[X Servers] mod_rewrite question

John May jmaymailing at pointinspace.com
Fri Aug 15 09:07:11 PDT 2003


Figured it out actually.  Trick was to use a Proxy rule via [P] and 
enable mod_proxy to have it work properly, instead of the Rewrite 
rule.

	- John


>To all you mod_rewrite gurus:
>
>
>I'm using a mod_rewrite rule as follows:
>
>RewriteRule ^(.*)HostedStore.LassoApp(.*) 
>$1HostedStore_20030529.LassoApp$2 [R,NE]
>
>
>to replace "HostedStore.LassoApp" with 
>"HostedStore_20030529.LassoApp" in a URL, while preserving search 
>arguments.
>
>Right now, I'm using the [R] modifier to force a redirect, to get 
>Lasso to process the new URL instead of the old one.  Does anyone 
>know, however, if there's a way to get mod_rewrite to have Lasso 
>process the new version of the URL WITHOUT having to do a redirect?
>
>Eg: the URL in the browser will still show up with the original 
>"HostedStore.LassoApp" in it, but mod_rewrite will replace it with 
>"HostedStore_20030529.LassoApp" before handing off to Lasso?
>
>It'd be nice to be able to do this so search engines don't have to 
>re-index each time the replacement string is changed (version of 
>HostedStore changes).
>
>Thanks for any help!
>
>	- John

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