# Routes.rb. what's diff map.connect and map.name?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-rb-whats-diff-map-connect-and-map-name/121865>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 2, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-rb-whats-diff-map-connect-and-map-name/121865 "2007-12-02T03:07:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynuby)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-rb-whats-diff-map-connect-and-map-name/121865/1 "2007-12-02T03:07:11Z")

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Hi

as title says, what’s the difference between map.connect and  
map.somename ?

thanks

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**Author:** ![rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynuby)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-rb-whats-diff-map-connect-and-map-name/121865/2 "2007-12-02T04:09:36Z")

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rubynuby wrote:

> as title says, what’s the difference between map.connect and  
> map.somename ?

[http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Routing.html](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Routing.html)

Check out the section on Named Routes.

–  
Josh S.  
[http://blog.hasmanythrough.com](http://blog.hasmanythrough.com)

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**Author:** ![rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rubynuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubynuby)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-rb-whats-diff-map-connect-and-map-name/121865/3 "2007-12-03T05:06:57Z")

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Map.foo is named route. It gives helper methods you can use in views.  
Map.connect will associate a URL to controller/action.

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