Redirect Query_string

Question

I need help, again.
I am trying to do the redirect, but it is not working.

I want to redirect:
http://www.example.com/page/168?s

To:
http://www.example.com/page/168

Using RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^q=s$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L]

Thank you

Answer 1

You need QSA (Query string append):

Using RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^q=s$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L,QSA]

Otherwise the the rewrite does not include the part after the questionmark.

Answer 2

I found the solution:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s$  
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1? [R=301,L]    

In case of somebody to need

Thank you