Eric, Ok, I can do the pastebin thing, but I don't think we need to. New code tested is: <VirtualHost *:81> ServerName yippidy.doodaa.com DocumentRoot "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/testfororacle" DirectoryIndex index.htm ServerAdmin delhi@xxxxxxxxx Alias /htdocs D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/htdocs/ RewriteLog "D:/oas10gR2/Apache/Apache/logs/testfororacle_rewrite.log" RewriteLogLevel 9 #<Location /htdocs> # order deny,allow #allow from all RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://yippidy.doodaa.com/index.html.en [L,R] # </Location> </VirtualHost> Applicable rewritelog entries are at http://testfororacle.pastebin.com/m7540a23. The rewrite works just fine. I'm sorry if you didn't get a chance to read all the way into my first post, but that's consistent with what I posted. The issue the whole time is why locationmatch / location is hitting and works fine on Linux and not on a Windows install. I need a LocationMatchLog or LocationLog file!! :) Todd -- Todd Randall Sr. Programmer/Analyst - Oracle DBA SUNY ITEC 1300 Elmwood Ave TR 200 Buffalo, NY 14222 Work: 716-878-4832 (receptionist/to leave a message) Work: 716-878-3128 (Direct) Cell: 716-863-7097 -----Original Message----- From: Randall, Todd [mailto:todd.randall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:58 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Location/locationmatch on Windows install It's not the rewrite I'm having the issue with. If I remove the locationmatch or location directives it rewrites perfectly fine. For whatever reason, I cannot get the locationmatch or location directives to "kick in" on a windows platform install. Any unix/linux platform install with the same exact code works perfectly fine. I will have to google pastebin as I have no idea what that is. Thanks again, and willing to try anything, Todd -----Original Message----- From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:55 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Location/locationmatch on Windows install On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Randall, Todd <todd.randall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, I added RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel 9 and have a rewrite log now. > > When I hit that URL I get: > > (3) [per-dir /htdocs/] applying pattern '^/(.*)$' to uri > 'd:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html' > (1) [per-dir /htdocs/] pass through > d:/oas10gr2/apache/apache/htdocs//testfororacle/index.html > > I don't understand that, but does it confirm what you were thinking? > What should I change it to for a test? No -- I am surprised that it's testing against something that looks like an absolute filesystem path instead of a partial URL. To simplify, don't put your Rewrite directives inside any Location/Directory containers. Maybe you could pastebin the entire log? -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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