[Rails] Avoid parsing URL in Apache conf?

[Han Holl]

On Friday 19 November 2004 17:18, Tobias Luetke wrote:

> > Also, using mod_rewrite in a per directory setting is evil, and should,
> > according to both Apache and mod_rewrite docs, be used only if there is
> > absolutely no other alternative.
>
> For which reason, Performance ?

Yes, mainly. Per directory is too late, really, so after rewriting the new URL 
is done again in a subrequest. And apache has to look at all .htaccess files 
in all ancestors of the home directory.

Cheers,

Han Holl