Request.RawURL not set to default.aspx at application root

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I have just upgraded my ASP.NET application from .NET 3.5 to 4.0 and have found that the Request.RawURL is set to "/" when requesting the default document, default.aspx, via http://mysite.com/. In .NET 3.5, the Request.RawURL would be set to "/default.aspx".

Is there any way to enable this .NET 3.5 behavior in 4.0?

I have tried disabling extensionless URLs via the registry. I also went through the ASP.NET 4.0 Breaking Changes doc and have set the form tag action attribute, however viewing the source of the page shows that the value set for the action attribute is not being picked up and is reverting back to "/".

Currently running on IIS 7.5 integrated mode and Win7.

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1 Answers

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Indeed, I can reproduce the behavior when switching between .NET 2.0 and .NET 4.0 -- .NET 2.0 & 3.5 both share the same Common Language Runtime CLR2, with additions to the base class library (BCL) for the higher versions of .NET. With .NET 4.0 came CLR4 and that seems to be where the difference occurs. I never noticed that before!

I believe the new behavior is correct, as RawUrl reflects the URL path that was actually requested. It's difficult to understand your exact need, but I think you might try using Request.Path instead.

URL: http://example.com/
Request.RawUrl: /
Request.Path: /default.aspx

Perhaps you can elaborate a bit more on your application?