Clean URL from two text fields

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That's pretty rough. Probably what I would do is in routes:

map.namelink '/people/names/:first_name/:last_name

then in your controller you could do

User.find_by_full_name(params[:first_name], params[:last_name])

And set up that method in your users model. Hope this helps! Jason

Justin Ko wrote:

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That was what I was thinking originally. It would still be OK, but you'll have to split the name in your controller i.e.

myapp.com/people/john_doe/edit

then in PeopleController.rb I would do

before_filter :split_name, :only => ['edit', 'view', etc...]

protected

def split_name   @first_name, @last_name = params[:name].split("_") end

Something like that should work. Then just use your first and last names to User.find

Justin Ko wrote: