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copied!<p>I'd like to modify the standard ASP.NET MVC URL routes </p> <pre><code>http://example.com/Controller/Action[/Id] </code></pre> <p>to something like:</p> <pre><code>http://example.com/Controller/Id/Action </code></pre> <p>Modifying the route scheme is trivial but I'm getting into trouble when handling default values. I would need these URLs</p> <pre><code>http://example.com/Controller/ -> Maps to Index() -> List of items http://example.com/Controller/Create http://example.com/Controller/Id[/Details] -> Maps to Details(id) http://example.com/Controller/Id/Edit -> Maps to Edit(id) http://example.com/Controller/Id/Delete -> Maps to Delete(id) </code></pre> <p>Yikes! This means quite a few routes instead of the nice default one. Or can I use URL parameters with default values in the middle of the URL?</p> <p>The next step is to use a friendly (yet unique!) object reference (eg customer name. Let's assume it is unique) instead of a DB record identity (id). Such as:</p> <pre><code>http://example.com/Controller/Name[/Details] -> Maps to Details(id) </code></pre> <p>So far so good but I'm not sure it's a good idea to use this for the Edit (and possibly delete) page: The edit form lets user modify the object name, leading to possible mismatches in url. Should I stick to the id in Edit URLs?</p> <p>Did anyone experience with such URLs? Did you push the idea to hierarchical systems? Is this all a good idea or will I dive into more trouble than benefits?</p> <p>TIA for your thoughts.</p>

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