redirect without id

[richr45 Profile]

Hi, I have this re-direct that works fine.

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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^profileid=([^&]+)&galleryname=([^&]+)$
RewriteRule ^gallery\.asp$ gallery/%1_%2? [NC,R=301,L]

#rewrite back to old-URL
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^gallery/([^_]+)_([^_]+)$ /gallery.asp?profileid=$1&galleryname=$2 [NC,L]


It returns a url like
http://www.mysite.com/gallery/3_name

My question is it possible to remove the number to get just

http://www.mysite.com/gallery/name

Thanks for any help in advance
All the best
Richard

[HeliconAndrew]

Hello,

Is the number constant? If it's dynamic, we need to store this parameter in a URL... we may change it to "/gallery/3/name", but that's about it.

Regards

[ChickPea Profile]

If there's a fixed relationship between name and number, perhaps a mapfile would help?

[HeliconAndrew]

good catch!