ASP.NET MVC Catch All

Question

The ignore route is defined like this:

routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

Why not

routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*}");

What is the significance of pathInfo?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Exception will be thrown, route parameter must have name. The meaning of the * sign is explained here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/323397/file-path-as-mvc-route-argument

Answer 2

similar: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1192446/asp-net-mvc-understanding-the-global-asax

Answer 3

That's just to give the route parameter a name or an exception will be thrown. You could have called it {*foo}.