Adding an action to an existing controller (Ruby on Rails)
rails-routing, ruby, ruby-on-rails
Solution
Your routing isn't set up to allow that route. Assuming you're using the default scaffolding, put this line before the `map.resources :posts` line in config/routes.rb:
map.connect "posts/:action", :controller => 'posts', :action => /[a-z]+/i
The regex for `:action` restricts it to just a-z (to avoid catching things like /posts/1). It can be improved if you need underscores or numbers in your new actions.
Problem
I am new to Ruby on Rails, I have completed the Blog Tutorial. I am now trying to add an additional action to the controller, called 'start'. ``` def start end ``` I have added a view page "app/views/posts/start.html.erb" containing nothing but simple html. When I go to /posts/start i get the following error. ``` ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in PostsController#show Couldn't find Post with ID=start ``` I understand the error, the show action is being executed and start is not a valid ID. Why doesn't the start action get executed, is there some part of the MVC architecture or configuration I am missing ? Below is my posts_controller.rb ``` class PostsController < ApplicationController # GET /posts/start def start end # GET /posts # GET /posts.xml def index @posts = Post.find(:all) respond_to do |format| format.html # index.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @posts } end end # GET /posts/1 # GET /posts/1.xml def show @post = Post.find(params[:id]) respond_to do |format| format.html # show.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @post } end end end ``` Yes I have restarted the server and tried it with Mongrel and webrick.