Will using a redirect link for an affiliate link affect the tracking?

Question.

[HughMungus]

So I have a database full of affiliate link code. On my page, I display everything as the affiliate wants, but, for the link I have something like, ...thispage.php?a=25 where "thispage.php" redirects to the affiliate link that corresponds to affiliate #25 in my database (so I can count clicks). I still have the tracking code on the page, but, I'm wondering if this should or would affect whether I'm getting commissions as I should. I'm concerned that since the page that's redirecting to the affiliate link doesn't have the tracking code in it that this might be a problem...

TIA

[zoltan]

In my opinion, if you use 301 or 302 redirects on thispage.php you should be OK.

[growingdigital]

I have done some testing and found that JavaScript redirects, meta refreshes, and server redirects all work the same as the link on the page. It's all about the cookie. If your method doesn't set the cookie, you need to try something else.

[HughMungus]

Great. Thanks guys.