RE: FN-FORUM: ISAPI Rewrite issues

date posted 11th September 2007 13:33

Hi Paul,

Simply encode the filename string in asp with server.urlencode(string), that
should convert those # and / into url compatible code.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Paul
> Cooper
> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:59 PM
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: ISAPI Rewrite issues
>
>
> I'm using an ASP ISAPI rewrite component which I think does what most
> of you would know as mod rewrite. I've come across issues when using
> # (hash) and / (forward slash) characters.
>
> For example I get an error when you click on the first 2 links on this
> page:
>
> http://www.perpetual-solutions.com.servwise.com/training-
> courses/133,3/TCP/IP,-IP,-IPv6-Training-Courses.htm
>
> For the # sign I just did a 'replace with nothing' to remove it. This
> isn't ideal as I want people to be able to search for C# courses and
> have my pages indexed as such. I'm kind of assuming there's no way
> round it (browsers treat hashes with bookmarks and slashes with folder
> paths).
>
> But I thought I'd check just in case. Am I doing the right thing?
> Whilst I'm at it, are there any other characters that would cause me
> problems?
>
> TIA
> Paul
>
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