Check if 2 URLs are equal

Question

Is there a method around that tests if 2 URLs are equal, ie point to the same place. I am not talking about 2 URLs with different domain names pointing to the same IP addres

Answer 1

Maybe this tutorial can be of help to you?

"...You want to see how to handle identical Urls in the sitemap (which is forbidden by the out-of-the-box SiteMapProvider)..."

/// 

/// SiteMap datasources cannot have duplicate Urls with the default provider.
/// This finds duplicate urls in your heirarchy and tricks the provider into treating
/// them correctly
/// 
private void modifyDuplicateUrls()
{
StringCollection urls = new StringCollection();
string rowUrl = String.Empty;
uint duplicateCounter = 0;
string urlModifier = String.Empty;
foreach (DataTable dt in this.DataSource.Tables)
{
foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
{
rowUrl = (string)dr["Url"];
if (urls.Contains(rowUrl))
{
duplicateCounter++;
if (rowUrl.Contains("?"))
{
urlModifier = "&instance=" + duplicateCounter.ToString();
}
else
{
urlModifier = "?instance=" + duplicateCounter.ToString();
}
dr["Url"] = rowUrl + urlModifier;
}
else
{
urls.Add(rowUrl);
}
}
}
}
}