How is RedirectToRoute supposed to be used?

Question

I have this in my Global.asax.cs:

routes.MapRoute("BetaAccess", "beta-access", new { controller = "Beta", action = "Index" });

And this in my controller (index action on HomeController) and it definitely is getting hit:

RedirectToRoute("BetaAccess");

But still no redirection happens... it just goes to the normal home page. Am I using it wrong?

Also, I can do Response.Redirect("~/beta-access") and it goes to the beta page...

score 46 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '09 at 20:53

46

RedirectToRoute returns a RedirectToRouteResult. Try this instead.

return RedirectToRoute("BetaAccess");

answered Aug 17 '09 at 20:53

Joel

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I have to up-vote a comment that makes me laugh. (no worries, that's an easy mistake to make. :) – Chris Missal Aug 18 '09 at 00:56

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '10 at 13:02

4

This will redirect you.

Response.RedirectToRoute("BetaAccess");
Response.End();

answered Oct 24 '10 at 13:02

Michael

I am having trouble with that too.... i am using it in webForms but i get this error : "A route named 'Students/Basic-Information' could not be found in the route collection. Parameter name: name" ... i have defined the route like : " Routes.MapPageRoute("StudentsBasicData", "Students/Basic-Information", "~/Student/BasicInfo/BasicInfoCompletion.aspx");" – Lucky May 18 '13 at 08:05

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