Question

For some reason the conventional path names for a particular controller are not working? (Rails 3.1)

I created a controller using ryan bates nifty scaffold. Just a controller, no underlying model.

in the controller I have

class ProjectTemplatesController < ApplicationController
# a bunch of stuff

  def new
    @project = Project.new
  end

#more stuff
end

in my view (app/views/project_templates/index.html.erb) I have:

<p><%= link_to "New Project Templates", new_project_templates_path %></p>

however I get the error

undefined local variable or method `new_project_templates_path' for #<#<Class:0x2ab9c24>:0x2ab80e0>

in my routes.rb file I declared the controller as a resource like all the others

resources :project_templates 

If I change the link to use

<%= link_to "New Project Templates", {:controller=>"project_templates, :action=>"new"} %>

then it works perfectly?! Why doesnt the naming convension of action_controller_path work in this case?

Answer 1

You can find all of the routes and their names on the command line with rake routes.

Rails knows about the pluralization you are using so it could be magically removing it and naming the route new_project_template_path without the ‘s’?