Do not escape the question mark. RewriteRule ^/(.*) /wc?uni=$1 [L] - the first character must be a slash and is not included in the $1 variable. - Add "/wc?uni=" before the rest of the URL on the same server. - Discard any querystring from the visitor. (No QSA flag.) - [L] = stop processing RewriteRules. You may want another RewriteRule for /, HTH, solprovider On 11/3/08, apache@xxxxxxxxxxxx <apache@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to get a redirect to work so that I can get friendl URLs for > my website. I am using mod_perl and have written a little handler as a > controler to handle all requests. > > What I currently have that works as follows. > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteBase / > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [OR] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d > RewriteRule ^wc/(.*) /wc\?uni=$1 [L] > > The user types in: http://example.com/wc/docName > and apache rewrites: http://example.com/wc?arg=docName > > Where /wc is my perl handler, as such: > > PerlModule Examplepackage::WC > <Location /wc> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlResponseHandler Examplepackage::WC > </Location> > > This works and it's great, but I want to work just a little different. > > I want the user to type in: http://example.com/docName > and apache rewrite: http://example.com/wc?arg=docName > > I have tried a few different RewriteRule types and either they 404 or > it exceedes 10 internal redirects (internal server error). > > I have tried: > RewriteRule ^/(.*) /wc\?uni=$1 [L] > RewriteRule ^(.*) /wc\?uni=$1 [L] > RewriteRule /(.*) /wc\?uni=$1 [L] > RewriteRule . /wc\?uni=$1 [L] > RewriteRule /(.*)$ /wc\?uni=$1 [L] > and other such permutations. > > What am I doing wrong? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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