can anyone tell me whats wrong with this IIS URL rewrite?

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So i should be able to visit rsstest/test.xml and be forwarded to article.xml if i don't have a user agent of wibble.

why doesn't this work?

<rule name="df" patternSyntax="ExactMatch" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="^rsstest/test.xml" negate="true" /> <conditions> <add input="{HTTP_USER_AGENT}" pattern="Wibble" negate="true" /> </conditions> <action type="Rewrite" url="article.xml" /> </rule>

thanks in advance

I believe it has something to do with the `^` in the URL and the fact that you are using `ExactMatch`. — Ren, Oct 30 '12 at 09:30
When you say you want to be forwarded, do you mean redirect instead of rewrite? — Ren, Oct 30 '12 at 09:34
yeah, i just want to visit rsstest/test.xml and be forwarded (like a 302 redirect in apache) to article.xml — user1242345, Oct 30 '12 at 09:35
i have access to the IIS Manager, and changed the "Action type" under the "action" header to redirect. Still nothing. — user1242345, Oct 30 '12 at 09:41
I figured this out, thanks for your help! it should be set to "exact match", keep the ^ in, and set to redirect not rewrite. thank you! — user1242345, Oct 30 '12 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '12 at 10:24

Try changing the rule to this.

<rule name="df" patternSyntax="ExactMatch" stopProcessing="true"> 
    <match url="^rsstest/test.xml" negate="true" /> 
    <conditions> 
        <add input="{HTTP_USER_AGENT}" pattern="Wibble" negate="true" />
    </conditions> 
    <action type="Redirect" url="article.xml" /> 
</rule>

Using redirect sends a HTTP 301 or 302 to the client, telling the client that it should try to access the page using another URL.

Rewriting happens on the server, and simply is a translation of one URL to another, that is used by your web application. The client will not see any change.

can anyone tell me whats wrong with this IIS URL rewrite?

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