periods in parameter

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I have a tag cloud going and a route defined like so:

  map.connect 'tags/:id', :controller => "tag", :action => "browse"

Works great, except when the phrase has a period in it (like "Web 2.0") Then I get a 404, presumably because Rails is interpreting that as a file name and an extension. I have wrapped CGI::escape around it but that doesn't seem to affect periods. What's the best way to handle this?

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I had a route where the :id could contain digits and/or a period. This worked for me.

:requirements => { :id => %r([-\d.]+) }

Tweak that to allow your other characters and you should be all right. However, in my case the full route was /foo/:id/:bar so maybe having it in the middle makes a difference.

Good luck!