# Routing error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error/135279>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 20, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error/135279 "2008-04-20T14:36:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@nish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nish)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error/135279/1 "2008-04-20T14:36:50Z")

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when i create the rails application and start the web server i  
encounter a routing error saying that it cant find the required method  
in the controller. but the method does exist. how to go about this??

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**Author:** ![nish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@nish](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nish)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error/135279/2 "2008-04-20T14:46:50Z")

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could you provide some of your code?

- the routes that are involved
- the link\_to or redirect\_to you use to call them
- the method
- the error message