> I'm currently using the scheme of passing variables in > cgi.path_info instead of the query string to be able to have > a site indexed by search engines. So variables are passed > like so: http://server/page.cfm/var1/var2 > > This works fine in the dev and test environments. However > there are 3 servers in the test environment, 2 of them > clustered and one is an admin server. The problem is that on > the clustered server page.cfm comes up fine when you request > it by itself, however when you try to follow a path like > page.cfm/var1 we get a 404 error as if it is treating the > var1 as a subdirectory. > > Now, I've looked in the archives as well as the Macromedia > forums and seen mention of problems with this. I saw a > message here from Dave Watts about Service Pack 6a on IIS > causing this issue by changing the way IIS parses the url > (right to left instead of left to right). I've also seen > mention that Service Pack 5 causes it as well.
The SP6a issue to which you're referring shouldn't make a difference for search-engine-safe URLs like you're building. The specific issue was that you couldn't use "fake" filenames within a URL, such as this: http://www.myserver.com/myfile.cfm/somefile.csv because IIS would attempt to run somefile.csv. However, I don't think it treats "var1" and "var2" the same way - it doesn't expect them to be files. I'm not 100% certain of this, but that's what I seem to recall. > The thing is though... it works in dev and on our test admin > server just fine, and they are all running IIS with SP6a! > The only difference with the two servers where it doesn't > work is that they are clustered together with cluster cats. What happens if you go to one of the cluster members directly using the appropriate URL? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
