On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 01:47:45PM -0700, Govindarajulu, Arun wrote:
>
> I liked Noah's idea, but used it in a slightly different fashion.
[snip]
> This is what I have used. Instead of converting the query string to an
> all-path request, I am preserving the query string, but inserting a
> unique 'dummy' path so that <Location> can recognize that the request
> matched a specific rule.
*nod* Yep, that'll work just fine. You may (if you've not already) want
to make the dummpy pathnames have some text in common with the request,
just for self-documenting purposes.
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)location=NY(.*)$
> RewriteRule ^/abc/Team http://localhost/abc/dummy1/Team?%1location=NY%2
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)location=NJ(.*)$
> RewriteRule ^/abc/Team http://localhost/abc/dummy2/Team?%1location=NJ%2
>
> <Location /abc/dummy1/*>
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)location=NY(.*)$
> RewriteRule ^.* http://localhost/abc/Team?%1location=NY%2
> JKMount worker1
> </Location>
>
> <Location /abc/dummy2/*>
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)location=NJ(.*)$
> RewriteRule ^.* http://localhost/abc/Team?%1location=NJ%2
> JKMount worker2
> </Location>
Mmm. This will actually issue a 302 redirect back to the client, which
may or may not be what you want. If you don't specify the
'http://hostname' portion, everything should happen transparently behind
the scenes. Also note that the capturing you're using in unnecessary,
since you can do this...
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*location=NY.*$
RewriteRule ^/abc/Team /abc/dummy1/Team
...and the query string will be automagically appended to the target
URL. The other problem with the above is that '.*' may wind up being
more greedy than you had anticipated, since:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*location=NY.*$
...will also match on:
/abc/Team?foo=bar&my_location=NY&location=NJ
...which probably isn't what you want. Yes, the example is a bit
contrived, but I prefer to be paranoid. =) Additionally, I've heard (but
never actually confirmed) that regexes with '.*' can be slower to
execute; this is why I try to use something like this:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)location=[^&]+ [NC]
Finally, although it's implied by the syntax, it's good practice to
terminate each RewriteRule with the 'L' flag, unless you are explicitly
leaving it out.
--n
--
When the need arises -- and it does -- you must be able to shoot your own
dog. Don't farm it out -- that doesn't make it nicer, it makes it worse.
--Robert A. Heinlein
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