# Semi-colons **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 19, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357 "2009-03-19T15:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/1 "2009-03-19T15:07:36Z")
I know…Semi-colons are evil. But, what if I have an application that has moved from one server to the next and it has Rails 2.0. I want the application to roll forward, so I don’t want to just freeze the app and stay old school. How do I convert an application that uses semi-colons to use the slashes? For example: /page/83;edit to /page/83/edit is it simply a routes change? thanks for any kind of reply, as long as it’s nice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/2 "2009-03-19T15:24:23Z")
Aaron R. wrote: > I know…Semi-colons are evil. But, what if I have an application > that has moved from one server to the next and it has Rails 2.0. I > want the application to roll forward, so I don’t want to just freeze > the app and stay old school. > > How do I convert an application that uses semi-colons to use the > slashes? For example: > > /page/83;edit > to > /page/83/edit > > is it simply a routes change? > > thanks for any kind of reply, as long as it’s nice. 🙂 I thought the semi-colon was a Rails 1.x routing convention that’s been dropped. Do you get routing errors when you run your app on Rails 2.x? Are you doing anything out of the ordinary when referencing routes? ---
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/3 "2009-03-19T15:29:58Z")
Are your semi colons hard coded? or are you using users\_edit\_path On Mar 19, 10:24 am, Lee S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/4 "2009-03-19T16:41:11Z")
Semicolons is a 1.x thing that was dropped in 2.x. When I try to edit a page that is where the problem is. The ;'s are not hard coded to my knowledge. Meaning, I can’t find any in the code. thanks On Mar 19, 10:24 am, Lee S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/5 "2009-03-19T18:25:42Z")
You should really be asking this question in rubyonrails-talk - [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk) for general support questions. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM, aaron [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > to > > /page/83/edit > > is it simply a routes change? > > thanks for any kind of reply, as long as it’s nice. 🙂 > > > – Cheers! - Pratik [http://m.onkey.org](http://m.onkey.org) ---
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/6 "2009-03-19T16:51:49Z")
aaron wrote: > Semicolons is a 1.x thing that was dropped in 2.x. When I try to edit > a page that is where the problem is. > > The ;'s are not hard coded to my knowledge. Meaning, I can’t find any > in the code. > > thanks So what’s leading you to think that Rails 1.x use of semi-colons in URL’s for routes is your problem? Providing specific errors really help… ---
**Author:** ![lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@lazer\_rash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lazer_rash)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/semi-colons/163357/7 "2009-03-19T19:21:29Z")
Done…thanks!