On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Hayward Lam <hayward.lam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I need to support the ARK (Archive Resource Key) spec which requires URL > ending with "?" and "??". For example: > > http://domain.com/ark:/12345/t41290? > http://domain.com/ark:/12345/t41290?? > > Since "?" is used for request parameter, when it is ending with "?" by > itself, my Apache Tomcat ignores it. > > I am thinking about using Apache Http's mod_rewrite to map "?" and "??" to > request parameters. However, rewrite rules don't see query string. > > Is there a way to achieve this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. That's a pretty lame spec if it requires an unencoded ? to mean something other than the start of a query string. Anyway, you can examine the raw request in mod_rewrite by using a RewriteCond against the variable %{THE_REQUEST}. That should allow you to match against and substitute the question mark. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx