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routing constraints not working properly with regex

#4966

class UsersController < ApplicationController
  def show
    render :text => params[:id]
  end
end

R4963::Application.routes.draw do |map|
  resources :users
  match 'person/:id' => 'users#show'
end

With the above routing rule I can hit http://localhost:3000/person/ME

Now I changed the routing rules and added constraints.

R4963::Application.routes.draw do |map|
  resources :users
  match 'person/:id' => 'users#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]/ }
end

Now if I try to hit http://localhost:3000/person/ME I get no route matches exception.

Reported by Neeraj Singh · June 25th, 2010 @ 05:26 AM

Andrew White
- State changed from new to invalid
Because you specified a single character id with the regexp

June 25th, 2010 @ 07:06 AM

Andrew White

R4963::Application.routes.draw do |map|
  resources :users
  match 'person/:id' => 'users#show', :constraints => { :id => /[A-Z]+/ }
end