BIG-IP v 9.0.5

trying to optimize some rules, and using substr with a termination character doesn't seem to work...

It seems to re-init the system and I lose SSH connectivity, and nothing further is processed by the rule.

For instance, I connect to the VS with the following rule as resource:

when HTTP_REQUEST {

set inbound_uri [string tolower [HTTP::uri]]

log "inbound_uri: $inbound_uri"

log "[substr $inbound_uri 1]"

log "[substr $inbound_uri 1 /]"

pool Test-Pool

}

and I see ONLY the handshake in a trace (no request packet is captured) and NONE of the expected log lines appear in the log. (Although it seems pretty clear that the request is being received by the BIG-IP, but are just not being captured or logged before the error I seem to be encountering restarts the services...)

If I comment out the 3rd log command, I see the expected behaviour: the handshake AND the request in a trace, and the first 2 log messages in the log with the expected substitutions.

I've tried with different termination chars, same difference. (Forward slash doesn't need to be quoted or escaped, does it?)

Am I doing something wrong here?

thx

/deb

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