Web Hosting : ModRewrite Rules: Tricky Question

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This web hosting thread started by RSMN on 21 August 2008

I’m writing a url shortening app for my company, and I’m using mod_rewrite to parse the 5 digit code (ie. www.example.com/ASDFG) and pass the code to a script.

I already have all the scripts written, my problem is that I also have pages such as www.example.com/admin.aspx and mod_rewrite is sending a code of “ADMIN” to the URL shortening script and not serving the actual page.

Does anyone have a rewrite rule that states if what comes after the first slash is 5 characters AND ONLY 5 characters, then to push it to that script?

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