Route segment ":controller" cannot be optional because it precedes a required segment

Rails
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Hi,

With this route…

map.namespace :admin do |admin|
admin.sort ‘/:controller/sort/:sort_by/:sort_dir’, :action => ‘sort’
end

…I get this message…

Route segment “:controller” cannot be optional because it precedes a
required segment. This segment will be required.

The route works as expected, but the warning is worrying. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dave

2

Dave,

Did you ever get any resolution on this? I’m just now having exactly
the same problem. I’m doing a filter though:

map.namespace :admin do |admin|
admin.filter ‘:controller/filter’, :action => ‘filter’
end

I wonder if there is some additional command-line hash option or
parameter that can be passed in?

This seems like something that would be fairly common… i.e. a common
extra action across multiple controllers?

-Danimal