Agreed, If you want custom slugs use something like https://github.com/norman/friendly_id and then you can just forego the id in the url all together.
On Monday, July 9, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Ryan Bigg wrote: > Very limited use-case. Can't see the point of it. > > -1 > > On Monday, 9 July 2012 at 3:58 PM, angelo capilleri wrote: > > > Many users try to overwrite the to_param method of AR to add more > > expressivness and value of Seo to the url using something like the > > following: > > > > def to_param > > id.to_s + title. parameterize + '-' + author. parameterize > > end > > > > That generate url like that: > > > > http://host/books/100000-goodbook-guest > > > > The id passed to AR is '100-goodbook-guest' that type_casted to > > integer in a trasparent way it will became 100. > > > > My proposal is to permit to read also url like the following > > > > http://host/books/goodbook-guest-100000 > > > > In other words, the id string passed to AR could have integer at the > > begining or end of itself > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com > > (mailto:rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > (mailto:rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com > (mailto:rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > (mailto:rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.