Spaces in Map Files

[webthinking Profile]

Hi,

How do I handle spaces in key names in a map file? For example, I wish to do a look-up on the following:

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mykeyname 123
my key name 456

I'm using this code in htaccess:

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RewriteMap mapfile txt:MAP.htaccess [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(.+)$
RewriteCond ${mapfile:%1$1} ^(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(/.*)$ /mypage.aspx\?id=${mapfile:%1$1} [NC,L,QSA]

Currently, anything I pass in with a space is not matched. What should I do to resolve this?

Thanks

Mark

[HeliconAndrew]

Unfortunately, a space is a special character in mapfiles. And usually spaces are considered non-secure characters from IIS point of view.
We'd suggest dealing with spaces in separate rule and use mapfiles only for URLs without spaces.

Regards
Andrew

[ChickPea Profile]

Unfortunately, a space is a special character in mapfiles. And usually spaces are considered non-secure characters from IIS point of view.
We'd suggest dealing with spaces in separate rule and use mapfiles only for URLs without spaces.

Regards
Andrew

Or, better- don't put spaces in URLs! It's nasty.

[HeliconAndrew]

I recently played around and it turned out you can try to use "%20" or escape the spaces "\ ".

[webthinking Profile]

Hi, sorry for the delay in responding - I had reply notifications turned off by mistake. I've now got this working by storing key names with %20 and then looking up using the following:

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RewriteMap mapfile txt:MAP.htaccess [NC]
RewriteMap mapfile2 int:escape
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(.+)$
RewriteCond ${mapfile:${mapfile2:%1$1}} ^(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(/.*)$ /mypage.aspx\?id=${mapfile:${mapfile:%1$1}} [NC,L,QSA]

I completely agree about spaces in URLs being nasty. However, this is for a CMS, so I would like to have spaces handled correctly in this part of the system, then deal with rules regarding their use elsewhere. Thanks for the help.