Probably common n00b question: Default id

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Hi, I'm new to Rails but I develop in PHP somtimes. I figured that the best way to learn Rails is to create a simple CMS. While I understand the basics of ruby and rails, one issue has caught me: how can I set a default ID for an action?

Here is my code for the index action in my pages controller:

def index

    @page = Page.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|       format.html # show.html.erb       format.xml { render :xml => @page }     end   end

However, when I load http://localhost:3000/pages , I get a message:

Couldn't find Page without an ID

How can I make my application assume a default ID of 1 if none is provided?

2

I'm not sure that's what you want to do. In Rails 2.0.x, the mapping is:

GET => action => index => list of items GET /id => action => show => individual item identified by id

Run rake routes to see how your HTTP verbs map to your controller/action pairs.

3

Maybe I should look at some other examples

4

Yeah, that's good, thanks!