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Date: 10 May 1999 12:22:29 -0000
From: Derek Smith <derek@motortrak.com>
Reply-To: derek@motortrak.com
To: apbugs@hyperreal.org
Subject: RedirectMatch cannot redirect to cgi script and pass parameters
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>Number:         4379
>Category:       mod_alias
>Synopsis:       RedirectMatch cannot redirect to cgi script and pass parameters
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          duplicate
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 10 05:30:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Sun May 06 12:42:23 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Sun May 06 12:42:23 PDT 2001
>Originator:     derek@motortrak.com
>Release:        1.3.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
SunOS motrak04 5.6 Generic_105181-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4
>Description:
We are upgrading from NCSA to Apache and used to use the Redirect directive in 
.htaccess files to run cgi scripts and pass parameters to them on request of 
certain documents.  We want to use the RedirectMatch directive as this is 
exactly the functionslity that we want.  This solution doesn't seem to work 
though.

If a RedirectMatch statement redirects URL that is the location of the cgi and 
parameters then the script fails.  The exact same line works correctly if you 
use Redirect instead, but we require an explicit match as if you use point you 
browser at the redirected page but add a '/something' to the end, that gets 
appended to the rewritten URL and therefore appended to the last variables 
value.

#This Works
Redirect /some/place/to/redirect/from.html http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi?var1=value
#This Doesn't
RedirectMatch ^/some/place/to/redirect/from.html$ http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi?var1=value

What I get is the error 'The document contained no data.'
>How-To-Repeat:
If you create a Redirect statement to a cgi including parameters(i.e. URL will 
include a '?') works fine, but if you use RedirectMatch it doesn't work.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: rbb
State-Changed-When: Sun May  6 12:42:23 PDT 2001
State-Changed-Why:
This bug is being tracked in PR 7503.  Please test the 
patch in that PR and let us know if it solves your problem.

Class-Changed-From-To: sw-bug-duplicate
Class-Changed-By: rbb
Class-Changed-When: Sun May  6 12:42:23 PDT 2001
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