Routing to contents of model failing due to no ID match - ruby-on-rails

I am relatively new to Rails and have recently managed to break the links to the contents of one of my models...
Having previously posted a question here on stackoverflow, I adjusted the to_param function in my model, such that the product name would be appended to the product ID.
The changes I made were:
In products.rb,
def to_param
"#{id}-#{product_name.parameterize}"
end
In routes.rb,
match '/:id' => 'uniquewetsuits#show'
This successfully creates the address I am hoping for /products/ID-product-name, however, I get an error stating there is no product with ID=ID-product-name.
If I navigate to /products/ID, I can successfully view the page as normal.
Can anybody inform me as to how I go about reconnecting things so that I do get a match for the longer ID string?
Thanks for your time
EDIT
The contents of the controller are:
def index
##search = Uniquewetsuit.search(params[:q])
##findwetsuits = #search.result(:distinct => true)
#if #findwetsuits.count > 0
# #uniquewetsuits = #findwetsuits.all
#else
#uniquewetsuits = Uniquewetsuit.all
#end
respond_to do |format|
format.html # index.html.erb
format.xml { render :xml => #uniquewetsuits }
end
end
# GET /uniquewetsuits/1
# GET /uniquewetsuits/1.xml
def show
#uniquewetsuit = Uniquewetsuit.find(params[:id])
respond_to do |format|
format.html # show.html.erb
format.xml { render :xml => #uniquewetsuit }
end
end
# GET /uniquewetsuits/new
# GET /uniquewetsuits/new.xml
def new
#uniquewetsuit = Uniquewetsuit.new
respond_to do |format|
format.html # new.html.erb
format.xml { render :xml => #uniquewetsuit }
end
end
# GET /uniquewetsuits/1/edit
def edit
#uniquewetsuit = Uniquewetsuit.find(params[:id])
end
# POST /uniquewetsuits
# POST /uniquewetsuits.xml
def create
#uniquewetsuit = Uniquewetsuit.new(params[:uniquewetsuit])
respond_to do |format|
if #uniquewetsuit.save
format.html { redirect_to(#uniquewetsuit, :notice => 'Uniquewetsuit was successfully created.') }
format.xml { render :xml => #uniquewetsuit, :status => :created, :location => #uniquewetsuit }
else
format.html { render :action => "new" }
format.xml { render :xml => #uniquewetsuit.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# PUT /uniquewetsuits/1
# PUT /uniquewetsuits/1.xml
def update
#uniquewetsuit = Uniquewetsuit.find(params[:id])
respond_to do |format|
if #uniquewetsuit.update_attributes(params[:uniquewetsuit])
format.html { redirect_to(#uniquewetsuit, :notice => 'Uniquewetsuit was successfully updated.') }
format.xml { head :ok }
else
format.html { render :action => "edit" }
format.xml { render :xml => #uniquewetsuit.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /uniquewetsuits/1
# DELETE /uniquewetsuits/1.xml
def destroy
#uniquewetsuit = Uniquewetsuit.find(params[:id])
#uniquewetsuit.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to(uniquewetsuits_url) }
format.xml { head :ok }
end
end

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