Hi I solved it by myself - catching a glimpse through a book and sleeping a night...
a) not used backreferences in RewriteRule -> I used the wrong syntax for backreferences $1 instead of %1 for backreferences to RewriteCond b) no activation of RewriteRule within a more general container as .htaccess -> For my use case I had to use the Location container instead of the Directory or server context Sorry for the trash and best wishes Günter ***** Hi, I have to rewrite the URL: http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=-1+%3D+%22xml%22+IN+[4]&v=nose&l=de which should be shortened and afterwords look like this http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=-1+%3D+%22xml%22&v=nose&l=de (without the IN+[4] part) I used the following condition/Rule (in .htaccess): RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/TouchPoint/perma\.do RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=(.*?)(IN.*?)&v=(.*?) #RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.woz.ch?q=$1&v=$3 [NE,R=301] RewriteRule ^.*$ http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=$1&v=$3 [NE,R=301] which rewrites the request to: http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=&v= As a result, the backreferences are not used in the RewriteRule My first question: Why? On my way I had to learn, that .htaccess is the last trigger in the apache chain and mod_jk is used before. JKMount directives are processed before the rules in .htaccess. Now I have the problem, that using the rule above in the Directory context it is never fired. I don't understand why... <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs"> Options None AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all Options FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/TouchPoint/perma\.do RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} q=(.*?)(IN.*?)&v=(.*?) RewriteRule ^.*$ http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=$1&v=$3 [NE,R=301] </Directory> As a result http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=-1+%3D+%22xml%22&v=nose&l=de isn't rewrited to http://sb-tp1t.swissbib.unibas.ch/TouchPoint/perma.do?q=&v= (as it is in .htaccess) I don't understand why... Thanks for any hint! Günter Hipler
