ASP.NET MVC: How to Route Search Term with . (Period) at the end

Question

I get a 404 response from .Net MVC when I try to make a request where my search term ends with a . (period). This is the route that I'm using:

routes.MapRoute(
                "Json",
                "Remote.mvc/{action}/{searchTerm}/{count}",
                new { controller="Remote", count=10}
            );

The search works fine with a . inside the search term, it just cannot end with it. Any thoughts on how to route this search request?

Answer 1

Similar problem here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/294495/semantic-urls-with-dots-in-net#328873

Answer 2

If you are using .NET 4.0, you can set this flag in the system.web section of your web.config and it will be allowed:

<httpRuntime relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping="true" />

I've tested it and it works. Haack has an explanation of it.