mod_rewrite and special characters - HELP!

I am using mod_rewrite with a small PHP content manager.

I put the following in .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /site
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*).html index.php?$1
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*) index.php?$1

All pages work except pages with special characters in the url.

For example,
/site/pages/joe'spage.html does not work
/site/pages/joe%27spage.html does not work
/site/pages/joe%2527spage.html DOES WORK

For some strange reason, I need to replace all instances of "%" with
"%25"

I cannot do this with my content manager-- I want to solve the
problem with mod_rewrite.

What can I put in .htaccess to make it properly handle urls that have
% and other special characters in them?

Thanks!

In article <c3c55ce2.0307301306.4fdb6141@posting.google.com >,
hknight <hknight@graffiti.net> wrote:
>I am using mod_rewrite with a small PHP content manager.
>
>I put the following in .htaccess:
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteBase /site
> RewriteRule ^pages/(.*).html index.php?$1
> RewriteRule ^pages/(.*) index.php?$1
>
>What can I put in .htaccess to make it properly handle urls that have
>% and other special characters in them?

Add the [NE] flag?

nhoJ
--
John P Baker

>
> Add the [NE] flag?
>

Good idea. But it doesn't help.

I tried
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /pcc2
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*).html index.php?$1 [NE]
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*) index.php?$1 [NE]

And it still does not work.

I also tried
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /pcc2
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*).html index.php?$1 [NE]
RewriteRule ^pages/(.*) index.php?$1 [NE]
RewriteRule ^(.*)%(.*)$ $1%25$2 [N]

and it DID NOT work either . . .