URL Rewriting creates extra name at the end

Question

User-698989805 posted

I've rewritten url for ASP.NET application that works fine. But unfortunately, I am having an issue as follows:

Suppose, I've a link that uses id at the end to redirect to a specific product to edit. So when I click on the link, it redirects like this:

http://localhost:56317/AddProducts/123456

Now when I like to redirect to another link, say ProductDetails, then it becomes this:

http://localhost:56317/AddProducts/ProductDetails

For url rewriting, I've done this in the Global.asax file:

routes.MapPageRoute("detailsProducts", "ProductDetails", "~/ProductDetails.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("addProducts", "AddProducts", "~/AddProducts.aspx");
routes.MapPageRoute("addProductsWithId", "AddProducts/{Code}", "~/AddProducts.aspx");

Anything I missed here? Initially it works fine, when I click on any of the links. It redirects perfectly. But when I click on any product with ids, it creates the extra name at the end and never redirects to another links with the contents expected.

Answer 1

User753101303 posted

Hi,

Or could it be that you are using a link such as "ProductDetails" (ie you stay inside the same folder) rather than "/ProductDetails" (what you should see in the HTML markup) or "~/ProductDetails" ? 

~ is a server side notation  that allows to start from the "application root" allowing your app to work regardless if it is installed at site.com or site.com/subfolder/ (in this later case it will create a "/subfolder/ProductDetails" link rather than a "/ProductDetails" link).

Answer 2

User-698989805 posted

Hello PatriceSc! Thanks a lot and missed it earlier. Just changed the link as follows:

ProductDetails To /ProductDetails