# Rails 2.1 Bug in Route Globbing **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 5, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-1-bug-in-route-globbing/145092 "2008-08-05T23:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-1-bug-in-route-globbing/145092/1 "2008-08-05T23:23:12Z")
Given the route: map.connect ‘\*url’, :controller =\> ‘pages’, :method =\> :any, :action =\> ‘show’ map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’ map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id.:format’ Given the path [http://127.0.0.1:3000/foo](http://127.0.0.1:3000/foo) Rails will correctly map the request to the pages controller A path with any more segments (e.g. [http://127.0.0.1:3000/foo/bar](http://127.0.0.1:3000/foo/bar) ) will always will always throw the error, “Only get, head, post, put, and delete requests are allowed.” If i remove the path globbing, I will get a correct “No route matches “/foo/bar” with {:method=\>:get}” Error Updating to Edge Rails DOES solve this problem. I believe, but am not sure, that this ticket is related to the issue: [#144 Bug in Rails Route Globbing - Ruby on Rails - rails](http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/144-patch-bug-in-rails-route-globbing). The patch in that issue is nearly identical to the 2.1.0 code, and it would not apply in any case (probably because it’s not revision 9250) However, I do not want to use Edge Rails in production, and additionally Edge Rails causes problems elsewhere. Does anyone have a solution to this issue? (I also believe this issue is causing Safari on OSX to crash) ---
**Author:** ![jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jmaenpaa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jmaenpaa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-1-bug-in-route-globbing/145092/2 "2008-08-06T03:05:43Z")
Following the advice here: [http://groups.google.com/group/WellRailed/browse\_thread/thread/b7b435f5b72bec5e](http://groups.google.com/group/WellRailed/browse_thread/thread/b7b435f5b72bec5e) seemed to work. It would seem that in Rails 2.1 route globbing must be the very last defined route (if it is not namespaced)