# Route conflict - help resolving **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-conflict-help-resolving/188763 "2010-05-18T07:18:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-conflict-help-resolving/188763/1 "2010-05-18T07:18:12Z")
These are the routes I would like: map.forums\_new\_topic ‘forums/:forum\_id/:subsection\_id/topics/ new’, :controller =\> “topics”, :action =\> “new” map.forums\_show\_topic ‘forums/:forum\_id/:subsection\_id/:topic\_id’, :controller =\> “topics”, :action =\> “show” however no matter which order they’re in it seems like it always tries to use the “show” route and it crashes because “topics” isn’t a id. Suggestions? Am I doing this the right way? Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-conflict-help-resolving/188763/2 "2010-05-18T15:25:17Z")
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:16 AM, sso [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Suggestions? Am I doing this the right way? > Maybe if you restricted the format of the topic\_id map.forums\_show\_topic ‘forums/:forum\_id/:subsection\_id/:topic\_id’, :topic\_id =\> /\d+/, :controller =\> ‘topics’, :action =\> ‘show’ – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Github: [rubyredrick (Rick DeNatale) · GitHub](http://github.com/rubyredrick) Twitter: @RickDeNatale WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale) ---
**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-conflict-help-resolving/188763/3 "2010-05-18T16:33:47Z")
Shallow routing was added to Rails 2.2, and encourage you to check it out. I never use deeply nested routes myself, because I don’t see the point in adding information, that you already have, to the URL. By setting :shallow =\> true on the resource mappings, this: GET forums/:forum\_id/subsection/:subsection\_id/topics/topic\_id will turn into this: GET topics/topic\_id Ryan B. has an episode on this if you’re interested: > **[\#139 Nested Resources - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/139-nested-resources)** > > Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers. ---
**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-conflict-help-resolving/188763/4 "2010-05-18T17:21:48Z")
You may be right. I thought he was using RESTful routing, but had syntax errors in the manual mappings. ---
**Author:** ![sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@sso](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sso)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/route-conflict-help-resolving/188763/5 "2010-05-18T16:53:42Z")
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Sharagoz [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Shallow routing was added to Rails 2.2, and encourage you to check it > out. > I never use deeply nested routes myself, because I don’t see the point > in adding information, that you already have, to the URL. > > By setting :shallow =\> true on the resource mappings, this: > GET forums/:forum\_id/subsection/:subsection\_id/topics/topic\_id > will turn into this: > GET topics/topic\_id Yes, but I took the OP at his word that he wanted particular routes/urls. He wasn’t using RESTful routing, something which I noticed but decided not to mention in trying to attack his question directly. – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Github: [rubyredrick (Rick DeNatale) · GitHub](http://github.com/rubyredrick) Twitter: @RickDeNatale WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale)