Rewrite to new url issue

[simonchalk Profile]

Hi

I am trying to rewrite one url to another as follows: -

RewriteRule ^/subfolder/brandname.asp\?brandname=mybrand$ http://mywebsite.com/folder/newbrand.asp[NC,R=301,L]

When I do this I get redirected to the correct page, but it has the query part appended onto the new url as follows

http://mywebsite.com/folder/newbrand.as ... me=mybrand

But I don want this to happen, so please advise how I stop this?

All I want is http://mywebsite.com/folder/newbrand.asp

[simonchalk Profile]

Actually I think this is working, but the effect I see is happening in Internet Explorer 8, 9. If I use a different browser then the redirected url is correct. Very strange, any thoughts?

[Anton]

The config for ISAPI_Rewrite 3 should be like this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^brandname=mybrand$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/subfolder/brandname\.asp$ http://mywebsite.com/folder/newbrand.asp? [NC,R=301,L]

Notice, the question mark is used at the end of the substitution pattern to prevent initial query string from being appended.