Rewrite appends query string

When not required

[surfgatinho]

Hi

I have a problem in that the redirect works and takes me to the specified url BUT it appends the query string (that is represented by the second .*).
The intention is it is permanent.

The original url would be something like:
[widget1.com...]
The required url would be:
[widget1.com...]
and what I'm getting is:
[widget1.com...]

The rule I'm using is:
RewriteRule ^(.*)widget/.*$ [widget1.com...]

Any ideas what the problem is.
Many thanks,
Chris

[dcrombie]

I think you can just add a "?" to the redirect path - it removes the query string completely.

[surfgatinho]

Thankyou
Exactly what I needed

[jdMorgan]

The intention is it is permanent.

In that case, in addition to killing the query string, you'll need to specify a 301-MOved Permanently redirect:

RewriteRule widget/ http://www.widget1.com/? [R=301,[b]L[/b]]

Jim