Question

# GET system_accounts/:id
  def show 
    # If a system account already exists in session, it was found from a search with the account id
    # Otherwise, this is a new search for a system account by the given id
    if params[:id]
      Rails.logger.debug { "Querying for the account with id: #{params[:id]}" }
      response = query_account(CGI.escape(params[:id]))
    if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
        @account = JSON.parse(response.body)
    unless @account.empty?
      redirect_to system_accounts_path(params[:id])        
    end 
    end

The above is my show action. So the thing is if i search with my id=2 i should get the resultant link to be system_accounts/2 but what i get is system_accounts.2 . why a . instead of a / . Anything i am missing out on ?

Answer 1

if you are closely following the rails convention, you should use system_account_path(params[:id]) (without an s). 2 is interpreted as the format so it is appending .2 to the url because system_accounts_path most probably points to the index action of system_accounts controller. remove the s to point to the show action.