MVC action not getting called

Question

I have only 1 controller and have 1 action only in my example like this:

//
// GET: /Home/
public ActionResult Index(string source,string id)
{
    return View();
}

I have 2 routes registered for this action like -:

 routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default2",
                url: "{source}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" }
            );

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default",
                url: "",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", source="source1", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

When I call default, it calls Index action, which is OK when I call like this, /source1/12 - it works.

But when I call like this /source1/12.0 - it does not work and shows up 404 ..

Can anyone suggest why is this happening ?

it is cause your action will be like `public ActionResult Source(int id)` — Arijit Mukherjee, Jul 07 '14 at 12:31
public ActionResult Index(string source,string id) { return View(); } — user3359453, Jul 07 '14 at 12:31
the only difference is when I call like /sourceId/12 - it works but with /sourceId/12.0 - it does not (12.0) does not , while /sourceid/12.0/ works (with / in last) — user3359453, Jul 07 '14 at 12:33
What is the significance of the dot? This is most likely the answer to your problem: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12151501/1795862 — adaam, Jul 07 '14 at 12:36
any idea how should I modify my action or route to get it working ? — user3359453, Jul 07 '14 at 12:37
for c# it might be a string but in the browser dot has a lot of more significance — Arijit Mukherjee, Jul 07 '14 at 12:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '14 at 12:36

It's probably interpreting the .0 as a file extension, and thus looking for a file on disk. Can you replace "." with "_" for the purposes of redirection, and replace back in your action method? Otherwise, you have to look at ways you can get the routing not to interpret ".0" as a file extension. Not sure exactly how off of the top of my head...

MVC routes errors like this to special methods. One is in the controller: HandleUnknownAction, which is called when the action can't be matched. You can override it and handle the action (logging it, etc.) there.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '14 at 12:39

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Check this article, it has a solution for you:

From the link:

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <httpRuntime relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping="true"/>

    <!-- ... your other settings ... -->
  </system.web>
</configuration>

answered Jul 07 '14 at 12:39

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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change the ROuteCOnfig to:

routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default2",
            url: "{source}/{id}/",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" }
        );

Should solve your issue.

You can also check this SO Thread

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Jul 07 '14 at 12:40

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