htaccess worked on old server buy not new one...?

[scottstown]

Hey,

 

My htaccess was working fine on my old server ( godaddy shared hosting ) but not my new one (virtual dedicated hosting ).

 

A sample of the problem.

 

RewriteRule view/id/(.*)/class/(.*)/section/(.*)/ changedate.php?id=$1&class=$2&sec=$3

RewriteRule view/id/(.*)/class/(.*)section/(.*) changedate.php?id=$1&class=$2&sec=$3

 

If one of the variables is missing now such as "section", the variable "class" will turn into "class/1/section//" . Before it would just ignore whatever was empty. What setting what I chance to get it back to working again?

 

Thanks a million!

Scott