# Url routing issue - Agile Rails Chapter 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 7, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-routing-issue-agile-rails-chapter-6/192892 "2010-08-07T20:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cjnkns)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-routing-issue-agile-rails-chapter-6/192892/1 "2010-08-07T20:45:25Z")
I am walking through the tutorial in Agile web development with rails book 3rd edition. When I try to access the url [http://localhost:3000/products](http://localhost:3000/products) I get this error No route matches “/products” with {:method=\>:get} Which - when I look at the products controller I do not understand how the url in the book is correct? In the previous chapter I created a Say controller which had a hello action. But, the products controller has index, show, new, edit, create, update and destroy. I tried /products/new and products/index and still nothing… What am I missing here? ---
**Author:** ![cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cjnkns)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-routing-issue-agile-rails-chapter-6/192892/2 "2010-08-07T21:35:38Z")
On 7 August 2010 19:45, Carl J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > In the previous chapter I created a Say controller which had a hello > action. But, the products controller has index, show, new, edit, create, > update and destroy. > > I tried /products/new and products/index and still nothing… > > What am I missing here? The ‘No route matches…’ error usually suggests that something is missing in your config/routes.rb file. At this point in the tutorial, you should have: map.resources :products somewhere in your config/routes.rb. Do you? ( This is a bit hard to diagnose, as you’ve noticed, because the ‘resource’-style routing adds some standard mappings that aren’t like the explicit /controller/action mapping you were previously introduced to. In this case, behind the scenes, the ‘map.resources :products’ adds a route that maps /products to ProductsController#index. You can read more about this in the Rails Routing guide [1]. It seems weird and magical at first, but it’ll soon become second nature, trust me! ) Chris [1] > **[Rails Routing from the Outside In — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#restful-routing-the-rails-default)** > > Rails Routing from the Outside InThis guide covers the user-facing features of Rails routing.After reading this guide, you will know: How to interpret the code in config/routes.rb. How to construct your own routes, using either the preferred... ---
**Author:** ![cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cjnkns)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-routing-issue-agile-rails-chapter-6/192892/3 "2010-08-07T21:47:56Z")
Use rake routes from any directory in your Rails app to list your routes. I’ve found it a big help, especially for understanding what’s going on behind the scenes. Fred ---
**Author:** ![cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@cjnkns](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cjnkns)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/url-routing-issue-agile-rails-chapter-6/192892/4 "2010-08-07T21:53:13Z")
Thanks for the responses but, I found the issue. I am really new to this (obviously) but, I think I had started Webrcik in my demo directory and not the depot on which it should have been. Another thing is that I found this website. > **[Rails 2.0 and Scaffolding Step by Step](http://fairleads.blogspot.com/2007/12/rails-20-and-scaffolding-step-by-step.html)** > > Rails 2.0 step by step. Part 2 is here Ruby on Rails 2.0 was released by the Rails core team on Friday, December 7th . There were quite a fe... That shows using script/generate without a ‘/’ in the command. The book uses this and it was causing an issue trying to run db:migrate. My migration file had a space between the ‘:’ colon and the column name. Once I fixed those things I can now get to the url just fine. Trying to figure out the differences is a pain. The book says it is for Rails 2 and I am running Rails 2.3.8 you’d think this would be a no-brainer.