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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- John May : President <http://www.pointinspace.com> Point In Space Internet Solutions jmay at pointinspace.com LPA Corporate Partner / FSA Associate / ACN Member Lasso 5 + 6 / PHP / MySQL / FileMaker Pro Hosting Now Available!