# Confused newbe again.. with id instead of action in URL **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 3, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854 "2008-03-03T23:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/1 "2008-03-03T23:11:24Z")
Hi, I’m trying to generate a new action and is very confused by the error message I get. I am accessing [http://localhost:3001/members/isactive/](http://localhost:3001/members/isactive/) and get this error message: ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in MembersController#show Couldn’t find Member with ID=isactive How come? Shouldn’t I get the isactive action + view? /Fredrik – “Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.” ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/2 "2008-03-03T23:49:02Z")
Frerik, We can’t see the web server running on your local machine (localhost: 3001). You’ll need to provide a code sample… Ken ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/3 "2008-03-04T03:29:25Z")
you’re using restful routing and you haven’t set up a route for isactive yet. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Ken [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > /Fredrik > > > > – > > “Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.” – Ryan B. > **[frozenplague.net](http://www.frozenplague.net)** > > This domain may be for sale! Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/4 "2008-03-04T07:46:12Z")
On 3/4/08, Fredrik K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > map.resources :members > map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’ > map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id.:format’ > > end > > which does not seem to include my case. But, how do I fix this? Adding > map.connect ‘:controller/:action’ either above or below the last > default cases does nothing, and You need to add a custom route. Remove your ‘map.resources :members’ and replace it with: map.resources :members, :collection =\> { :inactive =\> :any } replace :any with either :get or :post, depending upon how you want to access it (or leave it as :any to allow either :get or :post) ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/5 "2008-03-04T07:39:10Z")
Hi, Ok, this may very well be a routing problem, but I fail to do something about it. My config/routes.rb contained just the default ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| map.resources :members map.resources :members map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’ map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id.:format’ end which does not seem to include my case. But, how do I fix this? Adding map.connect ‘:controller/:action’ either above or below the last default cases does nothing, and I cannot get an explicit map.connect ‘members/inactive’, :controller =\> ‘members’, :action =\> ‘inactive’ to get me anywere. RoR wants to map the last entry to “id” rather than action. BTW, adding a fake ID, as in [http://localhost:3001/members/inactive/1](http://localhost:3001/members/inactive/1), works 🙂 /Fredrik On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Ryan B. (Radar) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > 3001). You’ll need to provide a code sample… > > > > > > > Feel free to add me to MSN and/or GTalk as this email. > > > – “Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.” ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/6 "2008-03-04T16:17:07Z")
You can find RESTful Rails documentation everywhere on the net via google. I found these two PDF documents on it for you: [http://www.b-simple.de/download/restful\_rails\_en.pdf](http://www.b-simple.de/download/restful_rails_en.pdf) > **[REST-cheatsheet.pdf](https://topfunky.com/clients/peepcode/REST-cheatsheet.pdf)** > > 78.73 KB the second is a cheatsheet, so it’s concise and contains only essential examples ---
**Author:** ![Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Fredrik\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Fredrik_K)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/confused-newbe-again-with-id-instead-of-action-in-url/130854/7 "2008-03-04T09:22:51Z")
Exellent! This did the trick. Now, where do I learn about these new routes? /Fredrik On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:45 AM, Mike G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > map.resources :members > > > – “Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles.”