ASP.NET Routing, Simple issue

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I have the below:

    routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToPages", "{PageName}", "~/Page.aspx");

    routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProducts", "products", "~/Products.aspx");
    routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProduct", "product/{ProductName}", "~/Products.aspx");

Of course as you might have guessed, I can never go to /products on my website because it will automatically redirect me to ~/Page.aspx. Is there a way to fix this and allow routing to other "directories" while maintaining a dynamic page name on the root of my domain ?

Thanks!

No i'm talking about going to mydomain.com/products automatically takes me to ~/Page.aspx (first rule) since it considers /products as -> "{PageName}" — user1027620
– user1027620, Commented Oct 4, 2012 at 20:55

Lawrence Johnson · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04 20:55:20Z

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I would normally write an HttpModule to handle this, but I would imagine that the rules should be first matching. Try this:

routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProducts", "products", "~/Products.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToPages", "{PageName}", "~/Page.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProduct", "product/{ProductName}", "~/Products.aspx");

answered Oct 4, 2012 at 20:55

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Dave Zych · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04 20:56:00Z

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Put the routes in reverse order - most specific to lease specific. When redirecting to a route, it will search until it finds a match, then it stops.

routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProduct", "product/{ProductName}", "~/Products.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProducts", "products", "~/Products.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToPages", "{PageName}", "~/Page.aspx");

answered Oct 4, 2012 at 20:56

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Eonasdan · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04 20:57:26Z

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You should be able to flip the routes around

routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProducts", "products", "~/Products.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToProduct", "product/{ProductName}", "~/Products.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("RouteToPages", "{PageName}", "~/Page.aspx");

/products should got to /products.aspx
/product/foo should got to /products.aspx
/foo should got to /pages.aspx

routes are first come first serve. If it makes route 1, that's the one it takes. {PageName} matches everything so naturally it will take it first

answered Oct 4, 2012 at 20:57

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Lawrence Johnson Over a year ago

We need more of the same answer on this question.

Eonasdan Over a year ago

my answer is more complete than yours for one and I answered within about 2 seconds of the other answers.

Lawrence Johnson Over a year ago

The same information is there; yours is just more verbose. and I think you meant 2 minutes not 2 seconds.

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