Friendly URL

Hi!

What is the most easy way to implement friendly URL:s? I code in VB and my server is Windows server 2003.

For example i have a car page that has id 5. My pages is now shown like this:

www.mysite.com/?id=5

But i want it too bee like this!

www.mysite.com/cars

My code looks like this now:

Code:

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Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

        If Not IsPostBack Then

            Dim pID As Integer

            If Request.QueryString("id") = "" Then
                pID = 1
            Else
                pID = Request.QueryString("id")
            End If

            Dim oConn As MySqlConnection = DBConn.getConn("mydb")
            oConn.Open()

            Dim getSQL As String = "SELECT * FROM pages WHERE nID = '" & pID & "' AND deleted = '0'"
            Dim command As MySqlCommand = New MySqlCommand(getSQL, oConn)
            Dim r As MySqlDataReader
            r = command.ExecuteReader()

            Label1.Text &= "<table cellpadding='5' cellspacing='0'><tr><td>"

            While r.Read()
                Label1.Text &= r("nContent")
            End While

            Label1.Text &= "</td></tr></table>"
            r.Close()

            oConn.Close()
            oConn.Dispose()

        End If

    End Sub

---

Thank you

/Patrik

What you are talking about is essentially URL Rewriting.

There is a module that you can use for that here:

http://www.urlrewriting.net/149/en/home.html

If you are using IIS 7, then there is a built in module that can do this for you.

Or, if you are using ASP.Net 4.0, then there is a built in mechanism here as well:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668201.aspx

Gary

I have looked at that module but its only in C#.. Even all the source files and documentation. And i use IIS6 and asp.net 3.5.

Can anybody that has implemented this in VB give me some help?

The UrlRwrite is simply a DLL that you would add to your project, the fact that it is implemented in C# shouldn't really matter to you.

Gary

See this one also

Okay.. I'l try em out!

if you need another option http://urlrewriter.net/ :)

putte,

I am curious, how are you getting on? Have you had a chance to try any of them out?

Gary