Question

I am using the default Controller named “Home”.

I have the following ActionResult:

public ActionResult SetID(string ID)
{
    int? result = MyGateway.GetAccountByID(ID);
    Common.IDNum = result;
    return View("Index","Home");
}

I would like to pass the IDNumber like:

http://localhost:3314/Home/SetID/AA3420

…and not like…

http://localhost:3314/Home/SetID?ID=AA3420

The link above is beginning generated by a view which returns a list. To select a record, they click “Select” which is the link above. I am currently setting the “AA3420” to a Session Variable located in a CS file elsewhere called Common.cs.

How can I get my URL to look like: http://localhost:3314/Home/SetID/AA3420?

Answer 1

By Registering the following route in global.asax Application_Start:

 var routes = RouteTable.Routes;

 routes.MapRoute(
            "ID Action", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new {controller = "Home", action = "SetID", ID = ""} // Parameter defaults
            );