ruby on rails - How to make url_for return slashed parameters rather than (? & based parameters) -

rails 2.3.5:

routes:

map.connect ':controller/:action/:sort_key/:sort_order' 

options:

{"controller"=>"sections", "action"=>"list", "params"=>{"sort_key"=>"sect_code", "sort_order"=>"asc"}} 

url_for(options) give me:

/sections/list/sect_code/asc 

in rail 4.2,

routes:

  ':controller/:action/:sort_key/:sort_order' 

url_for(options) (same options) give me,

/sections/list?sort_key=sect_code&sort_order=asc 

is difference intended? possible make behaviour same?

thanks.

the behaviour intended. when add parameter url_for options isn't controller, action or expected property (eg. trailing_slash: true) url_for helper generate string parameters appended in 'get' fashion. don't know of inbuilt way modify string output become slashes instead of parameters, since html encoded string produced, away using gsub , regex on resulting string.

i create helper method modifies result of url_for method following:

def url_for_with_slashes(options=nil)     url_for(options).gsub(/(\?|&)[a-za-z0-9_]+=/, "/") end 

its not fool proof, can update regex if find slips net.

edit: on reflection, assign name route in routes.rb file

get ':controller/:action/:sort_key/:sort_order', as: 'sort' 

...and generate url slashes using sort_path(sort_key, sort_order)