URL rewriting help

problems with .htaccess

[buguela]

I implemented this rule to create friendly URL's for my site:

RewriteRule ^place/(.*)/ /place.php?state=$1 [L]

I want to know how can I set a new rule to not loss any Pagerank of URL's already indexed, like:

[mysite.com...]

I want this redirected 301 to
[mysite.com...]

But it seems to stay into a loop into my webserver.

What can I do?

[jdMorgan]

See this thread [webmasterworld.com] in our forum library, specifically the "third optional step."

Jim

[g1smd]

There are also several threads in the last few days with the same information.