Rails - Aug 2006 - Rewrite problem or routing issue?

I''m not able to access anything in public, everything seems to be going
through the rails router. As a result, I can''t get to stylesheets or
javascript.

I''m not quite clear if this is a .htaccess problem, or a router
problem.
I eliminated the "catchall" route, so the last route is

  map.connect '':controller/:action/:id''

My .htaccess file looks like

---------------------------------------------------------------------

# General Apache options
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
#AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI

# If you don''t want Rails to look in certain directories,
# use the following rewrite rules so that Apache won''t rewrite certain
requests
#
# Example:
#   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/notrails.*
#   RewriteRule .* - [L]

# Redirect all requests not available on the filesystem to Rails
# By default the cgi dispatcher is used which is very slow
#
# For better performance replace the dispatcher with the fastcgi one
#
# Example:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
RewriteEngine On

# If your Rails application is accessed via an Alias directive,
# then you MUST also set the RewriteBase in this htaccess file.
#
# Example:
#   Alias /myrailsapp /path/to/myrailsapp/public
#   RewriteBase /myrailsapp

RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L]

# In case Rails experiences terminal errors
# Instead of displaying this message you can supply a file here which
will be rendered instead
#
# Example:
#   ErrorDocument 500 /500.html

ErrorDocument 500 ''<h2>Application error</h2>Rails
application failed to
start properly''

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Any help is appreciated.

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ScuzzleButt wrote:
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
> RewriteEngine On
> 
> # If your Rails application is accessed via an Alias directive,
> # then you MUST also set the RewriteBase in this htaccess file.
> #
> # Example:
> #   Alias /myrailsapp /path/to/myrailsapp/public
> #   RewriteBase /myrailsapp
> 
> RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
> RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L]
Looks to me like you''ve told Apache to send EVERYTHING to
dispatch.fcgi.
Is there a reason why you''ve made it the first rule, instead of the 
last?

--Al Evans

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No reason.

I''m assuming by uncommenting

#   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/notrails.*
#   RewriteRule .* - [L]

I can somehow direct public/stylesheets and public/javascripts to be 
ignored by rails.

I''m not quite sure I understand the rules regarding this, and I
haven''t
found any sources that describe it simply.

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ScuzzleButt wrote:
> No reason.
> 
> I''m assuming by uncommenting
> 
> #   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/notrails.*
> #   RewriteRule .* - [L]
> 
> I can somehow direct public/stylesheets and public/javascripts to be 
> ignored by rails.
> 
> I''m not quite sure I understand the rules regarding this, and I
haven''t
> found any sources that describe it simply.
That''s because it''s not simple:-)

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

I''m no expert, but it looks to me like your first rule:
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
Tells Apache to match everything and quite evaluating rules.

--Al Evans



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