3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
index 4a6f4daae5..f2eb2fd2f4 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/assertions.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
     #
     # For redirects within the same controller, you can even call follow_redirect and the redirect will be follow triggering another
     # action call which can then be asserted against.
+    #
+    # == Testing named routes
+    #
+    # If you're using named routes, they can be easily tested using the original named routes methods straight in the test case.
+    # Example: 
+    #
+    #  assert_redirected_to page_url(:title => 'foo')
     module Assertions
       # Asserts that the response is one of the following types:
       # 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb
index 3a1ef27234..184be83781 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ module ActionController
       
           protected url_helper_name(name), hash_access_name(name)
       
-          Helpers << url_helper_name(name)
+          Helpers << url_helper_name(name).to_sym
           Helpers.uniq!
         end
     
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
index 0480d50f57..93d9dd8a2f 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ module Test
           $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/vendor/html-scanner"
           require 'html/document'
         end
-      end
+        
+        def method_missing(selector, *args)
+          return @controller.send(selector, *args) if ActionController::Routing::NamedRoutes::Helpers.include?(selector)
+          return super
+        end
+    end
   end
 end