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KenG's avatar
KenG
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Jul 10, 2014

Variable Scope with HTTP requests and collected data

I would like to be able to direct a request based on the content of some of the XML content in the request body. So far I have only ever done this in the HTTP_REQUEST event. In fact we have a basic f...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Jul 10, 2014

When multiple iRules are applied to a single VIP, and those iRules have the same events, the compiler actually merges the events together. Two HTTP_REQUEST events become one HTTP_REQUEST event with merged code. Priority and ordering obviously become very important in this case.