# Does Rails 3 eliminate URL helpers for 'show'?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-eliminate-url-helpers-for-show/189209>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-eliminate-url-helpers-for-show/189209 "2010-05-26T20:10:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Michael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ryan\_Michael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ryan_Michael)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-eliminate-url-helpers-for-show/189209/1 "2010-05-26T20:10:08Z")

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I don’t seem to have the usual \*\_url, \*\_path helpers for the show,  
update, or destroy actions on resourced routes. If I make a new rails  
app and add a route resources :random, I get url helpers for new,  
edit, index, etc - but not for the helpers that require passing a  
model instance.

Has this been changed in Rails 3, or do I just have something  
misconfigured?

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Michael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ryan\_Michael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ryan_Michael)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-rails-3-eliminate-url-helpers-for-show/189209/2 "2010-05-26T20:21:50Z")

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The documentation for ActionController::UrlFor says the helper routes  
are _supposed_ to be made, and I can still generate the routes using  
ActionController::PolymorphicRoutes#polymorphic\_url - I’m thinking  
this is a bug???