / routing ?

Do you prefer... 1- Write the whole application, then set up routing/url rewriting 2- Set up routing as you go 3- Write most of the application, set up routing then maintain the routing 4- Set up the routing then write the application 5- Write the main routes first, then maintain them as development goes I see advantages / drawbac...

ASP.NET MVC Html.BeginForm Problem

I have a partial view: <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<DomainModel.Entities.Product>" %> <div class="item"> <h3><%= Model.Name %></h3> <%= Model.Description %> <% using (Html.BeginForm("AddToCart", "Cart")) { %> <%= Html.Hidden("ProductID") %> <%= Html.Hidden("returnUrl", ...

ASP.Net MVC routing strategy

I've been playing with ASP.Net MVC for a while now. I found the most difficult thing to get right is the routing table. I found most examples leave the default route in place. I found that this leads to a lot of errors where the default route redirects to HomeController with an action that doesnt exist. Leading to strange error messages...

How Rails be configured to access a media resource that is not in its conventional directory location?

Let's say I have an image that does not reside in the normal location: {appname}/public/images/unconventional.gif But instead here: {appname}/unconventional.gif I understand this is a complete violation of Rails conventions, is immoral and you should never do this under any circumstances and, furthermore, why would I even suggest s...

Rails Routing Question: Mapping Slugs/Permalinks Directly under Root?

Morning Everyone!.. General Routing Quesiton Here... I'm currently working to achieve a route similar to this for users in my application. http://www.example.com/username This then maps to the usersControllers#show, hence I have the following in my routes file. map.connect '/:permalink', :controllers => "users", :action => "s...

How to setup MVC routes to handle old ASP classic pages redirects

I'm migrating a ASP classic site to ASP.net MVC. Is there a way to redirect the old traffic to the new one? Example: how to go from: www.mydomain.com/viewpage.asp?pageid=1234 to: www.mydomain.com/page/1234 ...

How do I write Routing Chains for a Subdomain in Zend Framework in a routing INI file?

Hi, I am trying to create a subdomain using the Zend Router, and then for each section under a subdomain, such as subdomain.site.com/section/ I am creating another route and then trying to chain it to the subdomain route. but I don't know how. I have read all the documentation I could find and all the forums, but it leads me to figure i...