virtual directory with data store in db

[Michael Mayer [C# MVP]]

I want to create a "virtual" directory (not and IIS virtual directory, which
really seems to just be a link to a real directory) where the contents of
that directory can be read from a database.

That is, right now I have a webform that can read an article out of a
database, with a url something like:
http://some-domain/article.aspx?id=1

I'd prefer to have a url like: http://some-domain/articles/CoolArticle.html

where some application (dll, webform, http handler?) takes any url in the
path /articles/ and uses the "CoolArticle.html" title to find the file in
the database. I know the db side, just not the web side.

Thanks in advance!

--
Mike Mayer - Visual C# MVP
http://www.mag37.com/csharp/
mi**@mag37.com

[apple]

Michael, you need to use HTTPModule for intercept and web requests.
first you need parse request string for extract all needed parameters, then
retrieve data from database and next RewritePath of Context class
here is samples
http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200309pj_l.asp
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030522.htm
and this about IIS settings
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...s/default.aspx

hope this help

"Michael Mayer [C# MVP]" <mi**@mag37.com> wrote in message
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I want to create a "virtual" directory (not and IIS virtual directory, which really seems to just be a link to a real directory) where the contents of
that directory can be read from a database.

That is, right now I have a webform that can read an article out of a
database, with a url something like:
http://some-domain/article.aspx?id=1

I'd prefer to have a url like: http://some-domain/articles/CoolArticle.html
where some application (dll, webform, http handler?) takes any url in the
path /articles/ and uses the "CoolArticle.html" title to find the file in
the database. I know the db side, just not the web side.

Thanks in advance!

--
Mike Mayer - Visual C# MVP
http://www.mag37.com/csharp/
mi**@mag37.com

[Michael Mayer [C# MVP]]

Thanks. I should have thought of the term URL Rewriting. That's what I
needed!
-mike
"apple" <ap***@beep.ru> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Michael, you need to use HTTPModule for intercept and web requests.
first you need parse request string for extract all needed parameters, then retrieve data from database and next RewritePath of Context class
here is samples
http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200309pj_l.asp http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030522.htm
and this about IIS settings
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...s/default.aspx

hope this help

"Michael Mayer [C# MVP]" <mi**@mag37.com> wrote in message
news:ew**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I want to create a "virtual" directory (not and IIS virtual directory,

which

really seems to just be a link to a real directory) where the contents of that directory can be read from a database.

That is, right now I have a webform that can read an article out of a
database, with a url something like:
http://some-domain/article.aspx?id=1

I'd prefer to have a url like:

http://some-domain/articles/CoolArticle.html

where some application (dll, webform, http handler?) takes any url in the path /articles/ and uses the "CoolArticle.html" title to find the file in the database. I know the db side, just not the web side.

Thanks in advance!

--
Mike Mayer - Visual C# MVP
http://www.mag37.com/csharp/
mi**@mag37.com