Routing error on Rails 3 - ruby-on-rails-3

Question

I'm working on a profile page, so the config is like this:
routes.rb
=> match "user/:login(*path)" => 'users#profile', :as => :profile
rake routes
=> profile /user/:login(*path)(.:format) {:action=>"profile", :controller=>"users"}
on console
> Rails.application.routes.recognize_path("/user/example/whatever")
=> {:action=>"profile", :login=>"example", :controller=>"users", :path=>"/whatever"}
And I have a profile action in UsersControllers.
But when I use
&lt%= link_to user.name, profile_path(user.login) %>
in a view I get the error
No route matches {:login=>"example", :controller=>"users", :action=>"profile"}
What am I missing?
Thanks
Update:
Thanks for the answer and attention, Steve!
After a lot of time trying, a coworker find what I was missing: the problem was only with some logins that are emails too, with "#", ".", etc. The solution was adding to_url at params[:login] in link_to:
&lt%= link_to 'name', profile_path(params[:login].to_url) %>
Again, thanks for the attention!

Answer 1

Using your configuration, the route and helper seem to work fine in a Rails 3.0.5 sample app.
I verified the route helper profile_path in the Rails console:
>> app.profile_path('example')
=> "/user/example"
and checked that it worked in the view as well:
<%= link_to 'name', profile_path(params[:login]) %>
No route errors in either place. And putting <%= debug(params) %> in the view shows the path '/user/example/whatever' is being parsed correctly:
--- !map:ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess
controller: users
action: profile
login: example
path: /whatever