static redirects working, dynamic NOT

[simm]

Hi all,

I've been at this problem for too long. And the hosting provider of the site offers no help either.

So, all of my static redirects work just fine, but I can't redirect or rewrite dynamic URL's. Do I have to wait a while for the server to "propagate"? Or do they have to restart it?

Here's what I'm trying to do:

redirect /calendar/detail\.php\?id\=13 http://www.example.com/calendar/detail.php?id=class-name [R]

Current page: example.com/calendar/detail.php?id=13

Desired redirect: example.com/calendar/detail.php?id=class-name
(I have to do this with a bunch of pages)

Also, I need to make that dynamic URL into a static after it's redirected. So, something like this: example.com/course/class-name. Can both the redirect and rewrite be done in one step?

Could someone at least help me with the first part?? I would GREATLY appreciate it! Thank you!!

[simm]

People are real helpful around here I can tell. See you around.