Mod_Rewrite/Restart Regex Problem

Question

I'm trying to migrate to SJWS 7.0R1 from Apache, and trying to migrate the following rewrite functionality:
Rewriterule ^(.*/)$ asp.php?url=$1index
Rewriterule ^$ asp.php?url=index
Rewriterule ^admin(/+(.*))?$ admin.php?url=$2
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
Rewriterule ^(.+)\.asp$ asp.php?url=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
Rewriterule ^([^\.]+)$ asp.php?url=$1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
Rewriterule ^(.+)$ file.php?url=$1
I've successfully started with redirecting the base to asp.php?url=index, but beyond that, I'm getting errors related to either the backreference not being picked up, or being undefined. The URL I'm working with at the moment is:
(From the Virtual Server's obj.conf file)
<Object name="default">
NameTrans fn="restart" from="/" uri="/asp.php?url=index" (This Works)
This directive (See Error #1)
<If $uri =~ "^/([a-z].*)">
NameTrans fn="restart" uri="/file1.php?q=$1"
</If>
or, this directive (See Error #2)
<If $uri =~ "^/([a-z].*)">
NameTrans fn="restart" from="^/([a-z].*)" uri="/file1.php?q=$1"
</If>
The errors that I'm getting:
Original URL: /sun_components/index.asp
Error #1:
failure (24219): trying to GET /file1.php whiletrying to GET /asp.php while trying to GET /, HTTP2297: Cannot restart request for /file1.php?q=file1.php (Exceeded maximum of 50 restarts)
(Notice that the backreference doesn't get picked up, and is instead referencing file1.php)
Error #2:
failure (24219): for host XXXXX trying to GET /sun_components/index.asp, handle-processed reports: TTP2298: Error interpolating parameters for restart (Backreference $1 undefined)
Thanks very much in advance for any help you can give me.
-Doug

Answer 1

OK, I had used the $restarted check, and that's all working great. However, on a separate VirtualServer, I'm having the following problem: when I include the $restarted check, it returns a 404 error; when I remove it, it ends up in an infinite loop. If I manually put in the rewritten url, all works fine. Logs are below, which show that it restarts, but after it restarts, it continues trying to process on the original URI, rather than on the restarted one.
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, =~ reports: Subject "/new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php" matches pattern "^/new_hampshire/docs(.*)$" with 1 capturing subpattern(s)
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: executing fn="restart" uri="docs.php?url=/990_party_stores/index.php" Directive="NameTrans"
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] fine ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, restarting request as docs.php?url=/990_party_stores/index.php
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: fn="restart" uri="docs.php?url=/990_party_stores/index.php" Directive="NameTrans" returned -4 (REQ_RESTART)
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, process-uri-objects reports: processing objects for URI /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, process-uri-objects reports: adding object name="default"
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: executing fn="match-browser" browser="*MSIE*" ssl-unclean-shutdown="true" Directive="AuthTrans" magnus-internal="1"
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: fn="match-browser" browser="*MSIE*" ssl-unclean-shutdown="true" Directive="AuthTrans" magnus-internal="1" returned -2 (REQ_NOACTION)
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: executing fn="ntrans-j2ee" name="j2ee" Directive="NameTrans"
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: fn="ntrans-j2ee" name="j2ee" Directive="NameTrans" returned -2 (REQ_NOACTION)
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: executing fn="pfx2dir" from="/mc-icons" dir="/sun/webserver7/lib/icons" name="es-internal" Directive="NameTrans"
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: fn="pfx2dir" from="/mc-icons" dir="/sun/webserver7/lib/icons" name="es-internal" Directive="NameTrans" returned -2 (REQ_NOACTION)
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: executing fn="check-acl" acl="default" Directive="PathCheck"
[12/Dec/2007:11:19:15] finest ( 7564): for host XX trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/docs.php while trying to GET /new_hampshire/docs/990_party_stores/index.php, func_exec reports: fn="check-acl" acl="default" Directive="PathCheck" returned -2 (REQ_NOACTION)