Rewrite mod problems

Hello,

I'm trying to use the rewrite engine on an apache 1.3 server running on
win2K.
I did some simple tests,showing the mod is well loaded.

My wish is to transform:

http://server/public/1024/fr/test.php

into

http://server/public/test.php?res=1024&lng=fr

I've tried with this little .htaccess:
#######################
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /public/([0-9]*)/([a-z]*)/(.*) /public/$3\?res=$1&lng=$2
#######################

But, I got a 404 error:
"The requested URL /public/1024/fr/test.php was not found on this server."

I read a lot of docs about this subject, but couldn't find anything helping
me.
I don't know why apache doesn't rewrite the URL.
Any help would be great.

Thanks for your replies.

Christian

Christian wrote:

 > Hello,
 >
 > I'm trying to use the rewrite engine on an apache 1.3 server running on
 > win2K.
 > I did some simple tests,showing the mod is well loaded.
 >
 > My wish is to transform:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://server/public/1024/fr/test.php</font" target="_blank">http://server/public/1024/fr/test.php</font</a>>
 >
 > into
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://server/public/test.php?res=1024&lng=fr</font" target="_blank">http://server/public/test.php?res=1024&lng=fr</font</a>>
 >
 > I've tried with this little .htaccess:
 > #######################
 > RewriteEngine on
 > RewriteRule /public/([0-9]*)/([a-z]*)/(.*) /public/$3\?res=$1&lng=$2

Try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^public/([0-9]+)/([a-z]+)/(.*) public/$3?res=$1&lng=$2
[L,NS,QSA]


 > I don't know why apache doesn't rewrite the URL.
 > Any help would be great.

Additionally, when you aren't sure what is happening, set the
RewriteLogLevel and RewriteLog to see if your patterns are being matched
and what else is going on.

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