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EB-Peter
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Apr 20, 2021

STREAM::expression matches on single char only

STREAM::expression {@AUSEFPPKI03@ZZ.ZZ@} never matches on the string "AUSEFPPKI03". If I substitute it with just an "A" (or any other character in the string), it does match but obviously doesn't giv...
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crodriguez
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Apr 21, 2021

The encoding on the HTML data a would appear to be UTF-8, as specified in the first META tag that appears in the HTML stream.

<Meta HTTP-Equiv="Content-Type" Content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">

The default translation mode on a STREAM expression is ascii (which means ISO-8859-1, including ascii). Try adding a STREAM::encoding utf-8 command to the iRule (before the STREAM::enable) to see if that makes a difference.

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    EB-Peter
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    Apr 21, 2021

    Where would you suggest I add that line? If I place it under 'HTTP_RESPONSE', i get the error:

     

     error: [command is not valid in current event context (HTTP_RESPONSE)][STREAM::encoding utf-8]