Controller action code not being executed

Hi all! I have a similar post going on at railsforum.com, but I figured getting help from multiple sources is better than just one! Let me begin.

I have a controller, CommentsController, with a custom action 'permit' defined as follows:

Is that not a get request?

Chris Habgood wrote:

Is that not a get request?

What indicates a get request? I'm telling it in every circumstance to my knowledge that it's a PUT request. Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm a relatively new Rails programmer.

The following is straight out of 'rake routes'