redirect from URL

[Stuart Palmer]

Hi Everyone,
I am wanting to create a redirector on my server so that if I type in
something like 'mysite.com/redirect/target' it would look into my database
and see entry for 'target' and forward to that url.

How do I do this? I put a default.asp file in my redirect url, however,
trying to hit redirect/target tries process that url rather than read the
default.asp and the first off to my target.

One way to do this would be to put redirect?target but from a mailshot this
isn't very nice.

Any ideas how I can achieve this?

Many thx
Stuart

 

[Dave Anderson]

I am wanting to create a redirector on my server so that if I
type in something like 'mysite.com/redirect/target' it would look
into my database and see entry for 'target' and forward to that url.

How do I do this? I put a default.asp file in my redirect url,
however, trying to hit redirect/target tries process that url rather
than read the default.asp and the first off to my target.

One way to do this would be to put redirect?target but from a
mailshot this isn't very nice.

Any ideas how I can achieve this?

Custom 404 handler in your /redirect folder.



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[Stuart Palmer]

Thx Dave, I have tried this, however, the default 404 asp page doesn't seem
to process the page as expected, it ignores all ASP code.

Is there a setting I need to alter in IIS or set in the file perhaps?

Thx
Stu

 

[Dave Anderson]

Thx Dave, I have tried this, however, the default 404 asp page
doesn't seem to process the page as expected, it ignores all ASP code.

Are you following the guidelines here?
http://aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2162

Note that those instructions are for the web root, but you can likewise
customize any folder or application under the root.


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[Stuart Palmer]

Thx dave, looks like ot need to speak to my host to set up that url param on
the server for me.

Cheers
Stu

 

[Evertjan.]

Stuart Palmer wrote on 17 feb 2005 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

Thx dave, looks like ot need to speak to my host to set up that url
param on the server for me.

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