ASP.NET URL-rewriting options

Question

Hi there!

I've seen some .NET sites that obviously are using some sort of URL-rewriting method, but the one that intrigues me the most are ones that look like:

http://www.somesite.com/pages/an-example-page.aspx

I have previously used "UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewrite", but that requires that the database primary key integer be located somewhere in the requested URL.

Is there any other way to perform this? I am using ASP.NET 3.5

Thank u!

Answer 1

There is a System.Web.Routing addition in the new MVC Framework you can use to do it in 3.5 or I believe it is included in the 3.5 SP1 install.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.routing.aspx

Answer 2

Take a look at the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.

Answer 3

You can use Ionic's Isapi Rewrite Filter (IIRF) on IIS5, IIS6, and IIS7.

Free, open source. uses mod_rewrite-like syntax. Works with ASPX, or PHP, or ASP, or whatever you run on the server. Good documentation.