I'm loooking to get the sort of functionality in IIS that I have on Apache with mod_rewrite. I've searched around and ISAPI_Rewrite claims to do the stuff I need. Has anyone used this? Is it stable? Anything better out there?
I've tried IIS Mod-Rewrite, ISAPI Rewrite, and IIRF. IIS Mod-Rewrite ( www.micronovae.com/ModRewrite/ModRewrite.html ) is a very stabile solution and it's the only that is fully compatible with apache mod_rewrite. The pro version also supports .htaccess rules which is the coolest supported feature among all solutions. If you are switching from Apache, I strongly recommend this solution. ISAPI Rewrite is a good and stabile tool too. It's big disadvatage is that it's not compatible with mod_rewrite (although it's syntax looks similar). IIRF ( cheeso.members.winisp.net/IIRF.aspx ) is a free tool, but it's not mod_rewrite compatible and it lacks features.
Thanks! That's exactly the kind of gotcha's I was afraid of. I couldn't really make much sense of their documentation since it seemed to be mainly a primer on regular expressions and did not have enough examples.
You are probably talking about an old beta version of IIS Mod-Rewrite. I've been using the release version for one month and it has proved to be very stable.