URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID

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#15

07-21-2010, 12:25 PM

[eluser]KingSkippus[/eluser]
I still think you're barking up the wrong tree in getting users to type names in the URL. I really think the way to go for almost every situation is to provide a textbox or some other navigational tool on your page that will do a name-to-id mapping for picking the right URL.

But I'm not the one coding your application, so if you can make it work and you're determined to have URLs used to navigate, then at the very least, I suggest making the string you're using as the URL key your database key instead of a numeric ID. It sounds like it will be used as a key anyway, and having two unique keys is a bit of a waste.

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URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-20-2010, 04:50 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-20-2010, 05:03 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-20-2010, 05:05 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-20-2010, 07:20 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-20-2010, 06:41 PM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-20-2010, 07:25 PM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 01:16 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 05:57 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 06:00 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 06:08 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 06:11 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 07:54 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 07:58 AM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-21-2010, 12:25 PM

URL Rewriting: Name instead of ID - by El Forum - 07-26-2010, 10:47 AM