Rails nested resources with strange path?

Question

I have a typical artist has_many songs model and I'm trying to set up the nested resource in Rails.

My routes.rb looks like this:

map.resources :artists do |artist|
   map.resources :songs
end

This works fine for the artist paths, but when I want to link to the songs controller, like this:

<%= link_to artist.name, artist_songs_path(artist) %>

my links look like this:

/songs.<artist:0x22b77ec>

Where it should probably look like /artist/5/songs

I'm sure it's something stupid I've missed, but I don't see it. Ideas?

Doh! as soon as I posted this I saw my error. the nested route should be artist.resources :songs, not map.resources :songs. Should I leave the question here for others? — Ben Scheirman
– Ben Scheirman, Commented Jun 14, 2009 at 19:49

Ryan Oberoi · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-14 19:56:37Z

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Ummm.... I think you should change map.resources :songs to artist.resources :songs...

Yes. leave the answer around. Maybe retag it with rails routes mistakes...

answered Jun 14, 2009 at 19:56

Ryan Oberoi

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