Local uri problem

[Toot Profile]

Before releasing to the world, I like to test things. We'd like to do some clever things across two sites (a public and a portal subdomain). I'm an isapi_rewrite noob, so please bear with me...

I've installed isapi_rewrite 3.1.0.99 on a staging server, which is on our LAN. I've edited the hosts file of my local machine and the staging web server such that the target addresses (mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com, portal.mydomain.com) all have the IP address of the internal web server and that internal web server is configured with the relevant bindings.

Here's a rule:

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RewriteRule ^(www\.)?mydomain\.com/(\d{4})/?$ http://portal.mydomain.com/temp.html?$2 [R=301,L]


Things didn't go so well, so I've added RewriteLogLevel 9 and LogLevel debug. If I try browsing to mydomain.com/1234, log shows:
(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /8162/
(3) applying pattern '^(www\.)?mydomain\.com/(\d{4})/?$' to uri '8162/'

Which doesn't match. Where's the full URI gone?!? Or maybe the question should be: how do I test within the building?

Thank you for your time!

[HeliconAndrew]

Hello,

The matter is that the syntax of ISAPI_Rewrite requires the rule to be in the following format:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(www\.)?mydomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(\d{4})/?$ http://portal.mydomain.com/temp.html?$2 [NC,R=301,L]

We have some useful links to help with your further learning of ISAPI_Rewrite3:
- FAQ - http://www.helicontech.com/forum/10648-FAQ.html
- Examples Section - http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/examples.htm
- Documentation - http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/doc/

Regards
Andrew